The Laval University Sports and Physical Education Complex, PEPS is a sports complex located in

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Université Laval (; English: ''Laval University)'' is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, making it the oldest institutio ...

campus. PEPS opened in 1970 and includes an outdoor stadium ( Telus Stadium), an indoor stadium, two indoor

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courts, a fitness centre, and two

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arenas. For the

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, it hosted four women's and seven men's

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Volume 3. pp. 349–51, 355–61. The main arena seats 2,000 and was home to the reborn

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from 1997 to 1999 when they moved back to their traditional home at the Colisée Pepsi. From 2004 to 2018, PEPS was home to the

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Coupe Banque Nationale. From 2009 to 2012, it was home to the Quebec Kebs basketball franchise in the

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. A major expansion from 2010 to 2012 added an indoor Olympic size swimming pool, a 3,000-seat gymnasium, a covered soccer stadium, and other facilities. Upgrades were also made to the outdoor stadium.

PEPS Stadium (Telus Stadium)

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