Colisee Pepsi(en)

Pepsi Coliseum: From Sports to Show Business

With an arena of significant size, the Pepsi Coliseum has been the venue for cultural and sports events in Quebec for over 60 years.

Originally designed for professional hockey matches, the Pepsi Coliseum has become ‘the preferred place’ for the most varied events and shows. It welcomes nearly a million spectators a year.

Usable area
17,000 ft2 (1.580 m2)

Capacity
16,500 people – center stage seating
12,000 people – skating rink end stage seating
3,500 to 9,000 people – concert hall seating

Types of events

     • Sports Competitions
     • Hockey Tournaments
     • Ice Shows
     • Corporate Events
     • Large Scale Shows
     • Musical Concerts
     • Circuses

Major events held at the Pepsi Coliseum

     • Cirque du Soleil Shows
     • Symphonie des Mille
     • 2008 World Hockey Championship (International Ice Hockey Federation, IIHF)
     • HomeSense Skate Canada International
     • Taking Chances Show with Céline Dion and many other international artists
     • Sports Meeting for the presentation of the Super Bowl
     • Home of the Québec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)
     • International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
     • And many, many more…

An unending list of services on offer

     • 12 artist’s rooms and/or players dressing rooms for multiple uses, available for events, of variable sizes from 125 to 600 ft2 (11.6 to 55.7 m2)
     • Customer service team
     • Poster areas available within
     • Access for persons with reduced mobility
     • Catering staff and services provided by the ExpoCité team
     • The participant accreditation computerized system makes it possible to issue numbered access cards with photographs
     • Many supplementary services
     • Internet and telephone access
     • Storage for promotional material

Underground Level

Spaces for hire
• Luxurious artist’s rooms allow direct access without passing through public areas
• 12 players dressing-rooms

Power
Power supply adapted to new technologies and the special needs of different events.

Stage
Stage measuring 40’ (12.2 m) in depth by 60’ (18.3 m) in length and 5’ (1.5 m) in height

First aid
Appropriately equipped first aid stations

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Lower Deck Level

Tickets
• Billetech Network managed by ExpoCité and the Grand Theatre of Québec, links up with the Montréal Admission Network, and these are further connected with more than 100 sales points throughout Québec, Ontario and the Maritime Provinces.
• Clients may purchase their tickets on Internet, by telephone (local toll free number) or at the Coliseum. Office hours 10 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week.

Media
Facilities adapted to receive TV and radio broadcasters.

Unloading Facilities
3 truck entrances measuring 14’ x 14’ (4.3 m x 4.3 m) served by a ramp

Tour Vehicles
Specially designed 30 ampere

Bar and Restaurant Service
• Snack bars in the corridors throughout the building
• Bars in the corridors throughout the building

Sanitary Facilities
There are many restrooms with access from the corridors throughout the building

Supplementary Services
Gift Shops in the hall by the South Door

First aid
Appropriately equipped first aid stations

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Mezzanine Level

Bar and Restaurant Service
• Snack bars in the corridors throughout the building
• Bars in the corridors throughout the building

Sanitary Facilities
There are many restrooms with access from the corridors throughout the building

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Meeting Rooms

Spaces for hire
41 Corporate Meeting Rooms, with capacity for 6 to 20 people per room

Bar and Restaurant Service
• Snack bars and bars in the corridors throughout the building
• Restaurant Le Bistro in the Pepsi Coliseum always offers a warm welcome
• It is available for events or for private parties
• It has a licensed capacity for 225 people
• Online reserves and information at www.bistroducolisee.com

Sanitary Facilities
There are many restrooms with access from the corridors throughout the building

Upper Deck Level

Media
• 2 Media Booths for members of the press with a capacity for up to 110 people
• 2 Press Rooms with a capacity for 200 people, for use of the media and equipped with sockets for TV units
• 3 TV studios available to the media
• Possibility of installing camera support systems within the amphitheatre

Bar and Restaurant Service
• Snack bars in the corridors throughout the building
• Bars in the corridors throughout the building

Sanitary Facilities
There are many restrooms with access from the corridors throughout the building

Hanging Points for Equipment Storage
130 hanging points with a capacity per unit of 10,000 lb (4.536 kg)

Audiovisual Equipment
• Cutting point technology sound system with Bose type loudspeakers with appropriate amplification and controls
• There is a sound point-source system for a multiplicity of musical events or a main system for a speech, a dance show or artistic skating event

Lighting
System up to television standards with the possibility of using one or more of the 8 permanently installed spotlights

Height
Maximum height within the interior of the building 102’ (31 m)

Scoreboard
Modern Scoreboard with four 10 mm LED high resolution video screens, four 12 mm LED display screens, and therefore with two 12 mm LED bands

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Cat Walk

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