Empire Stadium (Vancouver)

Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver

stadium, sports venue, football / soccer stadium

Former site of Empire Stadium, opened in 1954
football.ballparks.com/CFL/BC/oldindex.htm
- hosted BC Lions CFL team from 1954 to 1982
- hosted Vancouver Whitecaps (North American Soccer League) from 1974 to 82
- hosted the 1954 Empire Games, and site of the famous "Miracle Mile" race.
- some open-air concerts were held here in late 70s including "Summer Sunday" event headlined by Supertramp.
- Elvis Presley played Empire Stadium on August 31, 1957.
- The Beatles played Empire Stadium on August 22, 1964.

2010-2012: Housing the BC Lions football team while BC Place's roof gets reconstructed.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Stadium,_Vancouver

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Coordinates: 49°16'57"N 123°2'0"W

Comments

eastvanroolz

Built on top of Hastings Park Golf course.

12 years ago | reply | hide comment

Hastings Park 0.4 km
Hastings Park Race Course 0.6 km
Hastings-Sunrise 0.7 km
Rupert Park 1.2 km
Port Metro Vancouver 1.8 km
Burnaby Heights 1.9 km
Confederation Park 2.5 km
Confederation Park, (North) 2.6 km
Chevron Canada Ltd - Burnaby Refinery 2.8 km
Burrard Inlet 3.6 km

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Hastings Park Hastings Park Race Course Hastings-Sunrise Rupert Park Port Metro Vancouver Burnaby Heights Confederation Park Confederation Park, (North) Chevron Canada Ltd - Burnaby Refinery Burrard Inlet