Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
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| Former names | CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium |
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| Location | Toronto, Ontario |
| Owner | York University |
| Capacity | 3,000 |
| Surface | Grass Track (Mondo) |
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| Built | 2012-2014 |
| Opened | 2015 |
| Architect | CannonDesign |
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York Lions 2015 Pan American Games 2015 Parapan American Games 2017 North American Indigenous Games 2017 Invictus Games 2020 World Masters Athletics Championships |
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Coordinates: 43°46′29″N 79°30′24″W / 43.77467°N 79.50677°W
York Lions Stadium is an outdoor athletics facility on the campus of Toronto's York University. It is home to the York Lions, the athletic teams of York University. The facility was primarily built for the 2015 Pan-American and Parapan American Games, where it hosted track and field events. It also hosted the opening ceremony for the 2015 Parapan American Games. During the games the venue was known as the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.
Initial plans had a multi-purpose athletics and soccer stadium to be built somewhere in the vicinity of Hamilton, Ontario; however, the final plans separated the soccer and athletics venues. The soccer stadium, Tim Hortons Field, was built on the site of Ivor Wynne Stadium, while the athletics stadium was built at York University. The Hamilton stadium will not use the corporate name of that facility.
The stadium was expected to seat approximately 5,000 spectators (3,000 permanent and 2,000 temporary. During the games an additional 7,500 temporary seats were added, bringing total capacity to 12,500). The facility cost roughly $45.5 million ($34.9 million to design and build it and the rest for running costs).
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