Birchmount Stadium

Birchmount Stadium

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location = Scarborough, Ontario
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owner = Toronto District School Board
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surface = Grass
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tenants = Unniversity of Toronto, Bichmount CI
seating_capacity = 6000
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Birchmount Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor sports facility in Scarborough, Ontario near Birchmount Road and Danforth Avenue. Its capacity is 6,000 and was built for the then Borough of Scarborough. [cite web |url= http://www.worldstadiums.com/north_america/countries/canada/ontario.shtml|title= Ontario|accessdate=2008-02-01|work= Stadiums in Canada|publisher= World Stadiums]

The stadium plays host to many amateur sporting events including football, soccer, and athletics.

It played host to the University of Toronto's Varsity Blues Football team in 2002 and 2006 while their Varsity Stadium was being demolished and rebuilt. It also previously played host to the Metro Lions.

It also serves as the primary stadium for the annual [http://www.robbiesoccertournament.com Robbie International Soccer Tournament] , which bills itself as "the world's largest annual charitable youth soccer tournament." The Canadian band Barenaked Ladies notably name-dropped the stadium and the tournament at the end of their 1998 #1 hit song, "One Week", singing "Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie."

The east grandstand of the stadium was demolished in the spring of 2006, reducing seating capacity to about 2,000. The original grass field and running track were removed, and a new track and field turf football/soccer field were installed during the summer of 2006. The newly renovated Birchmount Stadium opened up for the first time as a premier facility on September 15th, 2006. They hosted the University of Toronto Varsity Blues vs Waterloo. Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute also uses the stadium for its home football, rugby, soccer and field hockey games in the Toronto District Secondary School Athletic Association.

ee also

* Centennial Park Stadium
* Varsity Stadium
* Lamport Stadium
* Monarch Park Stadium
* Metro Toronto Track and Field Centre
* Rosedale Field

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