Avenir Centre
Avenir Centre is an indoor arena in Moncton, New Brunswick. It seats about 8,800 people and opened on September 8, 2018. The arena was built to replace the Moncton Coliseum after the city approved the project in 2014. Groundbreaking happened in 2016, and opening was delayed to 2018. SMG operates the venue, and the naming rights are held by Avenir Hearing, a local chain of hearing clinics that even gives out free earplugs at events.
The centre is home to the Moncton Wildcats of the QMJHL since 2018. It has also hosted other local teams, including the Moncton Magic (NBL Canada) until 2021 and the Moncton Motion (ECBL) in 2023.
Avenir Centre’s first event was a Keith Urban concert on September 12, 2018. The Wildcats played their first home game on September 28, 2018, beating the Saint John Sea Dogs 5–2. The arena hosted UFC Fight Night: Volkan vs. Smith on October 27, 2018—the first UFC event in New Brunswick.
It has hosted many major events, such as Game 2 of the 2019 CHL Canada/Russia Series (the score ended 4–3 in overtime for Team Canada). It co-hosted the 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship with Halifax’s Scotiabank Centre. In November 2023, it hosted the 2023 Atlantic Slam NCAA Division I basketball tournament—the first NCAA event in Atlantic Canada. In January 2024, it hosted the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, the first time the event was held in New Brunswick. The 2024 QMJHL Draft was held there on June 8, 2024 (Moncton last hosted it in 2009 at the Moncton Coliseum). In May 2025, it hosted Games 1, 2 and 5 of the Gilles-Courteau Trophy Finals, with the Moncton Wildcats facing Rimouski Océanic for the QMJHL title.
In 2025, Broadway in Moncton brought four Broadway shows to the arena: Stomp, Chicago, Come from Away and Mean Girls.
Avenir Centre also hosts many concerts and comedy shows, with performers such as Keith Urban, Arkells, Avril Lavigne, Imagine Dragons, Nickelback, Shania Twain, Sting, Billy Idol, Michael Bublé, Nelly and Ja Rule, and comedians like Kevin Hart, John Mulaney, Jim Gaffigan and Russell Peters.
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