Air Canada Signature Club
The most luxurious members’ club in Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, Air Canada Signature Club, treats its members and their guests to an 8,800 sqf space specially designed for unrivaled entertaining within a premium, private environment.
Recognizing that the high-end client is looking for something new, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment asked DesignAgency to re-envision the space, which is located in a private zone behind the arena seating, into a premium retreat where members can enjoy a hospitality experience that extends well beyond the game or culture of the event itself.
With the new lounge, the design team was challenged to create a range of dining experiences that take advantage of the space’s elongated proportions and its varying ceiling heights, and also to create a variety of spaces that both encourage opportunities for socializing and for privacy as desired.
Entering past the walnut paneled entrance, guests are immersed in a warm and welcoming atmosphere defined by richly coloured materials, soft ambient lighting and signature Canadian art. The new lounge is an environment synonymous with deluxe hospitality, where thoughtfully curated spaces, sensuous materials and beautiful lighting form the backdrop for premium culinary excellence.
Guests enter to the new central lounge and bar area, featuring a curvilinear leather paneled bar with glass and bronze detailing, ringed by leather barstools with comfortable, rounded backs and a continuous bar-top surface fit for dining. Table seating along the perimeter walls enables more cloistered conversations.
Continuing through the room, the space transitions from a lounge to a dining area. The ceilings inspire intimacy over the dining tables, rising to maximize the height of the striking, grand marble bar, which is backed by fluted backlit glass that casts an amber glow on the walnut shelving. Adding to this refined atmosphere are sparkling-brass accents and details, walnut tabletops and warm wood parquet flooring, fluted glass privacy screens, plush, dove-grey leather chairs and curved booths upholstered in tufted burgundy leather.
Acting as a second entrance for members coming directly to and from the area, a central wine display corridor defined by smoked glass, warm brass and walnut detailing creates a truly immersive and unique experience.
A series of wood paneled private dining rooms each with domestic proportions, art and custom lighting, enable guests to entertain in their own inner sanctum.