After more than a few stops and starts, Place des Arts will officially open its doors on April 29.
In a press release, Alain Richard, chair of the Place des Arts board, states the COVID-19 pandemic not only caused a shortage of labour on the site, but “then a shortage of certain materials and recent roadblocks at the Canada-U.S. border made it difficult to receive what we needed to complete the work early.” Now that the situation has improved, “we will be able to receive artists and patrons shortly.”
The final work is taking place on the ground floor, mainly in the auditorium, a space with highly specialized equipment and facilities. A new schedule has been established with the contractors to complete the work while respecting the relevant safety standards.
Place des Arts’ co-founding organizations will move into the building at the end of March, while the training of the technical teams and the running-in of the equipment and facilities will take place in April, before the official opening.
The activities surrounding the opening will be announced at a later date.
