The CEPSUM (
French: Centre d'éducation physique et des sports de l'Université de Montréal, also le Stade du CEPSUM) is a multi-purpose complex sport centre located on the campus of the
Université de Montréal in
Montreal,
Quebec, Canada. The CEPSUM hosts the
Montreal Carabins teams.
History
In 1963-1964, the Université de Montréal purchased the building belonging to the
Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association, situated on the corner of
Park Avenue and
Mount Royal Avenue. The Centre at that time had a swimming pool, a gymnasium, a palestre, and an auditorium. The Montreal Carabins of this period used the outside installations of the
Jeanne-Mance Park. The Physical educational Department and the Carabins occupied these places until 1976, year of the official inauguration of the CEPSUM which was built for the
Montreal Olympics.
The CEPSUM hosted the
fencing and the fencing part of the
modern pentathlon events during the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] Following the Olympics, the CEPSUM became the sport centre for the Université de Montréal. In 2004, after almost 30 years of use, important renovation work took place (costing $12 million).[2] These important renovations were completed at the beginning of 2011.[3]
The CEPSUM also accommodates the Sports Medicine department[4] and the clinic of kinesiology[5] of the Université of Montréal.
Features
An Olympic swimming pool and a diving tank with springboards
An outdoor stadium of 5,100 seats with a soccer field or Canadian Football[6]
An ice hockey arena of 2,460 seats (can be converted to a 5,000-seat amphitheatre) - also called Winter Stadium; home to the
Montreal Carabins women's ice hockey
A triple gymnasium and simple volleyball gymnasiums