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Auditorium catches fire as the Olympic Games approach

At the time of the Montréal Olympic Games in 1976, several cities in Québec and Ontario welcomed the Olympic flame for a few moments. This honour was bestowed […]

From the Verdun Auditorium to the Colisée de Québec

The Pee-Wee 3D : L’hiver qui a changé ma vie movie, produced by Éric Tessier, was released in December 2012. While the great majority of ice rink scenes were […]

Locker rooms in great demand

The Verdun Auditorium is very much in demand for the Montréal filming of hockey-related movies and television shows, because of the arena’s unique locker room: the visitor’s locker […]

Hollywood lands in Verdun

In 2001, for a rare occasion, an American production used the arena as a film set for The Reagans. The production’s location search team liked the location for […]

Renovations that restore a classy style!

Temporarily closed to the public for a facelift in the fall of 2016, the Auditorium and Aréna Denis-Savard are scheduled to reopen in summer 2018. The planned renovations […]

Rock shows at the Verdun Auditorium

Jean-François Parenteau: Well, the shows at the Auditorium, in fact, it’s… there’s something mythical in an Auditorium show. It’s that space. Today, we see the Bell Centre a […]

The Auditorium and the Verdun community

Jean-François Parenteau: Well, the Verdun Auditorium, it’s a building that’s at the heart of the community. Why? Because as I explained it in my childhood memories, I played […]

La Série Montréal – Québec at the Verdun Auditorium

Daniel Belliveau: La Série Montréal-Québec, that was a really particular event for me. It was large scale from a technical standpoint. Just for HD TV, we had to […]

The filming of the Jean Béliveau Docu-drama

Daniel Belliveau: For the Jean Béliveau filming, I had to modify a lot of things here. I had to change the glass, glass from Aréna Denis-Savard for those […]

The Auditorium for a Verdunite

Marc Daoust: Oh, my God! What the Auditorium represents for me? The Auditorium, it’s somehow, for a little kid, because I love to know that inside me, there […]

The Auditorium blows out its 75 candles

On September 19, 2015, the Verdun Auditorium majestically celebrated its 75 years of existence : the entire population of Verdun was invited to this festive event, which provided […]

The Verdun Auditorium in 1976

In 1976, the City of Verdun celebrated the municipality’s 100th anniversary. For the occasion, the Verdun Auditorium took part in the festivities by presenting cultural and sports activities.