QUEBEC CITY – There were long line-ups outside Quebec City‘s new Videotron Centre Thursday.
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It’s the first day of public visits to the new auditorium – the brainchild of Mayor Régis Labeaume.
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The visits are designed to drum up public support for the centre and the eventual return of an NHL hockey team in the city.
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“We expect, in the future, to have hockey games that will represent us around North America,” one visitor told Global News.
Visits continue through the weekend.
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