Center Bell

The Center Bell , (in English Beautiful Center ) before known under the name of Center Molson , is a general sports room located in the Quartier Sainte-Marie in the district City-Marie at Montreal at the Quebec.

It is the residence of the Canadian of Montreal of the National league of hockey since the March 16th 1996, when the team left the history Forum of Montreal after the last part the March 11th of the same year. Its capacity is of 21.273 places for the Hockey and 19.945 for the Basket-ball, the room has 135 continuations of luxury and 2.674 seats of club. The arena is thus the largest amphitheater of LNH with a capacity of 21.273 seats. More of the 100 last parts of the Canadian of Montreal were held with closed counter. What corresponds to the two last seasons and respective eliminatory series with an multitude of 21.273 people to each match in the Center Bell.

Description

The building covers a surface 15.622 square meters, with dimensions of 107 meters out of 146 meters. It is located in the downtown area of Montreal, been dependant on the underground Montreal by the station Lucien-The Allier Métro of Montreal. Its cost of construction is evaluated to 270 million CAD.

The skating rink of 26 meters out of 61 meters is of lawful size for LNH. The ice can be prepared in 12 hours.

The room has electronic spreadsheets located on an octagonal structure made up of the following audio-visual facilities: 4 video screens, 8 matric screens and the posting of the stop watch, pointing and punishments.

There are four restaurants in the Center Bell :

  • Restoring the Cage with the Sports
  • Restoring the Setting with the Play
  • Restoring the 9-4-10 at the Center Bell
  • the Pub

Configurations of spectacles

The arena has a total of 21.273 seats and can contain from 14.000 to 21.500 people in any comfort. The Amphitheater of the Center Bell can accommodate from 10.000 to 14.000 people thanks to the use of the sections of current places and part of the ice.

The Theater of the Center Bell gathers from 5.000 to 9.000 places in a configuration which makes it possible to the artists to have an interaction and a closer connection with the public. The hemicycle makes use of the sections of current places to accommodate from 2.000 to 3.500 people.

History

The construction of the site began the June 22nd 1993. Officially, the Center Molson (of the name of a Canadian beer company) opened its doors the March 16th 1996 at the time of a part putting in the high-speed motorboat the Rangers of New York and the Canadian. This evening, the referee was the veteran Kerry Fraser. For this part, the Tricolor one carried its red uniform.

At the time of the season 2001 - 2002, one learned that George Gillet bought the club of Canadian hockey of Montreal just as the building known under the name of Center Molson . At this point in time Gillett decided to sell the rights of the name of the building. Thus, the company Bell Canada Entreprises covered purchaser of these rights for the sum of 60 million dollars the 20 subsequent years. Thus, until the expiry of the 20 year old contract, the Club of Canadian Hockey will receive the sum of 3 million dollars per year. The building started to bear the name of Center Bell at the time of the inaugural part of the season 2002 - 2003.

The building is now one of the most important arts center of the town of Montreal. In addition to being the residence of the Canadian of Montreal, the Center Bell accommodates each year more than one about fifty spectacles, that they are spectacles presented on the ice or a scene. The Broadway Theater of the Center Bell was inaugurated at the summer 2005, when this one presented several representations of the musical comedy Notre-Dame de Paris . Moreover, many groups and international artists, such as U2, The Rolling Stones, the Baffle, Metallica, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Star Academy, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Celine Dion, Beastie Boys gave a service on the scene of the Center Bell .

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