- Virginia Beach Sportsplex
Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = Virginia Beach Sportsplex
nickname =
location = 2181 Landstown Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
broke_ground =1996
opened =1999
closed = Open
demolished = N/A
owner = City of Virginia Beach
operator = HRSC
surface = Natural Grass, Sand
construction_cost = $6.8 million USD| architect =
former_names =
tenants =Virginia Beach Mariners (USL-1) (1998 -2006 )Hampton Roads Piranhas (WL) (1999 -2002 ,2006 )
Virginia Beach Submariners/Hampton Roads Piranhas (PDL) (2006 -Present)
seating_capacity = 10,780 (1999 )
dimensions = 75 yards x 120 yardsVirginia Beach Sportsplex is a sports complex in
Virginia Beach, Virginia . The name is most commonly attached to the mainstadium within the complex, which is primarily used for soccer. The main stadium opened in1999 and holds 10,000 people. It was the first "soccer-specific" stadium built from the ground up in the United States.The main stadium was the home field of the
Hampton Roads Piranhas , a women's team in theW-League , which became the "de facto" top women's league in the country after the demise of theWomen's United Soccer Association . It was originally their home from 1999 to 2002. Between 2003 and 2006 the Piranhas moved their home games to a smaller stadium on the campus ofVirginia Wesleyan College near the city's border with Norfolk. In 2007, the Virginia Beach Mariners franchise was terminated, and as a result the Piranhas acquired the Submarminers and renamed them as the Piranhas, a reflection of their women's team. Both teams will play at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex for the 2007 season of the W-League and the Premier Development League.The Sportsplex also contains numerous training fields, and is the central training site for the U.S. women's national
field hockey team.In the fall, the stadium also hosts
high school football playoff games.
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