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Bell Centre

Bell Centre

The Bell Centre, home to the Montreal Canadiens, hosts over 1 million visitors annually and plays centre stage in Montreal to major sporting, cultural and entertainment events each year. Completed in 1996 at a cost of $270 million, the Bell Centre has a capacity for 21,302 hockey fans and covers 3.87 acres making it the largest hockey arena in the world. In 2015, the Bell Centre was refreshed to the tune of $100 million, which included a variety of interior renovation and the conversion of Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal to a pedestrian roadway.

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world’s largest hockey arena with 3.87 acres of land coverage

The Bell Centre was designed by the consortium of LeMay & Associates, Dessau, SNC-Lavalin and Huber, Hunt and Nichols, Magil. It has a variety of unique design features incorporated within its structure including steeply slopped grandstands for improved sight lines.

The construction of the Bell Centre includes 11,000 metric tons of rebar in part produced locally by ArcelorMittal Long Products. The Bell Centre’s success came from a “hat trick” of factors: its ideal and central location in Montreal’s downtown core, and the integration of a new train station within the Bell Centre project that connected both to commuter rail and the Metro subway system.

 

11,000

tons of rebar

Bell Centre from street
Videotron Centre

Videotron Centre

In 2011, the City of Quebec commissioned the SAGP consortium, made up of SNC-Lavalin, ABCP Architecture, GLCRM Architects and Populous, to design and build a new arena facility suitable for hosting world class international sporting and entertainment events (and the eventual return of an NHL team).

Samuel de Champlain Bridge

Samuel-De Champlain Bridge

Known locally as the Champlain Bridge, and designed by architect Poul Ove Jensen, the Samuel-De Champlain Bridget carries six lanes of automobile traffic as well as lanes for pedestrians, cyclists and public transport. It is integral to the infrastructure of Montreal.

Reseau express metropolitan

Réseau express métropolitain

The Réseau express métropolitain (REM) is a 67km, automated light rail network in and around Montreal, Quebec. Billed as the largest public transportation project in the province’s history, the REM has created 34,000 jobs in the province during construction since 2018.

Gordie Howe from a distance

Gordie Howe International Bridge

The Gordie Howe International Bridge is an international border crossing linking Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario that is currently under construction with an expected completion date in 2024.