View Full Version : Canadian stadiums used for soccer
psveindhoven
11 Jul 2008, 08:27 AM
Can anyone tell me which Canadian stadiums are used for soccer?
http://www.stadiumzone.net
at least shows the Montreal Impact stadium and BMO Field are real soccer-specific stadiums, the Whitecaps will have one too soon. Which other stadiums are used for soccer, besides the major stadiums in Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto and Edmonton?
TFCfuturefan
11 Jul 2008, 10:03 AM
Professionally, that's about it. IMO the csl ones aren't even worth your time.
Maybe King George V park but for me it's impossible finding a nice set of pics for the place.
Whatever, we may lack in quantity, but make it up in quality! (yes, I do believe BMO and Saputo are nice)
devioustrevor
11 Jul 2008, 11:27 AM
Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton holds a little over 60,000
Olympic Stadium in Montreal routinely hosted over 50,000 during the U-20 WC, Capacity for Soccer is about 58,000
BC Place in Vancouver is going to undergo a massive retrofit to be a temporary home for a possible Vancouver MLS team. The stadium currently has seating for almost 60,000, but since neither the MLS team or CFL team draw anywhere near that I wouldn't actually be too surprised to see capacity reduced.
Victoria's PDL team will be moving up to USL-1 soon, so I imagine a new stadium would follow, or at least a significant investment into upgrades at Royal Athletic Park (I think that is the name of the stadium used during the U-20 WC) would be in order. I recall reading that Fredericton was going to be building a new athletic complex (including stadium) for the University of New Brunswick. The Asper family intends on building a new stadium in Winnipeg that looks spectacular. Don't know if it will be dual-purpose though.
Viruk42
14 Jul 2008, 10:52 PM
Ottawa's Frank Clair stadium held some of the U-20 games, but the south stands are being demolished in 6 days due to...well...it's bloody f***ing old. I doubt the South side is the originals from 1908, but I'm pretty sure they're getting old.
pmannion
17 Jul 2008, 07:21 PM
King George V, St. John's, NL:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/pmannion/Stadium/IMG_1149.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/pmannion/Stadium/IMG_3254.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/pmannion/Stadium/IMG_3256.jpg