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39-536: It can accommodate up to 2,350 people. The venue is within walking distance from Place-des-Arts Metro station , the Complexe Desjardins in the west and from the Saint-Laurent metro station. In 2011, the venue was ranked as the ninth most popular club venue worldwide in ticket sales. In 2016, naming rights were acquired by Telus . The telecommunications company plans to invest $ 5 million in improvements to

78-755: A cathedral, the Bell Centre (home of the Montreal Canadiens), and 3 exhibition halls: the Place Bonaventure, the Convention Centre (Palais des Congrès de Montréal) and the Olympic Centre. The vision for the underground city was originally that of urbanist Vincent Ponte , for whom a commemorative plaque was unveiled in November 2006 at Place Ville Marie. The first link of the underground city arose with

117-418: A million people are estimated to use it every day. The network is largely climate controlled and well-lit, and is arranged in a U-shape with two principal north–south axes connected by an east–west axis. Combined, there are 32 kilometres (20 mi) of tunnels over 12 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi) of the most densely populated part of Montreal. In total, there are more than 120 exterior access points to

156-508: A real estate developer announced a new condo project on top of the De Bleury north entrance, and the entrance building was closed to the public. In the meantime, the STM also worked on improving the station's accessibility by installing three elevators from the street level to the platforms. The entrance building reopened on June 16, 2022 and the station became accessible on July 21, 2022. This station

195-411: A speech by premier-designate Pauline Marois , a gunman named Richard Henry Bain infiltrated the building in an attempt to assassinate Marois. In his attempt, he killed a stagehand and wounded another man before being apprehended by police. Place-des-Arts station Place-des-Arts station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie , Montreal , Quebec, Canada. It is operated by

234-562: A spokesperson for the Hudson's Bay Company , city workers may have caused the damage by hitting a nearby pillar. During the weekend, city workcrews worked non-stop to shore up the sagging slab of concrete, installing more than 1,000 temporary metal supports. On Monday, August 27, 2007, service was restored to the Green Line, and all streets but the block of de Maisonneuve boulevard between Union and Aylmer were reopened to traffic. The one block that

273-495: A theatre under the name "The Loew's Court" and then into a movie theatre in 1923. A year later, the name reverted to the "Theatre Français" before the theatre was partially damaged by fire again in 1930. Purchased by United Amusement, it was fully renovated and decorated by Emmanuel Briffa who was also responsible for the design of the Outremont Theatre . The building became a theater again before housing an adult cinema under

312-530: Is a hand-glazed ceramic mosaic by the artist Saskia Siebrand , installed in 2005. It contains tiles of over 300 colours, all custom hand-glazed. This architectural composition made of perforated aluminum panels was added to conceal a telecommunications room that had been added over the station's western tunnel opening. Before this work was added, the Montréal métro featured only one mosaic, the one by Gabriel Bastien and Andrea Vau at Sherbrooke station. In March 2019,

351-533: Is named for the Place des Arts cultural complex. Opened in 1963, this complex includes five concert halls, including the largest multipurpose concert hall in Canada, and an art museum. Scenes of the 2017 Keanu Reeves film John Wick: Chapter 2 were filmed at the station. The station was redressed to stand in for a New York City Subway station. Underground City, Montreal RÉSO , commonly referred to as

390-551: The Montreal World Trade Centre . Although these buildings have only a secondary commercial sector, they use their connection to the underground city as a selling point for their office space. Also, the construction of a tunnel between Eaton Centre and Place Ville-Marie consolidated the two central halves of the underground city. The construction of the Bell (originally Molson) Centre connected Lucien-L'Allier Metro station to

429-749: The Peel and Place-des-Arts Metro stations on the Green Line and the Lucien-L'Allier and Place-d'Armes stations on the Orange Line . The underground city is promoted as an important tourist attraction by most Montreal travel guidebooks, and as an urban planning achievement it is impressive. For most Montrealers, however, it tends to be considered more as a large mall complex linking Metro stations—they may not even know they are in it. Many Canadian cities have some kind of tunnel or skywalk system downtown to help people avoid

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468-589: The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line . The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro. It is located in the Quartier des spectacles district, in east-central downtown . Designed by David, Boulva, et Cleve, it is a normal side platform station built in open cut under boul. De Maisonneuve , with two ticket halls joined by corridors that surround and overlook

507-526: The UQAM Sherbrooke Pavilion at the corner of Sainte Famille Street and Sherbrooke Street to the Lucien-L'Allier Metro station just south-west of the Bell Centre , without going outside—a span of 1.7 km (1.1 mi) as the crow flies, or approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) walking distance. On Friday, August 24, 2007, construction crews discovered a seven-meter (23 foot) long fissure in

