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Marcel Aubut, the man pulling the strings behind Quebec City's bid to return to the National Hockey League -- and someone who enjoys insider status among the game's power brokers -- is stating unequivocally that a new arena there will be up and running by opening day 2015.
There are a couple of minor hurdles to surmount -- the prospective site next to the Pepsi Colisee still has to go through an environmental assessment and clean up, and the price tag for the new building, paid for by the city and province, can't exceed $400 million -- but they certainly seem manageable.
Even if there were to be a provincial election next spring, it’s hard to imagine Jean Charest's main challengers, the Parti Quebecois, campaigning on the basis...
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