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Montreal Forum

Original Forum

Owner: Canadian Arena Company
Capacity: 9,000 Seats
Site: Atwater & Ste Catherine
First Game: Nov. 29, 1924; MTL 7, Tor 1
Attendance: 8,000
Original Cost: $1.5 Million

Renovations

1949 Capacity increased to 12,500
1968 Modernized, Air-Conditioned
Capacity increased to 16,500
Cost of $10,000,000
Opened Nov 2, 1968

Montreal Forum

2313 St. Catherine Street West
Montreal, Quebec

Owner: The Molson Companies Ltd.
First Official Game: November 29, 1924, win against Toronto St. Pats
Last Official Game: March 11, 1996, win against Dallas Stars 4-1

Capacity: 17,959 (16,259 Seats)

Rink Dimensions: 200' x 85'

Press Box: Suspended above ice, along West Side

Radio & TV: Suspended above ice, along East Side

Largest crowd:
19,040 (Regular Season); Jan. 7, 1974 vs. Philadelhia
19,005 (Playoffs); May 8, 1973 vs. Chicago




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