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Empire Stadium
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Vancouver, BC Former Tenants: BC Lions (CFL) 1954-1982 Vancouver Whitecaps (NASL) |
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Empire Stadium
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Vancouver, BC Former Tenants: BC Lions (CFL) 1954-1982 Vancouver Whitecaps (NASL) |
| Opened: | 1954 | Surface: | Grass |
| Capacity: | 32,375 | Population Base: | 2,500,000 |
The Empire Stadium was completed in the summer of 1954 for the British Empire Games. It had 25,000 seats of which 10,000 were under cover, as well as additional facilities for 10,000 standing room. There was ample room for expansion to increase the capacity by completing the oval.
Stadium Resources
Other Resources Amazon.COM Stadium Books Alex B Findlater of Surrey, B.C. States: "Near the end of it's reign, Empire Stadium seated 37,000 and had artificial grass, being the first stadium in Canada to do so. It was during its tenure the largest stadium in Canada in the 1950s and 60s before the covered and half covered stadiums came into being."
On June 19, 1999 Krammerhead wrote: You have a comment by Alex Findlater of Surrey that states that near the end of empire stadiums reign it seated 37,000. This is untrue. Empire stadium seated 32,375 at its largest size. This information comes from a whitecaps soccer magazine.
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