Videotron Centre

Vidéotron Centre
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Former namesQuebec City Amphitheatre (planning stages and during construction)
Address250-B Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel
LocationQuebec City, Quebec
Coordinates46°49′44″N 71°14′53″W / 46.829°N 71.248°W / 46.829; -71.248
OwnerGovernment of Quebec City
OperatorQuebecor Media
CapacityIce hockey: 10,500 (normal)
18,259 (temporary)
Concerts: 20,396
Field size689,000 square feet (64,000 m2)
Construction
Broke groundSeptember 3, 2012[1]
OpenedSeptember 12, 2015
Construction cost$370 million
ArchitectPopulous[2][3]
ABCP Architecture[2]
GLCRM & Associates[2]
Project managerGenivar[2]
Structural engineerSNC-Lavalin[3]
Services engineerSNC-Lavalin[3]
General contractorPomerleau, Inc.[4]
Tenants
Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) 2015–present
Website
lecentrevideotron.ca

Vidéotron Centre (French: Centre Vidéotron) is an indoor arena in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The 18,259-seat arena replaced Colisée Pepsi as Quebec City's primary venue for indoor events. The arena is primarily used for ice hockey, serving as the home arena of the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL and has been prospected as a venue for a new or re-located National Hockey League team in Quebec City,[5][6] and as part of a Winter Olympic Games bid.[7][8][9] The building opened on September 8, 2015.[10] It is now the nineteenth-largest indoor arena in North America, and the third largest that does not host an NHL team.

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  2. ^ a b c d "Populous Chosen to Design Quebec City Arena" (Press release). Populous. October 20, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Centre Vidéotron" (in French). Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  4. ^ "Amphithéâtre de Québec: Pomerleau Leads the Team" (Press release). Pomerleau, Inc. November 29, 2012. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
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  10. ^ Plante, Caroline (September 12, 2015). "Quebec City's new arena opens its doors to public". Montreal Gazette.