King George V Park

Infobox Stadium
stadium_name = King George V Park
nickname = "Páirc an Rí Seoirse V"


location = St. John's, Newfoundland
broke_ground =
opened = 1925
renovated = 2006
owner = City of St. John's
operator = City of St. John's
surface = FieldTurf
construction_cost = $ 3,500,000
architect =
former_names =
tenants =

seating_capacity = 10,000 (Football)

King George V Park is a football (soccer) stadium in St. John's, Newfoundland, located at the head of Quidi Vidi Lake in downtown St. John's. The stadium was built in 1925 as the National stadium of Newfoundland. In 2005 construction began on a major renovation involving widening and lengthening the field surface, installing an underground irrigation system, constructing new locker room facilities as well as expanding the bleacher seating. In 2006, the natural grass playing surface was replaced with a FieldTurf pitch and additional seating was added to bring the total capacity at King George V Park to 10,000.

The greatest game ever played at King George V was on September 14, 1985 when over 13,000 people witnessed Canada's 2-1 victory over Honduras, which qualified the Canadians for their first World Cup (Mexico, 1986). It was a momentous occasion and is still considered to be the high point of Canadian soccer history.

External links

* [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=47.577684,-52.701287&spn=0.002211,0.004726&t=k&om=1 Satellite view of King George V Park on Google Maps]