Quebec mayor wants to build arena, lure NHL team

Oct 16, 2009 37 related

The mayor of Quebec City wants to build an NHL-quality hockey arena to lure a pro hockey team back to his city. At a Friday morning news conference, Mayor Regis Labeaume said the dream to bring a hockey team back to town will remain a pipe dream unless a new arena is built. He told reporters that he's hired SNC Lavalin to conduct a feasibility study to if an arena could be built from 2010 to 2012. Labeaume estimates that it would cost $400 million to build such an arena and that the city is prepared to put up $50 million. He wants Ottawa and the provincial government to each provide $175 million under infrastructure programs. There is some reason for optimism among Quebec City hockey fans to believe that an NHL team could one day return to the provincial capital -- more than a decade after the Quebec Nordiques flew south to... [read full story]