546-474: The Underground City ( French : La ville souterraine ), is the name applied to a series of interconnected office towers, hotels, shopping centres, residential and commercial complexes, convention halls, universities and performing arts venues that form the heart of Montreal 's central business district , colloquially referred to as Downtown Montreal . The name refers to the underground connections between

585-620: The Complexe Guy Favreau federal government building, and the Palais des Congrès (convention centre). Between 1984 and 1992, the underground city expanded, with the construction of three major linked shopping centres in the Peel and McGill Metro station areas: Cours Mont-Royal, Place Montréal-Trust, and the Promenades Cathédrale (built underneath Christ Church Cathedral ). McGill station

624-512: The Metro began running in 1966, ten buildings were already connected directly to Metro stations; development would continue until only three free-standing station entrances ( Square-Victoria-OACI , St-Laurent and Place-des-Arts ) remained in the central segment. In 1974, the Complexe Desjardins office tower complex was constructed, spurring the construction of a "second downtown" underground city segment between Place-des-Arts and Place-d'Armes station, via Place des Arts, Complexe Desjardins ,

663-549: The Metro network located two Metro stations east of Place-des-Arts at the eastern edge of downtown is the transfer point for changing between the Green , Orange and Yellow lines. Located one Metro station west of Peel , this station is at the center of the Sir George Williams campus of Concordia University . One Metro station west of Guy-Concordia , this station is at the western edge of downtown and just inside

702-756: The Place du Canada office tower, Place Bonaventure , Central Station, and Windsor Station , forming the core of the Underground City. Square-Victoria-OACI station connected to the Tour de la Bourse, Montreal's stock exchange building. Adding to the development of the underground city was the Montreal Urban Community Transit Commission's policy of offering the aerial rights above Metro station entrances for construction through emphyteutic leases , an advantageous way to acquire prime real estate. When

741-557: The buildings that compose the network, in addition to the network's complete integration with the city's entirely underground rapid transit system, the Montreal Metro . Moreover, the first iteration of the Underground City was developed out of the open pit at the southern entrance to the Mount Royal Tunnel , where Place Ville Marie and Central Station stand today. Though most of the connecting tunnels pass underground, many of

780-568: The ceiling of an underground corridor linking the McGill station to The Bay store located under de Maisonneuve Boulevard , between Aylmer Street and Union Avenue. The station, the Underground City shops, and above ground streets and buildings were closed to assess whether there was any risk of collapse of the structure. Service on the Métro Green Line was halted between Berri-UQAM and Lionel-Groulx stations until Sunday evening. According to

819-469: The club over the next decade, as part of its corporate rebranding effort. The venue opened in 1884. It was first a skating rink and became a summer theatre the following year under the name "Theatre Français". Completely damaged by a fire at the end of the 19th century, the building was bought in 1920 by an American company, the Loew's chain (now known as Loews Cineplex Entertainment ), which first turned it into

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858-650: The construction of the Place Ville Marie office tower and underground shopping mall , opened in 1962 and built to cover an unsightly pit of railway tracks north of the Central Station . Two tunnels linked it to Central Station and the Queen Elizabeth Hotel . The advent of the Montreal Metro in 1966, in time for Expo 67 , brought tunnels joining Bonaventure station to the Château Champlain hotel,

897-592: The damage. Street traffic on De Maisonneuve resumed in March 2008. The central segment interconnects the following seven Metro stations via indoor walkway. As the Berri-UQAM station, which allows transfers between the Green , Orange and Yellow lines, is two Metro stops from the closest station in this segment, in many cases it is quicker to walk than to take the Metro. The lists of connected facilities which follow are grouped by segment and nearest Metro station. The hub of

936-467: The key passageways and principal access points are located at ground level, and there is also one skybridge (between Lucien-L'Allier Metro station and Gare Lucien L'Allier ). In this regard, the Underground City is more of an indoor city (ville intérieure) than a truly subterranean city, although there are vast commercial sectors located entirely underground. The network is particularly useful during Montreal's long winters, during which time well over half

975-428: The main campus of the university on the northwest slope of Mount-Royal . Although part of the campus has its own private network of underground tunnels including one opening next to the station, no part of the campus is directly connected to the Metro. Situated on the blue line between Université-de-Montréal and Outremont stations, this station serves many Université de Montréal buildings and will be connected to

1014-506: The most concerts in the venue. Popular game show La Fureur has also filmed there on several occasions. As part of a partnership with Telus Mobility , the venue was officially renamed from Métropolis to M Telus in May 2017. In the early morning hours of September 5, 2012, following the 2012 Quebec general election , the venue was the site of a victory rally for the Parti Québecois . During

