Place des Arts
| Place des Arts | |
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Place des Arts cultural complex entrance, view from Sainte-Catherine Street.
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| Location |
260, boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2X 1Y9 |
| Coordinates | 45°18′11″N 73°20′25″W / 45.30314°N 73.34021°WCoordinates: 45°18′11″N 73°20′25″W / 45.30314°N 73.34021°W |
| Created | 1963 |
| Status | Open all year |
| Public transit access | Place-des-Arts (Montreal Metro) |
Place des Arts is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the largest cultural and artistic complex in Montreal.
Home to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and the Opéra de Montréal, the complex is situated between Saint Catherine and de Maisonneuve Streets, and St-Urbain and Jeanne-Mance streets, in an area now known as the Quartier des Spectacles in the borough of Ville-Marie.
Place des Arts was an initiative of Mayor Jean Drapeau, a noted lover of opera, as part of a project to expand the downtown core eastward from the concentration of business and financial activity in the centre-west part of downtown. The Corporation George-Étienne-Cartier, named in honour of George-Étienne Cartier, a Father of Confederation and opera lover, was set up to build it, and the first part of the complex (including the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier) was inaugurated on September 21, 1963. The other theatres were added progressively. The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal was added to the complex on May 28, 1992.
The province of Quebec will spend CDN $34.2 million to change its esplanade into a large outdoor stage that to host big events year round .
The Place des Arts includes six halls of various sizes:
Construction of a new concert hall for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra was completed in 2011 at the cost of C$105 million and seats approximately 1,900 spectators.
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