18,347. The Oilers' final game at Rexall Place was played on April 6, 2016, against the Vancouver Canucks. The Oilers won 6–2; the last NHL goal was scored by Oiler Leon Draisaitl. A post-game ceremony was held, featuring current and past Oilers players. Northlands stated that the old arena would remain open, and a number of concerts and sporting events were still held there even after the Oilers left. On February 17, 2016, Northlands unveiled plans to convert Northlands Coliseum into a multi-level ice facility, with a later proposal calling for a partnership with Hockey Canada to make it a Hockey Canada Centre of Excellence, but it was later discovered that renovating the Coliseum would be more costly than building a new facility. As more major concerts and other events were drawn away to Rogers Place, Northlands experienced declines in revenue. This made it difficult for the non-profit organization to pay off a loan by the City that was used to fund the 2009 expansion of the Edmonton Expo Centre. On September 13, 2017, the City of Edmonton reached an agreement to take over the arena from Northlands effective January 1, 2018 (the same date that control of the Edmonton Expo Centre transferred to the Edmonton Economic Development Corporation under a similar agreement), as it prepared to transition to primarily being an agricultural organization. The venue permanently ceased operations on that date; Oilers Entertainment Group also agreed to release the city from a $17 million (out of $20 million) sponsorship agreement. Despite other proposals from parties wanting to convert the Coliseum to a sports and recreation facility, the master agreement between Oilers Entertainment Group and the city of Edmonton prohibits the city from making any further investments in the building, nor allowing it to be used as a sports or entertainment facility. Plans to repurpose the Northlands site have proposed the demolition of the Coliseum. On December 12, 2022 and in light of the $1.5 million annual cost to upkeep the empty building in its current form since its closure at the end of 2017, and the lack of ability to repurpose the structure, the City of Edmonton council members voted in favor to demolish the Northlands Coliseum at a cost of $35 million dollars over 4 years, with no projected start date. Arena information The official capacity for hockey when the arena closed was 16,839, which was slightly less