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As somebody who now lives in Ottawa.... just curious... What is / was / where is the Congress Centre?

It's now fully renovated and called the Shaw Center, it's also been called the convention center -- on Colonel By Drive just south of Rideau, adjacent to the Rideau Center.

It used to host a number of concerts. I'm guessing it was about 2,000 or so capacity for concerts, maybe a bit larger, so was that perfect venue at the time -- bigger than Barrymore's or Porter Hall at Carleton U -- also used to host a lot of show -- but not quite ready to move up to the Civic Center or NHL arena once it existed. Shows that would have gone there are now either the slightly smaller Bronson Center, or more likely skipping Ottawa.

It was not the greatest venue for shows. Carpeted floors, which must have been disgusting, grey concrete walls that bounced sound, way too hot in the summer when full.