Percy Perry Stadium
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| Location | Town Centre Park |
| Opened | 1991 |
| Owner | City of Coquitlam |
| Surface | Natural Grass (1991-2006) FieldTurf (2007-) Rubberized 400m track |
| Former names | Town Centre Stadium |
| Tenants | Khalsa Sporting Club (PCSL, 2007-present) FC Xtreme (PCSL, 2003-present) Whitecaps FC Reserves (PCSL, 2005-2006) Tri-City Bulldogs (CJFL, 1991-2004) Coquitlam Cheetahs track and field club |
| Capacity | 4,265 |
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.
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. In February 2007, the natural turf inside the track was replaced with FieldTurf, in order to expand the number of events and tournaments that could be held at the facility throughout the year.
Percy Perry Stadium is home to the Pacific Coast Soccer League's Khalsa Sporting Club and FC Xtreme teams, the Coquitlam Cheetahs track and field club, and served as the home of the Whitecaps FC Reserves 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.
[edit] External links
- Satellite view of Percy Perry Stadium on Google Maps
- Photos from 2007 FIFA Under-20 Canada vs. Scotland match
