Thompson Arena (University of Western Ontario)

''This is the Thompson Arena located on the campus of the University of Western Ontario. For the Thompson Arena located in Hanover, New Hampshire that is the home of the Dartmouth Big Green please see Thompson Arena (Dartmouth College).''



The Thompson Arena is an indoor arena located on the campus of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. The arena is part of the larger Thompson Recreation and Athletic Centre. The hockey arena contains an NHL sized (200'x85') sheet of ice, normally seats 630 but is expandable 3,615 (when retractable seats are opened over the 200 metre indoor track the encircles the ice surface), and is home to the Western Ontario Mustangs men's and women's ice hockey teams. The facility opened in 1971. In addition to the hockey teams the arena also host ringette, figure skating, and indoor track and field for the university.