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Gatineau is finally getting a new home for the Olympiques, a $79-million complex with one big rink for the major junior team and three smaller rinks for community use.

After more than 10 years of debate in Gatineau on how to replace the aging Robert Guertin Arena, the city council accepted the deal with Vision Multisports Outaouais (VMSO) Wednesday.

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The new arena, to be completed by the fall of 2020, will be just north of Maloney Boulevard, between Montée Paiement and Boulevard de la Cité. The land is currently vacant.

The $79-million bill is to be shared as follows: A maximum of $36.5 million paid by the city of Gatineau, plus $26 million by Quebec and $16 million paid by VMSO.

On top of that, city taxpayers will cover $25 million for a parking garage and for improvements to streets around the arena site.

“It’s an excellent project,” Mayor Maxime Pednead-Jobin said Wednesday. “We keep our Olympiques for at least 25 years” while capping the public expense and getting three rinks for community teams.