Montréal Centre Bell
Centre Bell (English: The Bell Centre), formerly known as New Montreal Forum, Le Centre Molson (Molson Centre), B-Centre and [B], is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The arena opened in 1996 and was designed by LeMay & Associate, LLC. and LeMoyne Lapointe Magne architectural firms and is one of the few largest arenas designed by local firms in that time. The arena's capacity ranges between 2,000 and 22,114, depending on the event, making it the largest hockey arena in the world. It's the second of only two arenas to use an old-style siren to mark the end of periods during NHL hockey games. It's owned and operated by the Molson Family.
Centre Bell is the home arena to Montreal Canadiens of NHL and former home arena to Montreal Roadrunners of RHI, Montreal Impact of NPSL, Montreal Rocket of QMJHL and Montreal Express of NLL. It hosted various league hockey games, including the final two games of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey championship series, two games of the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, the 2009 NHL All-Star Game. It is the oldest venue that has never hosted any games of a Stanley Cup Final. In 2010, the arena hosted it's first NBA Basketball game between New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors. The two teams returned to the arena again in 2012. The arena also hosted several UFC events, including UFC 97, UFC 113 and UFC 158, aswell as several WWE events such as the Survivor Series in 1997, Breaking Point in 2009, and broadcasts of Raw and SmackDown.
Music acts who performed in the arena include Elton John, Aerosmith, Coldplay, Billy Joel, Janet Jackson, Roger Waters, Justin Timberlake, Bon Jovi and more.
Since The Resistance tour, Muse have performed in the arena on each headlining tour.
Muse appearances
Arena address
Centre Bell
1909 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal
Centre-Ville
Montréal, QC H4B 5G0