Birchmount Stadium

Location	Scarborough, Ontario
Renovated	2006
Expanded	2006
Owner	City Of Toronto/Toronto District School Board
Surface	Artificial Turf
Scoreboard	Yes W/Video Monitor
Capacity	2,000
Tenants
Toronto Maddogs (NFC), City Of Toronto Private Rentals, University of Toronto, Bichmount CI

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.^[1]

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, 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 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.

The west grandstand is slated to be demolished in November 2008, with the west side being rebuilt for opening in summer 2009. The new stadium will consist of just the new west side grandstand.

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

1. ^ "Ontario". Stadiums in Canada. World Stadiums. http://www.worldstadiums.com/north_america/countries/canada/ontario.shtml. Retrieved 2008-02-01. 

Coordinates: 43°41′44″N 79°15′39″W / 43.69556°N 79.26083°W / 43.69556; -79.26083