Monarch Park Stadium
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Monarch Park Stadium is a
soccer, baseball, and athletics principally by the Toronto District School Board. Built in 1964, the stadium replaced baseball fields that existed before the school was built in the 1940s.[1]
Its capacity is 5,000 with a grandstand located on the south side of the field. A track circles around the field. In early 2012, the TDSB entered into a long-term partnership agreement with Razor Management Inc. (RMI) to redevelop Monarch Park Stadium. RMI will be spending $5 million to upgrade the facilities, which will see an inflatable dome cover at the site for use each year from October to April.[2] and surface replaced.
The
Ryerson Rams soccer team played its home games at the facility, but lost their permit to use the facility in 2015.[3] The stadium was also used as the location for Broken Social Scene's "I'm Still Your Fag" music video
.
In May 2018,
Marina Auto Stadium) during the first half of the 2018 season while the team awaited renovations on their new home at Lamport Stadium
. A second game had been tentatively scheduled for Monarch Park - it was later moved twice, first to BMO Field and later to their opponents' home venue (Charlotte's Sportsplex at Matthews).
See also
- Centennial Park Stadium
- Varsity Stadium
- Lamport Stadium
- Birchmount Stadium
- Metro Toronto Track and Field Centre
- Rosedale Field
- York Lions Stadium
References
- ^ "The 5 oldest sports stadiums in Toronto". www.blogto.com. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ "Toronto Ultimate Club Board Meeting" (PDF). November 30, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- ^ Cornish, Jordan (November 18, 2015). "New Regent Park soccer field not on the table for Ryerson Rams". Ryersonian.ca. Retrieved November 1, 2020.