Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet

Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet
The Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet in Sherbrooke
Data
place	360 rue Cegep Sherbrooke , Québec J1E 2J9, Canada
Coordinates	45 ° 24 '38.4 "  N , 71 ° 53' 0.6"  W Coordinates: 45 ° 24 '38.4 "  N , 71 ° 53' 0.6"  W.
opening	1965
Renovations	2012
surface	Concrete rink floor PVC - Flooring
capacity	4,321 places (ice hockey) 5,332 places (maximum)
playing area	200 × 85 ft (60.96 × 25.91 m)
Societies)
Castors de Sherbrooke (1969–1982, 1998–2003) Canadiens de Sherbrooke (1984–1990) Faucons de Sherbrooke (1992-1998) Saint-François de Sherbrooke ( LNAH , 2003-2011) Phoenix de Sherbrooke ( QMJHL , since 2012)
Events
Games of handball tournaments of the 1976 Olympic Games All games of the 2006 U-18 World Women's Handball Championship

The Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet is a multipurpose hall in the Canadian city ​​of Sherbrooke , Province of Québec .

history

The Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet was opened in 1965 and offers seats for 4,321 spectators for ice hockey games (maximum 5,332 seats). The junior ice hockey team of the Sherbrooke Phoenix carries since 2012 there its home games in the QMJHL from. Previously, the Saint-François de Sherbrooke , Castors de Sherbrooke , Faucons de Sherbrooke and the Canadiens de Sherbrooke were based in the venue.

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , four women's games and five men's handball tournaments were played in the Sherbrooke hall. In 2006, the Palais des Sports was the venue for the U-18 women's handball world championship .

In June 2011, the City Council approved Sherbrooke an agreement with an investor group led by Jocelyn Thibault , for the renovation of the sports arena for the new team of Sherbrooke Phoenix amounting to more than four million CAD . At the same time, a 15-year rental contract for a QMJHL ice hockey team was signed. In August 2012, the hall was reopened after the work.

Web links

• qmjhlarenaguide.com: Sherbrooke Phoenix (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ library.la84.org: Official Olympiareport 1976, Volume 2, pages 212–215 ( PDF , English)
2. ↑ library.la84.org: Official Olympiareport 1976, Volume 3, pages 349–351 and 355–361 ( PDF , English)
3. ↑ ici.radio-canada.ca: Les élus approuvent la rénovation du palais des sports Article of June 1, 2011 (French)
4. ↑ lhjmq.qc.ca: Inauguration du Palais des sports Léopold-Drolet article of August 8, 2012 (French)