1053-665: The name "Eros" through the 1970s until 1981, when it shut down. Six years later, under the name "Metropolis", it reopened as a dance club. Following acquisition of the building in 1997 by L'Équipe Spectra, Métropolis became a live performance venue, hosting artists like David Bowie , Beck , Alice in Chains , Les Rita Mitsouko , Green Day , the White Stripes , Björk , Bran Van 3000 , Ben Harper , Nickelback , Prince, Radiohead , Coldplay , Corneille , City and Colour , Les Cowboys Fringants and Jean Leloup —the artist who has performed

1092-566: The network, not including the sixty or so Metro station entrances located outside the official limits of the RÉSO, some of which have their own smaller tunnel networks. Some of the city's larger institutions, namely McGill University , the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts , Concordia University , Université de Montréal and the Université du Québec à Montréal also have campus tunnel networks separate from

1131-475: The platforms. The eastern mezzanine includes staircases with one-way exit-only turnstiles. The station is joined by underground city to Place des Arts and Université du Québec à Montréal , and has additional four street-level exits. The station's walls are coved in light-grey bricks in a zig-zag layout. The station is equipped with the MétroVision information screens which displays news, commercials, and

1170-678: The territory of Westmount . One metro station away from Place D’Armes, Champ-de-Mars is located right next to the new Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) . It is located near Montreal’s historic buildings and streets in Old Montreal as well as the Old Port . This station is the eastern transfer point between the Orange and Blue lines. Situated on the Blue line in between Côte-des-Neiges and Édouard-Montpetit stations, this station serves

1209-498: The time until the next train arrives. The station has 4 entrances: The station features art by Frédéric Back : a massive stained glass mural entitled L'histoire de la musique à Montréal ("history of music in Montreal"). The work is composed of thousands of layered pieces of glass backlit by 105 lighting tubes and supported by a tonne of steel. The glass surface is rippled, causing the brilliant colours to shimmer ethereally. The work

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1248-481: The underground city, as well as replacing Windsor Station with the new Gare Lucien-L'Allier commuter train station. Most recently, in 2003, the complete redevelopment of the Quartier international de Montréal consolidated several segments of the central underground city with continuous pedestrian corridors. The construction of the ICAO headquarters joined Place Bonaventure to Square-Victoria-OACI station, which in turn

1287-512: The underground city. In 2004, the downtown network of the underground city was re-branded and given the name RÉSO , which is a homophone of the French word réseau , or network. The "O" at the end of the word is the logo of the Montreal Metro. Schematic maps bearing the RÉSO logo are found throughout the network. The largest and best-known segment is located in the centre of downtown, delimited by

1326-432: The weather. Most parts of the Montreal underground city are open while the Metro is in operation (5:30 AM to 1:00 AM), though some are closed outside of business hours. Maps of the underground city and the Metro can be obtained free of charge from all Metro stations, and the network of buildings is indicated on most maps of the downtown core. Nearly 500,000 people use it per day. It is also the largest underground complex in

1365-465: The world. It stretches for 32 kilometers (20 miles) and covers 4 million square meters (one and a half square miles). According to official statistics, its corridors link up with 10 metro stations, 2 bus terminals, 1,200 offices, about 2,000 stores including 2 major department stores, approximately 1,600 housing units, 200 restaurants, 40 banks, movie theatres providing 40 screens and other entertainment venues, 7 major hotels, 4 universities, Place des Arts,

1404-538: Was already linked with The Bay , Eaton's (now the Complexe Les Ailes ), Centre Eaton , and two other office/mall complexes. Between 1984 and 1989, the underground city grew from 12 km (7 mi) of passages to almost 22 km (14 mi). Mega-projects added to the size of the network throughout the 1990s, including Le 1000 De La Gauchetière (the tallest building in Montreal), Le 1250 René-Lévesque , and

1443-475: Was joined to the Palais des Congrès and Place-d'Armes station via the new Caisse de dépôt et de placement building and a tunnel under Place Jean-Paul Riopelle . Uniquely, the new tunnel sections in the Quartier International contain educational and artistic displays sponsored by major Montreal museums. As a result of this construction, one can now walk all the way across the centre of downtown, from

1482-465: Was not open to traffic was open to pedestrians. All buildings reopened, including The Bay. Officials said that it would take months to fix the problem. While inspecting the site, it was discovered that 2021 Union, the Parkade Montreal building, was in danger of having concrete side panels fall off. City engineers performed emergency repairs. A report later blamed the construction of a bike path for

1521-424: Was originally intended to be an homage to four important Quebec musical artists: the composers Calixa Lavallée , Guillaume Couture , Alexis Contant , and soprano Dame Emma Albani . Unveiled on December 20, 1967, this stained glass was the first work of art to be commissioned for the Metro system. In 2008 the lighting system was completely renovated by the lighting artist Axel Morgenthaler . The second work of art

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