Sacré-Cœur students will be able to access this high-level sports facility during school hours, which will improve physical education teaching and conditioning. This will be of direct benefit to students enrolled in the Specialist High Skills Major health and well-being stream. In addition, students from Sacré-Cœur and neighbouring CSC Nouvelon and other school board elementary and secondary schools will be able to access the dome between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the school year. This unheralded availability of artificial turf for Greater Sudbury students will raise the level of their athletic skills, and local sports leagues will be in a position to extend their season.

A dome can provide a much larger space than a school gym. The artificial turf and the high ceiling on the playing fields also allow summer sports athletes to raise the quality of their game by practising in a space that is more like an outdoor field than a gymnasium.

In order to ensure the safety of students and staff at all times, there will be no direct access to the school from inside the dome.

Not at all. The ventilation system is silent and will in no way disturb the school’s students or residents of the neighbourhood.

The dome will measure approximately 60 x 120 metres (200 x 400 feet).

The dome will measure approximately 60 x 120 metres (200 x 400 feet).

The CSC Nouvelon will take care of adding 73 new parking spots on the École secondaire du Sacré-Cœur grounds so that all dome users can park on-site. There will be a total of 201 parking spots.  Access to the dome will be at its southwest corner, behind the school, which means that traffic on Kathleen Street and in front of the school will be hardly affected.