Virginia Beach Sportsplex
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| Location | 2181 Landstown Road Virginia Beach, VA 23456 |
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| Broke ground | 1996 |
| Opened | 1999 |
| Closed | Open |
| Demolished | N/A |
| Owner | City of Virginia Beach |
| Operator | HRSC |
| Surface | PowerBlade HP 2.0SR by Sportexe |
| Construction cost | $6.8 million USD |
| Capacity | 10,780 (1999) |
| Field dimensions | 75 yards x 120 yards |
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| Virginia Beach Mariners (USL-1) (1998-2006) Hampton Roads Piranhas (WL) (1999-2002, 2006) Virginia Beach Submariners/Hampton Roads Piranhas (PDL) (2006) Virginia Rush (USSDA) (2009- Present) |
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Virginia Beach Sportsplex is a sports complex in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The name is most commonly attached to the main stadium within the complex, which is primarily used for soccer. The main stadium opened in 1999 and holds 10,000 people. It was the first "soccer-specific" stadium built from the ground up in the United States.
The main stadium was the home field of the Hampton Roads Piranhas, a women's team in the W-League, which became the de facto top women's league in the country after the demise of the Women's United Soccer Association. It was originally their home from 1999 to 2002. In 2003 the Piranhas moved their home games to a smaller stadium on the campus of Virginia Wesleyan College near the city's border with Norfolk. It was also the home field for the Virginia Beach Mariners(USL-I) and the Virginia Beach Submariners(PDL). In 2007, the franchise was terminated, and as a result the Piranhas acquired the Submarminers and renamed them as the Piranhas, a reflection of their women's team. Both teams will play at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex for the 2010 season of the W-League and the Premier Development League. The stadium is now the home office for the Virginia Rush Organization as well as the home venue for it's U16 and U18 US Soccer Development Academy teams.
In 2009 the city of Virginia Beach turned over the Sportsplex to a private firm, who changed the soccer only burmuda grass field into a more durable multi sport friendly turf.
The Sportsplex also contains a turf practice field, and is the central training site for the U.S. women's national field hockey team which has two fields.
In the fall, the stadium also hosts high school football playoff games. And Virginia Beach Trojans minor league football
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Coordinates: 36°46′07″N 76°05′36″W / 36.76875°N 76.09347°W
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