Colisée Vidéotron
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| Location | Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada |
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| Owner | City of Trois-Rivières |
| Operator | Spectra Venue Management |
| Capacity | 4,390 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | June 2018 |
| Opened | 2021 (planned) |
| Construction cost | $60.6 million |
| Tenants | |
| Trois-Rivières Lions (ECHL) (from 2021) | |
| Website | |
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Le Nouveau Colisée is a multi-purpose arena currently under construction in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada and set to open in early 2021. The arena will replace the aging Colisée de Trois-Rivières and will seat 4,390 fans. Beginning in the fall of 2021, it will host Trois-Rivières Lions professional hockey team in the ECHL.[1][2]
History
In the late 2010s, the city of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, began construction on new arena to replace the Colisée de Trois-Rivières, a skating rink that first opened in 1938 and was primarily acting as the home of the UQTR Patriotes hockey teams. The new arena cost $60 million to construct with a planned opening of late 2020, but had no announced permanent tenants scheduled after UQTR declined the initial lease.[3] Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, the planned opening was moved back to early 2021 while the city was in discussions with adding an ECHL expansion team expected to be affiliated with the Montreal Canadiens.[4] In January 2021, the team was approved to begin play for the 2021–22 season.[5]
References
- ^ "Trois-Rivieres one step closer to hosting rumoured Canadiens ECHL affiliate team". CTV News. November 30, 2020.
- ^ "ECHL Approves Two Expansion Memberships". ECHL. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ "Pour qui l'aréna de 60 millions?". La Presse. February 4, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ "ECHL: TROIS-RIVIÈRES WILL HAVE ITS OWN HOCKEY CLUB". TVA Sports. July 9, 2020.
- ^ "ECHL Approves Two Expansion Memberships". ECHL. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
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