Editing University of Waterloo (section)

=== Athletics ===
{{main|Waterloo Warriors}}
[[File:Chase the puck (4305087271).jpg|thumb|The [[Waterloo Warriors]] men's ice hockey team is one of several varsity sports teams operated by the university]]
The university's sports teams are known as the Waterloo Warriors. They participate in the [[U Sports|Canadian Interuniversity Sports]]' [[Ontario University Athletics]] conference for most varsity sports. Varsity teams include badminton, baseball, basketball, cross country, curling, field hockey, figure skating, Canadian football, golf, hockey, Nordic skiing, rugby, soccer, squash, swimming, track and field, tennis and volleyball. The athletics program at the university dates back to 1957, when students of Waterloo College Associate Faculties participated in the sports program of Waterloo College. The university had its own independent team when the Associate Faculties officially became the University of Waterloo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.varsity.uwaterloo.ca/sports/2010/7/13/history.aspx?tab=historytradition|title=History & Tradition of Waterloo Athletics and Recreational Services|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202063659/http://www.varsity.uwaterloo.ca/sports/2010/7/13/history.aspx?tab=historytradition|archive-date=2 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The university's varsity teams and the university's recreational sports programs are operated and managed by the Department of Athletics and Recreational Activity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hr.uwaterloo.ca/.jd/00001351.html|title=Director of Athletics and Recreational Services|access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref>

The university has a number of athletic facilities open to varsity teams and other students. Seating 5,400 people, [[Warrior Field]] is the university's largest stadium by seating capacity; and is used as the home field for the varsity field hockey and football teams, and hosts the university's recreational flag football and soccer activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.varsity.uwaterloo.ca/sports/2010/7/22/CR_0722105519.aspx?tab=waterloofacilities|title=Warrior Field|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=12 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202065509/http://www.varsity.uwaterloo.ca/sports/2010/7/22/CR_0722105519.aspx?tab=waterloofacilities|archive-date=2 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prior to the completion of Warrior Field in 2008, the university's varsity teams used [[University Stadium (Waterloo, Ontario)|Seagram Stadium]] as their home stadium.<ref name=seagram>{{cite web|url=https://www.therecord.com/life/2018/06/29/flash-from-the-past-seagram-stadium-s-six-decades-began-with-a-gift.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125224111/https://www.therecord.com/life/2018/06/29/flash-from-the-past-seagram-stadium-s-six-decades-began-with-a-gift.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2022|title=Flash from the Past: Seagram Stadium's six decades began with a gift|work=The Record|publisher=Metroland Media Group|last=Mills|first=Rych|date=29 June 2018|access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref> Seagram Stadium was built by the university's predecessor, Waterloo College Associate Faculties, and remained under the ownership of the university until 1974, when it was sold to the City of Waterloo.<ref name=seagram/> However, the university continued to use Seagram Stadium until 2008.<ref name=seagram/>

Other facilities include the Physical Activity Complex, which houses two gymnasiums, beach volleyball courts, squash rooms, and a swimming pool, and is also home to the university's varsity badminton, basketball, squash, swimming and volleyball teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.varsity.uwaterloo.ca/sports/2010/7/21/CR_0721104126.aspx?tab=waterloofacilities|title=Physical Activity Complex|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103052514/http://www.varsity.uwaterloo.ca/sports/2010/7/21/CR_0721104126.aspx?tab=waterloofacilities|archive-date=3 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Columbia Ice Field was constructed in 1983 and houses the university's hockey team home rink, with a seating capacity of 700. The Ice Field has been expanded twice, in 1990 and 2003, and now includes three gyms and a number of fitness centres.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.varsity.uwaterloo.ca/sports/2010/7/22/CR_0722102947.aspx?tab=waterloofacilities|title=CIF Arena|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202063904/http://www.varsity.uwaterloo.ca/sports/2010/7/22/CR_0722102947.aspx?tab=waterloofacilities|archive-date=2 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.varsity.uwaterloo.ca/sports/2010/7/21/CR_0721104203.aspx?tab=waterloofacilities|title=Columbia Ice Fields|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202065304/http://www.varsity.uwaterloo.ca/sports/2010/7/21/CR_0721104203.aspx?tab=waterloofacilities|archive-date=2 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Including the football field, the university manages seven outdoor playing fields, with Fields 1 and 2 reserved for the varsity soccer and rugby teams, while portions of Field 3 are used as a [[baseball field]]. The rest of the fields are used by the university's recreational sports programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.varsity.uwaterloo.ca/sports/2010/8/20/EV_0820104153.aspx?tab=waterloofacilities|title=Playing Fields|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202063250/http://www.varsity.uwaterloo.ca/sports/2010/8/20/EV_0820104153.aspx?tab=waterloofacilities|archive-date=2 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>