Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard

Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
Data
place	Lavradio
Coordinates	45 ° 33 '13 "  N , 73 ° 38' 12.5"  W Coordinates: 45 ° 33 '13 "  N , 73 ° 38' 12.5"  W.
start of building	October 1974
opening	May 18, 1976
Societies)
Montreal Impact (1993-2007)
Events
1976 Summer Olympics International matches of the Canadian national football team

The Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard (CSCR) is a multi-purpose sports facility in the Canadian city ​​of Montreal . It is located on the Avenue Christophe-Colomb in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville arrondissement , around seven kilometers northwest of the city center. The CSCR hosted several competitions during the 1976 Summer Olympics .

investment

Indoor swimming pool in the CSCR

The sports complex consists of two buildings, the main building and the neighboring Aréna Michel-Normandin . The indoor swimming pool is the center of the main building . It includes a swimming pool with ten lanes according to Olympic criteria and a diving pool with towers 3, 5 and 10 meters high. The main building also has an indoor running track of 200 meters in length, two sports halls, a gym, an archery range, fencing halls, halls for martial arts and weightlifting, as well as tennis and squash halls. The Aréna Michel-Normandin is a football and athletics stadium with space for 9500 spectators. There is also an artificial turf field , two baseball facilities and a dozen tennis courts . The facility is owned by the City of Montreal.

history

Aréna Michel-Normandin

The CSCR was created with a view to the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal . Construction work began in October 1974 and the official opening took place on May 18, 1976. During the summer games, the CSCR hosted Olympic handball and water polo tournaments. The facility also served as a training center for track and field athletes, swimmers and field hockey players. The Montreal Impact soccer team used the Aréna Michel-Normandin as their home stadium from 1993 to 2007 , and the Canadian national soccer team also played a number of games here.

The facility is named after the engineer Claude Robillard (1911–1968), the first director of the Montreal City Planning Office.

Web links

Commons : Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information on the City of Montreal website (French)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official report of the 1976 Summer Olympics, Volume 2. (PDF, 20.2 MB) LA84 Foundation, 1976, pp. 118–123 , accessed on January 28, 2012 (English).