Centre Pierre Charbonneau is a community centre located in the Olympic Park in

Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

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, Canada. It was built in 1957 and its gymnasium holds 2,700 people. The arena has hosted a variety of events, including the

wrestling Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...

events at the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

Events

In September 2016, Montreal Roller Derby hosted a 2016 International

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playoff tournament at the venue.

Basketball

It has been the home arena for a variety of short-lived minor league basketball teams: * Montreal Jazz of the

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. * Montreal Matrix of the

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* Montreal Sasquatch of the Premier Basketball League * Montreal Tundra of the

Basketball Super League Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

(2023-present)

References

External links

1976 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. pp. 90–3.
Official Website
Boxing venues in Quebec Ice hockey venues in Montreal Basketball venues in Quebec Olympic wrestling venues Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Sports venues completed in 1957 Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics Basketball in Montreal {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub 1957 establishments in Quebec

Events

Basketball

See also

References

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