Videotron Centre
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| Former names | Quebec City Amphitheatre (planning stages and during construction) |
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| Address | 250-B Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel |
| Location | Quebec City, Quebec |
| Coordinates | 46°49′44″N 71°14′53″W / 46.829°N 71.248°WCoordinates: 46°49′44″N 71°14′53″W / 46.829°N 71.248°W |
| Owner | Quebec City |
| Operator | Quebecor Media |
| Capacity |
Ice hockey: 18,259 Concerts: 20,396 |
| Field size | 689,000 square feet (64,000 m2) |
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| 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. |
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| 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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