Percy Perry Stadium

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stadium_name = Percy Perry Stadium
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location = Town Centre Park
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opened = 1991
renovated = 2007-2008
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owner = City of Coquitlam
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surface = Natural Grass (1991-2006)
FieldTurf (2007-)
Rubberized 400m track
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former_names = Town Centre Stadium
tenants = FC Xtreme (PCSL, 2003-present)
Whitecaps FC Reserves (PCSL, 2005-2006)
Khalsa Sporting Club (PCSL, 2007)
Tri-City Bulldogs (CJFL, 1991-2004)
Coquitlam Cheetahs track and field club
seating_capacity = 4,265
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Percy Perry Stadium is a multi-purpose, fully-lit stadium in Coquitlam, British Columbia. It was built for the 1991 B.C. Summer Games, as part of the district's 100th anniversary, and has a capacity of 4,265 spectators. Prior to 2006, the stadium had been named "Town Centre Stadium", but was renamed to "Percy Perry Stadium" in honour of long-standing track and field coach Percy Perry who died in 2005. [ [http://www.coquitlam.ca/_Media+Centre/News+Releases/General/Town+Centre+Stadium+Renamed+to+Honour+Percy+Perry.htm Town Centre Stadium Renamed to Honour Percy Perry] ]

Percy Perry Stadium features a 400m polyflex synthetic rubberized track surface, as well as separate areas for long jump/triple jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, hammer, shot put, and javelin.

Beginning in the spring of 2007, the city of Coquitlam undertook a $10 million expansion to the facilities in and around Percy Perry Stadium, in order to expand the number of events and tournaments that could be held at the facility throughout the year. [ [http://www.coquitlam.ca/_Media+Centre/News+Releases/General/Coquitlam+Commits+10+Million+to+Town+Centre+Tournament+Facility+Project.htm Coquitlam Commits $10 Million to Town Centre Tournament Facility Project] ] The natural grass inside the track was replaced with FieldTurf, two new fully-lit FieldTurf fields were constructed north of the stadium, and the older Astroturf at Cunnings Field to the west will also be replaced with FieldTurf.

Percy Perry Stadium is home to the Pacific Coast Soccer League's FC Xtreme team, the Coquitlam Cheetahs track and field club, and served as the home of the Whitecaps FC Reserves, Khalsa Sporting Club, and the defunct Tri-City Bulldogs of the Canadian Junior Football League.

In addition to the B.C. Summer Games, the facility also hosted the 1993 Canadian Track and Field Championships. The BC Highland Games are held on the last Saturday of every June at the stadium.

As a warmup to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, a friendly match between Scotland and Canada had been scheduled for Swangard Stadium in neighbouring Burnaby on March 23rd. Weeks of heavy rain had turned the natural turf at Swangard into muck, and at the last moment the game was shifted to Percy Perry Stadium and its new FieldTurf surface. This was the stadium's second-ever international match (the other was a U-23 match in 1996). In spite of poor weather and just a day's notice of the venue change, a sellout crowd of 4,265 watched Canada upset Scotland 3-1. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2007/03/24/under-20-soccer.html Canada beats Scotland in U-20 Friendly] ]

In July 2008, Percy Perry Stadium hosted the 2008 ILF Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships. [ [http://www.2008worldlax.com/ 2008 ILF U-19 World Lacrosse Championships] ]

External links

* [http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=s6fjc94s14x0&style=o&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=29222209&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1 Bird's Eye view of Percy Perry Stadium on Live Search Maps]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=coquitlam,+b.c.&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&z=17&ll=49.290426,-122.784469&spn=0.004982,0.013497 Satellite view of Percy Perry Stadium on Google Maps]
* [http://www.gregsalter.ca/photogallery/20070324_canadascotland.htm Photos from 2007 FIFA Under-20 Canada vs. Scotland match]

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