Windsor Arena (nicknamed The Barn, because of its age, wooden construction, and its appearance of a giant barn) is a 4,600-seat indoor arena located in Windsor, Ontario. Originally named the Border Cities Arena, it hosted the Detroit Cougars (later re-named the Detroit Red Wings) for the 1926-1927 NHL season, while the Olympia Stadium was under construction. The arena, built a year before for the local junior hockey team, was expanded from 6,000 to 9,000 for the Cougars. The arena was later renamed the Windsor Arena. Having been constructed in 1924, this arena is among the oldest of its type in North America. It is still standing - despite the occasional efforts of the city of Windsor to replace it with a more modern arena, mostly due to complaints about the seating and the tiny concourses - and hosts the Windsor Spitfires of the OHL. It is also used for concerts. Inside the Arena's halls are pictures of teams gone by, of old matches and players, and of the construction of "The Barn", along with historic newspaper clippings related to the hockey teams that played under its roof over the years.

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