Getting to Bell Centre
Montréal Canadiens · Montreal, QC
The Bell Centre sits directly above its own garage in downtown Montreal, and what it publishes about getting there is addresses and a rate card rather than routes. The garage entrance, the public entrance and the suite entrance are three different doors on two different streets, and the arena's most specific arrival advice is in its accessibility guide: which corridor to come in by, and which metro station's elevator will not get you in.
Tips & Fan Reports
Take the metro to Lucien-L'Allier station - there is more signage and a shorter passage to the arena. Bonaventure is closer if you want to enter from outdoors along Avenue des Canadiens and see the statues.
Gare Centrale and Gare Lucien-L'Allier put commuter-rail riders within the same block.
Accessible spaces are on level B, section B113; EV charging terminals are in the garage.
Aim for Lucien-L'Allier, not Bonaventure — the Bonaventure station has an elevator, but its access into the arena is closed.
Pickup trucks are refused during hockey games, and studded tires are refused year-round.
Garage parking is card only — no cash — and runs $20 to $49 on event nights, from noon.
The Lucien L'Allier corridor is the arena's dedicated step-free entrance.
Clearance in the garage is 6 ft 10 in on level A and 6 ft 3 in on level B.
Ways In
- Driving
- The Bell Centre gives addresses rather than a highway route, and points drivers at a map itinerary for the rest. The garage is at 1225 Saint-Antoine Street West, the main public entrance at 1909 avenue des Canadiens-de-Montreal, and the luxury-suite entrance at 1205 Saint-Antoine West; deliveries go to Rue de la Montagne. The garage runs a $20 flat daily rate on non-event weekdays, 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and from noon on event days it is $20 to $49 depending on the event, credit and debit cards only. Clearance is 6 ft 10 in on level A and 6 ft 3 in on level B. Pickup trucks are turned away during hockey games, studded tires are barred at all times, and electric charging terminals are available inside.
- Public Transit
- The Bell Centre names no metro line. Its transit panel lists four stations — Bonaventure, Lucien-L'Allier, Gare Centrale and Gare Lucien-L'Allier — and hands the rest to the STM's own Canadiens event page. Lucien-L'Allier is the one to aim for: the arena's accessibility guide gives a dedicated step-free entrance through the Lucien L'Allier corridor, and warns that although Bonaventure metro station has an elevator, the access from that station into the Bell Centre is closed. Accessible parking is on level B of the garage, in section B113.
- Rideshare
- Uber/Lyft drop-off is on Rue de la Gauchetière near the main entrance. Post-game pickup is on Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal. Expect 15-20 minute surge waits.
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- Getting there
Bell Centre Getting Here page and the arrival section of its Accessibility guide on centrebell.ca
- Transit
STM 1-trip, All modes A: regular fare $3.75 (reduced $2.75). Both Lucien-L'Allier and Bonaventure are Zone A metro stations on the island of Montreal; only trips to or from Laval and Longueuil need the All Modes AB fare. Figures are Canadian dollars, which is what this venue publishes
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