The Bell Centre (French: Centre Bell), previously recognized as the Molson Centre (French: Centre Molson), is a sports activities and entertainment complicated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has been the household of the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens hockey group because March sixteen, 1996. The crew departed from the historic Montreal Forum immediately after their previous game on March eleven of the identical yr. The Bell Centre Ticketing
Building began on the internet site on June 22, 1993, 13 days soon after the Canadiens defeated the Los Angeles Kings at the Forum for their 24th and most modern Stanley Cup. The identify of the arena in the beginning reflected Molson, Inc., a brewing firm which was owner of the Canadiens at the time. Some members of Montreal sports media, specifically Jack Todd, pushed for the nickname "The Keg" as fitting for the new arena but it was never ever widely adopted. Molson elected not to hold the naming rights when they marketed the crew and the name was formally modified on September one, 2002, following Bell Canada acquired the naming rights.
Due to the fact it opened in 1996, it has regularly been outlined as a person of the world's busiest arenas, typically obtaining the highest attendance of any arena in Canada.[one] In 2008, it was the 6th busiest arena in the entire world based on ticket gross sales for non-sporting activities.[two]
The Bell Centre is currently owned by a partnership group headed by Geoff Molson and his brothers, Andrew and Justin. The group also owns the Montreal Canadiens.[3]
In 2008, Céline Dion held 6 soldout concerts in a row (15th, sixteenth, 19th, 20th, 23rd and 25 August) on her Taking Probabilities Planet Tour, marketing 167,957 tickets and grossing $23,135,338.
