St. Michel Arena is a 2,000-seat indoor arena in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

, Quebec, Canada that was built in 1968. It served as the

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venue of the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

and is located about 4.4 km west of the

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. The capacity was temporarily raised to 2,700 for the games.

References

1976 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. pp. 130–3. Sports venues in Montreal Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifting venues Sports venues completed in 1968 1968 in Montreal {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub