Empire Stadium (Vancouver)
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Empire Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium that stood at the Pacific National Exhibition site at Hastings Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Track and field and Canadian football, as well as soccer, rugby and musical events, were held at the stadium. The stadium was originally constructed for the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. The stadium (which sat 32,375 upon opening, but 30,229 after 1974) hosted both Elvis Presley and The Beatles. It saw most of its use as the home of the BC Lions of the CFL from 1954 to 1982, in which the venue also played host to the first Grey Cup game held west of Ontario in 1955. Empire Stadium also hosted the Grey Cup game in 1958, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1971, and 1974; seven times in total.
Empire Stadium was often home to the Shrine Bowl Provincial Championship for provincial senior high school.[1]
The stadium was also home to the
Just before the
Both the Lions and Whitecaps moved to
With
The Miracle Mile
Vancouver hosted the
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References
- ^ teams.http://www.bchighschoolfootball.com/bcfootball/docs/Varsity_Champions.doc
- ^ Kingston, Gary (2009-06-23). "B.C. Lions may return to original site of Empire Stadium". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2009-06-25. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
- ^ "Whitecaps not complaining about two home fields in 2011". Ian Walker, Vancouver Sun. October 29, 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-05-20. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ "Temporary Stadium, Empire Fields Vancouver". Nussli Group.