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The Place des Festivals is an urban square] in the [[Ville-Marie borough of Montreal, Quebec, Caada.

It is in the Quartier des spectacles, along Jeanne Mance Street between De Maisonneauve Boulevard and [[Sainte-Catherine Street]. It is between the [[Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art on the west and Place des Arts on the east.

The maximum capacity of the place is 25,000 people (for example within the framework of a show).

Origin of the name	Edt It makes it possible to offer an adequate space to host major Montreal festivals.

Historical	Edit Antecedents	Edit The islet and its neighbor to the west formed in the 1980s a coveted ensemble. The developer Trizec had acquired in the 1970s the part to the west of Balmoral Street and he made an exchange in 1982 with the City of Montreal, which owned the east part. The City became the owner of the northern half and had to build 600 housing there, reduced in 1985 to 250 but with three commercial floors, while Trizec gave itself seven years to build on the southern half "a second Place Ville-Marie " of 50 floors. . These projects will later be abandoned. [ 1 ], [ 2 ]

Planning and construction	Edit The square occupies the entire Balmoral block and is as large as Square Victoria. The fittings include, among other things, 235 variable-pulse water jets illuminated in red and white and transparent structures primarily dedicated to restaurateurs. The Rio Tinto Alcan Festival House is located near the square.

After two years of discussions, the unveiling of the models took place on July 9, 2008in the presence of the mayor of Montreal, Gérald Tremblay. Work began in August 2008 and was largely completed on June 30, 2009In time for the opening show Stevie Wonder as part of the 30 th edition of the International Festival of Jazz Montreal [ 3 ].

New gathering place	Edit The official inauguration took place on September 7, 2009with a show by Diane Dufresne , DJ Champion and dancers from Les Grands Ballets Canadiens [ 4 ].

Of December 11, 2009 at January 6 , 2010“Pixel field” took place, or 400 interactive light sources over 40,000 square feet [ 5 ] , [ 6 ].

The August 19, 2010the premiere of Elixir, a water, sound and light show, takes place. The $ 300,000 project developed by Moment Factory will be presented in the evening in September andOctober 2010[ 7 ].

Of December 15, 2010 at February 27 , 2011takes place "Polar spheres", ie 25 spheres of different interactive sizes. Designed by the firm Lucion Media but manufactured by the Société des arts gigantesques, the cost of this operation cost $ 400,000 [ 8 ].

Some artists who have played at the Place des Festivals	Edit Arcade Fire Beast Brian Setzer Orchestra Caravan Palace Chicago Goes West Pirate's heart Dan Bigras Diane Dufresne DJ Champion Emir Kusturica and The No Smoking Orchestra Emile bilodeau The Creole Company Loco Locass Karkwa Malajube Patrick watson Rich Brown & Rinsethealgorithm Señor Coconut Slavic Soul Party! Stevie Wonder Trombone Shorty Walk off the Earth Zachary Richard Remarkable buildings and places of memory	Edit

Inauguration of the Place des Festivals with DJ Champion, the September 7 , 2009

Elixir instead of Festivals in august 2010

Installations of the Montreal Native Presence Festival at Place des festivals,august 2010

Water sports

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