Bell Centre

The Bell Centre in downtown Montreal is the largest arena in the NHL and the home of the Canadiens, hockey's most decorated franchise. Its bowl regularly sells out with a passionate, bilingual crowd whose game-day energy is among the most intense in the league. The building anchors an entertainment district built around Canadiens hockey. It also hosts a heavy year-round schedule of major concerts and events befitting its size.

It opened on March 16, 1996, replacing the storied Montreal Forum as the Canadiens' home. The Canadiens carry the NHL's all-time record of 24 Stanley Cups into the building, though most of those titles were won at the Forum before the move. The arena has hosted NHL All-Star festivities and countless deciding playoff games in the decades since. It remains widely regarded as the spiritual heart of hockey in Canada.