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Quebec earmarks up to $7M to bring Los Angeles Kings to provincial capital for visit. The Los Angeles Kings will showcase part of their training camp and play two pre-season games at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City next year.

The team will stay in Old Quebec from Oct. 2 to Oct. 6, and this, thanks to a provincial government subsidy worth between $5 and $7 million. Quebec Finance Minister said the hockey event will cost up to $10 million total, but it will generate revenue. 

The CAQ says it lacks money for public sector workers, but it gives up to $7 million to NHL millionaires, rather than to the people who are struggling. Food banks are asking for $8 million while the government is ready to give $7 million to the NHL.

The Kings will face the Boston Bruins in the first pre-season game on Oct. 3, before taking on the Florida Panthers two days later. Ticket prices for the Kings games will run between $55 and $170.

The NHL has not presented a pre-season game at Videotron Centre since 2018, when the Montreal Canadiens faced the Washington Capitals. The arena opened its doors in 2015 with the goal of attracting an NHL franchise. For now, this building is the home of the Quebec Remparts in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The 18,000-seat arena was built for $370 million, jointly paid for by Quebec City and the provincial government. The Quebec Nordiques, the city’s former NHL team, moved to Denver in 1995 and became the Colorado Avalanche, winning the Stanley Cup in its inaugural season.