Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet

Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet
Construction
Former names	Palais des Sports
Location	360, rue du Cégep Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 2J9
Owner	City of Sherbrooke
Capacity	3,646 (seated, hockey)
Surface	200' X 85'
Opened	1965
Renovated	March 2012
Tenants
Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL) (1969–1982; 1998–2003) Sherbrooke Saint-François (LNAH) (2003–2011) Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL) (2012–present)

The Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet is a 3,646-seat multi-purpose arena in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. It was built in 1965. Starting in 2012, this arena was renovated and is now home to the Sherbrooke Phoenix of the QMJHL.^[1]

For the 1976 Summer Olympics in neighboring Montreal, it hosted four women and five men's team handball matches.^[2]^[3]

It was home to the Sherbrooke Castors ice hockey team, before their move to Lewiston, Maine as the Lewiston Maineiacs in 2003 and the Sherbrooke Canadiens before they became the Fredericton Canadiens in 1990. With the recent folding of the Lewiston Maineiacs, Sherbrooke will be getting an expansion QMJHL team (Sherbrooke Phoenix) for the 2012-13 and the team will play at the renovated Palais De Sports. The team will be owned by a group led by former NHL goaltender Jocelyn Thibault.

It held the 2015 QMJHL Draft on June 7, 2015.

References

↑ La Tribune, Palais des sports: les Sherbrookois paieront plus cher
↑ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 212-5.
↑ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 349-51, 355-61.

Current arenas in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

MARITIMES Division	K. C. Irving Regional Centre (Bathurst, NB) Centre 200 (Sydney, NS) Scotiabank Centre (Halifax, NS) Moncton Coliseum (Moncton, NB) Eastlink Centre (Charlottetown, PE) Harbour Station (Saint John, NB)

TELUS East Division	Centre Henry-Leonard (Baie-Comeau, QC) Centre Georges-Vézina (Chicoutimi, QC) Centre Vidéotron (Quebec City, QC) Colisée de Rimouski (Rimouski, QC) Colisée Desjardins (Victoriaville, QC) Centre Bionest de Shawinigan (Shawinigan, QC)

TELUS West Division	Centre Marcel Dionne (Drummondville, QC) Robert Guertin Centre (Gatineau, QC) Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau (Boisbriand, QC) Aréna Iamgold (Rouyn-Noranda, QC) Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet (Sherbrooke, QC) Centre Air Creebec (Val-d'Or, QC)

Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics

Montreal Olympic Park	Centre Pierre Charbonneau Maurice Richard Arena Montreal Botanical Garden Olympic Pool Olympic Stadium Olympic Velodrome Olympic Village

Greater Montreal	Centre Étienne Desmarteau Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Île Notre-Dame Molson Stadium, McGill University Montreal Forum Mount Royal Park Paul Sauvé Centre Quebec Autoroute 40 St. Michel Arena Streets of Montreal Winter Stadium, Université de Montréal

Football venues	Lansdowne Park (Ottawa) Sherbrooke Stadium Varsity Stadium (Toronto)

Handball venues	Pavillion de l'éducation physique et des sports de l'Université Laval (Quebec City) Sherbrooke Sports Palace

Other venues	Olympic Archery Field, Joliette Olympic Equestrian Centre, Bromont Olympic Shooting Range, L'Acadie Portsmouth Olympic Harbour (Kingston, Ontario)

Coordinates: 45°24′38″N 71°53′00″W / 45.41056°N 71.88333°W / 45.41056; -71.88333

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