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What has happened to the Montreal Forum? ›

The Forum was built by the Canadian Arena Company in 159 days. Today most of the Forum building is now a multiplex cinema known as Cineplex Cinemas Forum operated by Cineplex Entertainment. Additionally, a large portion of the building's upper floors are used as campus expansion for Dawson College.

Description of Historic Place. The Montréal Forum is a large, indoor venue for professional ice hockey. It is located at the corner of Sainte-Catherine and Atwater streets in the city of Montréal.

Being the oldest arena in Montreal, the Verdun Auditorium has been the pride and joy of Verdun's residents for almost a century already.

To accommodate the ultra-loyal fans whose enthusiasm for the team grew with every season, the Forum went through several renovations, adding about 4,000 seats in 1949 and another 3,000 or so in 1968. When the Forum closed in 1996, its total hockey seating capacity was 16,259.

Although Montreal began as a missionary settlement, its importance as a fur-trade centre soon surpassed that of Quebec city, because its location allowed movement via the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes and south to the Gulf of Mexico, whereas the Ottawa River watershed facilitated movement west and north.

French settlers from La Flèche in the Loire valley first named their new town, founded in 1642, Ville Marie ("City of Mary"), named for the Virgin Mary. The current form of the name, Montréal, is generally thought to be derived from Mount Royal (Mont Royal in French), the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city.

The long history of Indigenous peoples in the area of Montréal—known as Tiohtià:ke in Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) and Mooniyang in Anishinaabemowin—began some 5,000 years and is still unfolding today.

Old Montréal covers an area of about one square kilometre (or 0.4 square mile). The historical district is located between the Saint Lawrence River and nearby downtown Montréal. It is easily accessible, and once there, the best way to discover its charms is undoubtedly on foot.

The Montreal Casino is the largest casino in Canada, and is located on Notre Dame Island, in Jean-Drapeau Park, Montreal. The building was originally two former Expo 67 buildings and first opened its doors on October 9, 1993.

The oldest continuously operating arena in the world, Galt Arena Gardens blends hockey's past and present.

What is the biggest arena in Canada? ›

- The Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada has a reputation for being one of the noisiest arenas in the league. During playoff games, the decibel levels have been known to exceed 120 dB, which is equivalent to the sound of a thunderclap.

The name of the arena initially reflected Molson, Inc., a brewing company which was owner of the Canadiens at the time. Molson elected not to keep the naming rights when they sold the team and the name was officially changed on September 1, 2002, after Bell Canada acquired the naming rights.

It was recorded in Montreal, Quebec, at the Montreal Forum on 24 November and 25 November 1981, the final concerts of The Game Tour. AllMusic described Queen's performance as being "deliberately theatrical and often majestic".

Closing Her Down

In 1996, the Forum was gutted and many of its parts were auctioned off. After bidding farewell to the Forum, the Canadiens moved into the Molson Centre (then called the Bell Centre). The storied Forum de Montreal has since been converted to a Cineplex movie theatre and entertainment complex.

The Kia Forum is the former home of the Lakers and Kings and nicknamed the "Fabulous Forum." The arena is now primarily used as a music venue. The renaming comes a few months after the Staples Center was renamed Crypto.com arena in the largest naming rights deal ever, at $700 million over 20 years.

The Expos spent 35 years in Montreal, making the playoffs just once in that time. The franchise left the city on a 23-year playoff drought, and the Expos were averaging under 10,000 fans per game in their final season. The franchised moved to Washington D.C. and relaunched as the Washington Nationals in 2005.

The Montreal protocol is a model of cooperation. It is a product of the recognition and international consensus that ozone depletion is a global problem, both in terms of its causes and its effects.