When Laval finally got its own arena in 2017, it didn't settle for something modest: Place Bell landed next to the Montmorency métro station with 10,000 seats, 46 corporate boxes, and three ice surfaces including an Olympic-size rink, all stacked into a complex that does double duty as concert hall, community hub, and home to the Laval Rocket.

Managed by evenko, the same outfit behind the Bell Centre, the arena logs more than fifty events a year and ranks fifth among Canada's most-visited venues by ticket sales. The Rocket's AHL pedigree draws the faithful, but so does the Montreal Victoire of the PWHL, who made Place Bell their permanent home in 2024.

Between games, a two-floor commercial strip and a rotating cast of restaurants—from Notre-Bœuf-de-Grâce's fresh-ground burgers to Gatto Matto's Italian—keep the doors busy long after the final buzzer.