Pavillon de la Jeunesse

The Pavillon de la Jeunesse is an arena-styled auditorium in Quebec City, on the grounds of ExpoCité. It opened in 1931 as an amphitheatre to replace the Victoria Park Arena destroyed in 1943, it was referred to as Pavillon de l'agriculture (1931 to 1970) for use for agricultural displays for the provincial exhibition or Expo Quebec. Since the 1980s it has been used as a sports venue and has a capacity of 5,000 spectators, with 4,300 seated. It was damaged in a fire in 1949 resulting in restoration work in 1949–1950. The current ice surface was added in 1969–1970.