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Centre Vidéotron

Centre Vidéotron
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Former names Quebec City Amphitheatre (planning stages and during construction)
Address 250-B Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel
Location Quebec City, Quebec
Coordinates 46°49′44″N 71°14′53″W / 46.829°N 71.248°W / 46.829; -71.248Coordinates: 46°49′44″N 71°14′53″W / 46.829°N 71.248°W / 46.829; -71.248
Owner Quebec City
Operator Quebecor Media
Capacity Ice hockey: 18,259
Concerts: 20,396
Field size 689,000 square feet (64,000 m2)
Construction
Broke ground September 3, 2012
Opened September 12, 2015
Construction cost $370 million
($371 million in 2017 dollars)
Architect Populous
ABCP Architecture
GLCRM & Associates
Project manager Genivar
Structural engineer SNC-Lavalin
Thornton Tomasetti
Services engineer SNC-Lavalin
M-E Engineers, Inc.
General contractor Pomerleau, Inc.
Tenants
Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) (2015–present)

The Videotron 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 new arena is primarily used for ice hockey, serving as the home area 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, and as part of a Winter Olympic Games bid. The building opened on September 8, 2015. It is now the seventh-largest indoor arena in Canada.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new arena was held on September 3, 2012, attended by then-Quebecor Chairman Pierre Karl Péladeau, then-Premier of Quebec Jean Charest, and former Quebec Nordiques players Michel Goulet, Peter Stastny and Alain Côté. Arena construction began on September 10, 2012.

The arena was expected to cost $400 million, but cost $370 million instead; 50% of the cost will be covered by the city and province each. On March 1, 2011 Quebecor entered into an agreement to acquire management rights to the new arena, a deal expected to be between $33 million and $63 million up front, plus between $3.15 million and $5 million in annual rent. The value of the deal will increase if an NHL franchise moves into the arena; Quebecor has actively backed an expansion franchise for Quebec City. This arrangement was made without public tender, for which the provincial government provided legal immunity.


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