Palais des congrès de Montréal

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Palais des congrès de Montréal
As seen from Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle
Address	1001, Pl. Jean-Paul-Riopelle Montreal, Quebec H2Z 2B3
Coordinates	45°30′16″N 73°33′36″W / 45.50444°N 73.56000°W / 45.50444; -73.56000
Enclosed space
Public transit access	Place-d'Armes station
Website
Official website

The Palais des congrès de Montréal is a convention centre in Montreal's Quartier international at the north end of Old Montreal. Its borough is Ville-Marie. Construction began in 1977 and completed in 1983; the Palais opened on 21 May 1983.^[1][2] Victor Prus designed the original building.^[3]

Place-d'Armes station is located in the building with an underground connection to and from the convention centre.

Some of the land for Palais des congrès was expropriated from Chinatown, Montreal,^[4] along with building of Complexe Guy-Favreau. Plans to expand the Palais began in 1997.^[5] It was expanded from 1999 to 2002, doubling its capacity from 92,000 square metres (990,000 sq ft) to 184,000 square metres (1,980,000 sq ft). The expansion was designed by a consortium of three firms: Tétrault Parent Languedoc; Saia Barbarese Topouzanov; and Aedifica, with Hal Ingberg.^[6]

This was the venue for the 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, which led to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

• Dunton, Nancy H.; Malkin, Helen (2008). A guidebook to contemporary architecture in Montreal. Douglas & McIntyre. OCLC 1200468415.

• Official website
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