Hillcrest Park

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Hillcrest Park is located in the Riley Park-Little Mountain neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia. It is located immediately north of Queen Elizabeth Park and west of Riley Park.

Next to Hillcrest Park is the site containing Nat Bailey Stadium, home of the Vancouver Canadians baseball team; the Millennium Sports Centre, home to both the Phoenix Gymnastics Club and the Pacific Indoor Bowls Club; and the Vancouver Racquets Club.

The 55 year old little league Little Mountain Baseball has its ballpark and clubhouse in Hillcrest Park They also use ballparks at Riley Park for the younger age groups. In addition, there are two larger diamonds used by Vancouver Community Baseball. During the soccer season the ballparks are converted to be used as soccer fields.

Hillcrest Park also is home to the Vancouver Curling Club. It is currently on the south-west corner of the park in a small building, and has only 5 sheets. With the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics coming to Vancouver the club will be getting a new, expanded facility next door to the Millennium Sports Centre. The new facility will house a new community centre, library, ice rink, curling arena, and the Percy Norman Aquatic Centre. Construction is slated to begin in early 2007 and completed by the end of 2008.