Colisée Pepsi
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Colisée Pepsi (English: Pepsi Coliseum; formerly the Colisée de Québec -- Quebec (City) Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Quebec City, Quebec. It was the home of the WHA and NHL Quebec Nordiques from 1972-1995, and is currently the home of the Québec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (LHJMQ) and Quebec Radio X of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH).
The arena was originally built in 1950, seating 10,000, to replace a building on the same site that had burned down a year earlier. The arena was heavily renovated in 1980, raising capacity to 15,750, to meet NHL standards after the Nordiques moved from the WHA to the NHL. Pepsi bought the naming rights in November 1999, and current capacity is 15,399.
Quebec City has entertained several proposals in recent years to return NHL hockey to the city; most of these proposals envision using the Colisée as a temporary home while a new NHL-ready arena is built, similar to baseball's Washington Nationals' temporary use of RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. while a modern baseball-specific stadium is built for them. The Quebec Nordiques' ex-owner Marcel Aubut has talked about replacing the old Colisée in 2008, when Quebec will celebrate its 400th anniversary.
The original Colisée de Québec was built in 1910, and was the home arena of the NHL's Quebec Bulldogs.
| Preceded by: first arena |
Home of the Quebec Nordiques 1972–1995 |
Succeeded by: McNichols Sports Arena 1995–1999 |
| Preceded by: first arena |
Home of the Quebec Bulldogs 1910–1920 |
Succeeded by: Barton Street Arena 1920–1925 |
| Current arenas in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League |
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| Eastern Division | Western Division | |
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| Androscoggin Bank Colisée | Centre 200 | Charlottetown Civic Centre | Halifax Metro Centre | Harbour Station | K.C. Irving Regional Centre | Mile One Centre | Moncton Coliseum | Aréna Dave Keon | Aréna Jacques Plante | Centre Air Creebec | Centre Georges-Vézina | Centre Henry-Leonard | Centre Marcel Dionne | Colisée Desjardins | Colisée Pepsi | Colisée de Rimouski | Robert Guertin Arena | |
