The Jubilee Arena also known as Jubilee Rink and l'Aréna Jubilee was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was located at the area bounded by rue Alphonse-D. Roy Street (then known as rue Malborough) and rue Ste. Catherine Est. It was used for games of the Montreal Canadiens hockey club of the National Hockey Association (NHA) and National Hockey League (NHL) from 1909 to 1910 and again in 1919, and it was home of the Montreal Wanderers NHA club for one year in 1910. It was originally built in 1908 and held seating for 3,200 spectators. Before leaving the building, Gardner and O'Brien decided to form the NHA, which was finalized on December 2. Poor ticket sales collapsed the CHA eight weeks after it was formed, and the popular ECHA/CHA Ottawa Hockey Club (reigning Stanley Cup champion) and Montreal Shamrocks immediately joined the seven-week-old NHA.
In 1918, when the Montreal Arena burned down, the Canadiens moved into Jubilee Arena on a full-time basis. On the afternoon of April 23, 1919, Jubilee Arena also burned down, forcing the Habs to build and move into the Mount Royal Arena which opened in 1920. The site of the old arena is on city property, but can be seen from the east side of the bridge on rue Sainte-Catherine Est west of rue Alphonse-D.-Roy, Montréal, QC (overlooking yard of City of Montreal building - by the back of the yard in that picnic table area) It’s over by that red dumpster and fenced off picnic table lunch area. You can see Olympic Stadium in the background and the train tracks to the left.
See also
- National Hockey League
- Victoria Skating Rink