The Centre Air Creebec, formerly known as the Palais des Sports, is a 3,504 capacity (2,140 seated) multi-purpose arena in Val-d'Or, Quebec Canada. It is home to the Val-d'Or Foreurs Ice hockey team. It was built in 1949 and renamed for corporate sponsor Air Creebec in November 2005. An arena is a circular or oval shaped public space (akin to a classical amphitheatre), designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. ... Val-dOr is a city in Quebec, Canada with a population of 32 125 (2001). ... The Val-dOr Foreurs are an ice hockey team based in Val-dOr, in the region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... A team comprises any group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Air Creebec is a regional airline in Quebec and Ontario in Canada. ... Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Al Jazeera bombing memo • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Black sites scandal • Conservative leadership race (UK) • Fuel prices • Irans nuclear program • Jilin chemical plant explosions • Kashmir earthquake • Malawi food crisis • Malaysian prisoner abuse scandal • New Delhi bombings investigation • Niger food crisis • North Indian cyclone...