Montreal Forum

Montreal Forum
The Famous Forum
	Interior of the arena (c.1972)
Address	2313 Saint Catherine Street West
Location	Montreal, Quebec
Capacity	Ice hockey: 17,959; Basketball: 18,575
Construction
Broke ground	June 24, 1924
Opened	November 29, 1924
Renovated	1998; (interior only; exterior still stands)
Expanded	1949, 1968
Closed	March 11, 1996
Construction cost	C$1.5 million; ($26.2 million in 2023 dollars)
Architect	John S. Archibald
General contractor	Atlas Construction Company
Tenants
	Montreal Maroons (NHL) (1924–38); Montreal Canadiens (NHL) (1926–96); Montreal Junior Canadiens (QJHL) (1933–61); Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA) (1961–72); Montreal Voyageurs (AHL) (1969–71); Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge (QMJHL) (1972–75); Montreal Juniors (QMJHL) (1975–82); Montreal Manic (NASL Indoor) (1981–82); Montreal Roadrunners (RHI) (1994–95)
National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1997

Montreal Forum (French: Forum de Montréal) is a historic building located facing Cabot Square in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Called "the most storied building in hockey history" by Sporting News,^[6] it was an indoor arena which served as the home of the National Hockey League's Montreal Maroons from 1924 to 1938 and the Montreal Canadiens from 1926 to 1996. The Forum was built by the Canadian Arena Company in 159 days.^[7] Today most of the Forum building is now a multiplex cinema known as Cineplex Cinemas Forum operated by Cineplex Entertainment. Additionally, a large portion of the building's upper floors are used as campus expansion for Dawson College.

Located at the northeast corner of Atwater and Ste-Catherine West (Metro Atwater), the building was historically significant as 15 Stanley Cup championships were clinched/presented on its ice: twelve for the Canadiens and one for the Maroons (for whom the arena was built initially); one for the visiting New York Rangers and Calgary Flames respectively. The Forum was also home to the Montreal Roadrunners and Montreal Junior Canadiens.

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^ 1688 to 1923: Geloso, Vincent, A Price Index for Canada, 1688 to 1850 (December 6, 2016). Afterwards, Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada tables 18-10-0005-01 (formerly CANSIM 326-0021) "Consumer Price Index, annual average, not seasonally adjusted". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021. and table 18-10-0004-13 "Consumer Price Index by product group, monthly, percentage change, not seasonally adjusted, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
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^ "Chronology". HabsWorld. 2003. Archived from the original on May 31, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
^ "Official Report 1976 v.1 page 1". digital.la84.org.
^ "The end of an era. (the Montreal Forum)". 1996. Archived from the original on 2007-02-10. Retrieved 2007-01-21.
^ Musée de la Civilisation de Québec (2001). "Famous Canadian Arenas". Hockey: A Nation's Passion. Canadian Heritage Information Network. Archived from the original on September 25, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2011.