The 18,259-seat arena replaced Colisée Pepsi as Quebec City's primary venue for indoor events.

The arena is primarily used for ice hockey, serving as the home arena of the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL and has been prospected as a venue for a new or re-located National Hockey League team in Quebec City,[5][6] and as part of a Winter Olympic Games bid.

[15] The arena held its official opening on September 3, running public two-hour tours for the following three days.

[19] Populous architect and lead project designer Kurt Amundsen described the arena as having a "hockey-first" design suiting the preferences of Canadian fans (who Amundsen described as being more interested in the game itself rather than in-arena entertainment), with a bowl that is "as steep and tight as it could possibly get", allowing spectators to "feel like [they] are on top of the ice".

[20] The angle of the upper seating bowl is so steep that rails had to be installed at every row to satisfy local building code requirements.

[21][22] Madonna performed to a sold-out crowd of over 13,000 patrons on September 21, 2015, part of her Rebel Heart Tour.

Billie Eilish performed at the venue on September 29, 2024 as the first show for her Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour.