York Lions Stadium
43°46′29″N 79°30′24″W / 43.77467°N 79.50677°W
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| Former names | CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium |
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| Location | Toronto, Ontario |
| Owner | York University |
| Capacity | 12,500 |
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| Built | 2012-2014 |
| Opened | 2015 |
| Architect | CannonDesign |
| Tenants | |
| 2015 Pan American Games 2015 Parapan American Games 2017 North American Indigenous Games York Lions | |
York Lions Stadium is an outdoor athletics facility on the campus of Toronto's York University. It is home to the York Lions, the athletic teams of York University. The facility was primarily built for the 2015 Pan-American and Parapan American Games, where it hosted track and field events.[1] It also hosted the opening ceremony for the 2015 Parapan American Games. During the games the venue was known as the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.[2][3]
Description
Initial plans had a multi-purpose athletics and soccer stadium to be built somewhere in the vicinity of Hamilton, Ontario; however, the final plans separated the soccer and athletics venues. The soccer stadium, Tim Hortons Field, was built on the site of Ivor Wynne Stadium, while the athletics stadium was built at York University.[4] The Hamilton stadium will not use the corporate name of that facility.
The stadium was expected to seat approximately 5,000 spectators (3,000 permanent and 2,000 temporary. During the games an additional 7,500 temporary seats were added, bringing total capacity to 12,500).[5] The facility cost roughly $45.5 million ($34.9 million to design and build it and the rest for running costs).[5]
On May 26, 2016 it was announced that the stadium would play host to the 2017 North American Indigenous Games.[6][7] The stadium will be the site of the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the athletics competitions in July 2017.[8][9][10]
Photo gallery
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View from temporary south stands during the 2015 Pan American Games -
View from temporary east stands during the 2015 Pan American Games -
CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium under construction in 2013.
See also
External links
References
- ^ "Last piece of track laid at Pan Am Stadium". The Canadian Press. May 7, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ^ "Pan.de.mo.ni.um in the stadium takes place Sept. 21". YFile - York University. September 16, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ^ "CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletics Stadium Handed Back to York University". CNW Group. September 17, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ^ Toronto 2015 bid book Template:Wayback
- ^ a b TO2015 officially breaks ground on new athletics stadium at York University Template:Wayback
- ^ Laskaris, Sam (June 2, 2016). "North American Indigenous Games 2017 Get $7 Million From Canada and Ontario Governments". Indian Country Today Media Network. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ^ Smith Cross, Jessica (March 9, 2016). "North American Indigenous Games coming to Toronto next summer". Metro News. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ^ "York University to serve as site of 2017 North American Indigenous Games". York University Y File. May 27, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ^ "Government of Canada Supports the Toronto 2017 North American Indigenous Games". Yahoo! Finance. May 26, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ^ "Toronto 2017 North American Indigenous Games - Venues". North American Indigenous Games. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
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