The Pepsi Colisee demolition process continues, as seats from the former home of the NHL’s Quebec Nordiques will hit the block. (more…)
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Best of 2016: #9, Quebec City Left Out by NHL
We end 2016 with a countdown of the 10 biggest stories of the year on Arena Digest, as chosen by editors and partially based on page views. Today, #9: Quebec City is left out by the NHL. (more…)
NHL Still Desired in Quebec City
Months after the city’s expansion bid for an NHL franchise fell short, some in Quebec City still desire a hockey team at the Videotron Centre. (more…)
Residents: Quebec City NHL Team Still Possible
Despite being passed over in the latest expansion round, a Quebec City NHL team is still considered to be an inevitability by area leaders and fans, who say they’re in line to land a National Hockey League team — but it may take a few years. (more…)
NHL expansion attracts Las Vegas, Quebec bids
A rather hurried process to gauge potential interest for NHL expansion may have backfired, as the league received only two bids from interested parties in Las Vegas and Quebec City. (more…)
Will legal challenges derail Quebec City arena?
With opposition politicians promising lawsuits challenging the funding scheme for a new Quebec City arena, city and provincial leaders are taking actions to nip them in the bud. The issue: the agreement between the city and Quebecor for naming rights and management. A former provincial politician and city manager, Denis De Belleval, says he’ll challenge […]
Quebec City on verge of new arena, return of NHL?
Political pressure, which usually hampers efforts at public financing of arenas in the United States, could have the opposite effect in Quebec City, where local and provincial officials will meet today to discuss a C$400M arena that could potentially pave the way for a return of the NHL — or even a Winter Olympics. Quebec […]
Bettman: Oh, Canada?
Once an outspoken opponent of shifting franchises north of the border, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is warming to the idea of franchises returning to Winnipeg and Quebec City. There are others in the NHL much more enthusiastic about the NHL returning to hockey hotbeds in Canada, and apparently their thinking is rubbing off on the […]
