Christenson Family Centre for Sport and Wellness
MacEwan University Sport and Wellness is a multi-purpose recreation facility on the MacEwan University's City Centre Campus in Edmonton, Alberta.
Full name | Christenson Family Centre for Sport and Wellness |
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Former names | MacEwan Centre for Sport and Wellness |
Location | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Coordinates | 53°32′50″N 113°30′26″W |
Owner | MacEwan University |
Capacity | 2,000 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1991 |
Opened | 1993 |
Architect | Barry Johns, Wood Gardner O'Neill, O'Neill Wensley, Webster & Fry |
General contractor | PCL-Maxam, Stuart Olson Construction, Raywalt Construction, |
Tenants | |
MacEwan Griffins Edmonton Chill (IBL) (2008) Edmonton Energy (IBL) (2009) |
The centre houses a pool, fitness centre, spin studio, mind/body studio, and gymnasium. Sport and Wellness is home to the MacEwan University Griffins basketball and volleyball programs who play in the Canada West conference of USPORTS. It is also the training facility for all Griffins teams including soccer, cross country and the hockey teams who compete out of the Downtown Community Arena. Sport and Wellness was also used as the home of the Edmonton Chill, later the Edmonton Energy of the International Basketball League, for two seasons (2008 and 2009).
Construction began on this campus in 1991. In May 1993, MacEwan University Sport and Wellness was one of the first buildings on MacEwan's City Centre Campus to open its doors to students. One month later, the Sport and Wellness facility opened to the general public.
In September 2009, the building was renamed as the Christenson Family Centre for Sport and Wellness after the university received a donation from the Christenson Family.