Birchmount Stadium
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Birchmount Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor sports facility in Scarborough, Ontario
near Kingston Road
and Birchmount Road. Its capacity is 6,000 and was built for the then Borough of Scarborough.
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 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, "One Week", singing "Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie" as the song's closing line.
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. A new track and artificial turf for football/soccer were installed during the summer of 2006. The newly renovated Birchmount Stadium opened up for the first time as a premier facility on September 15, 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.
On October 13, 2011, Fauja Singh
set 8 age group world records in the M100 division in one day on the Birchmont Stadium track.
Scarborough, Ontario
Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...
near Kingston Road
Kingston Road (Toronto)
Kingston Road is the southernmost major road along the eastern portion of Toronto, specifically in the districts of East York and Scarborough. Until 1998, it formed a significant portion of Highway 2...
and Birchmount Road. Its capacity is 6,000 and was built for the then Borough of Scarborough.
The stadium plays host to many amateur sporting events including football
Canadian football
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
, soccer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
, and athletics
Athletics (track and field)
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
.
It played host to the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
's Varsity Blues Football team in 2002 and 2006 while their Varsity Stadium
Varsity Stadium
Varsity Stadium is a collegiate football stadium that is home to the Varsity Blues, the athletic teams of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. While the present structure was built in 2007, it is in fact the third major incarnation of the stadium that has occupied the same site...
was being demolished and rebuilt. It also previously played host to the Metro Lions.
It also serves as the primary stadium for the annual Robbie International Soccer Tournament, which bills itself as "the world's largest annual charitable youth soccer tournament." The Canadian band Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian alternative rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, then a suburban municipality outside the City of Toronto...
notably name-dropped the stadium and the tournament at the end of their 1998 #1 hit, "One Week", singing "Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie" as the song's closing line.
The east grandstand of the stadium was demolished in the spring of 2006, reducing seating capacity
Seating capacity
Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, both in terms of the physical space available, and in terms of limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats...
to about 2,000. The original grass field and running track were removed. A new track and artificial turf for football/soccer were installed during the summer of 2006. The newly renovated Birchmount Stadium opened up for the first time as a premier facility on September 15, 2006. They hosted the University of Toronto Varsity Blues vs Waterloo. Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute
Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute
Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute is a high school located in Scarborough, a part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It operates under the Toronto District School Board...
also uses the stadium for its home football, rugby, soccer and field hockey games in the Toronto District Secondary School Athletic Association.
On October 13, 2011, Fauja Singh
Fauja Singh
Fauja Singh is a British centenarian marathon runner of Indian Sikh origin. He is a world record holder in his age bracket...
set 8 age group world records in the M100 division in one day on the Birchmont Stadium track.
See also
- Centennial Park StadiumCentennial Park StadiumThe Centennial Park Stadium is a 2,200 seat capacity stadium in Etobicoke, Ontario, that is primarily used for soccer, track and field, football and occasionally for kabbadi. It is located within Centennial Park ....
- Varsity StadiumVarsity StadiumVarsity Stadium is a collegiate football stadium that is home to the Varsity Blues, the athletic teams of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. While the present structure was built in 2007, it is in fact the third major incarnation of the stadium that has occupied the same site...
- Lamport StadiumLamport StadiumAllan A. Lamport Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium on King Street West in the Liberty Village neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is used mostly for soccer. It was built in 1974 on the site of the notorious Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women, opened in the fall of 1975 and holds 9,600...
- Monarch Park StadiumMonarch Park StadiumMonarch Park Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Toronto, Ontario located near the intersection of Hanson Street and Coxwell Avenue. Located next to Monarch Park Collegiate, in Monarch Park, it is used mostly for amateur soccer, baseball, and athletics principally by the Toronto District School...
- Metro Toronto Track and Field CentreMetro Toronto Track and Field CentreThe Toronto Track and Field Centre is a city-owned athletic training centre in Toronto, Canada. It is located at York University's Keele campus in the north-west section of the city.-Description:...
- Rosedale FieldRosedale FieldRosedale Field was a grandstand stadium located in Rosedale Park in Rosedale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It could hold 4,000 for seating and upwards of 10,000 standing. It was home to the Toronto Argonauts from 1874-1897, and again from 1908-1915...