Ontario Place is a multiple use site under development in Toronto, Ontario, and owned by the Crown in Right of Ontario, and administered as an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture. It takes its name from Ontario Place, a theme park that operated on the site from 1971 to 2011. Currently the site includes the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, event facility "Atlantis", and a marina. Buildings on the site include "pods" designed by Eb Zeidler and a geodesic dome, previously an IMAX theatre called Cinesphere.
Located on the shore of Lake Ontario, just south of Exhibition Place, it is approximately 4 km west of Downtown Toronto. It opened on May 22, 1971 and consists of three artificially constructed, landscaped islands.
Read more about Ontario Place: Redevelopment
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