# Why is there no glass behind the home bench in the Molson Centre?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-glass-behind-the-home-bench-in-the-molson-centre/96587>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 3, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-glass-behind-the-home-bench-in-the-molson-centre/96587 "2001-12-03T06:42:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-glass-behind-the-home-bench-in-the-molson-centre/96587/1 "2001-12-03T06:42:49Z")

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I was just at the Molson Centre this past weekend to see the Habs and I noticed there is no glass behind the home team’s bench. I remember there wasn’t any in the old Forum, either. Why is this? I thought the glass was required to be there for the safety of both the players and the fans.

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-glass-behind-the-home-bench-in-the-molson-centre/96587/2 "2001-12-03T06:53:42Z")

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Just to be differnt 🙂

I actually don’t know. I just miss being in Quebec, and so had to post SOMETHING in a Montreal-related thread 🙂