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The Back Campus Fields is a
Re-construction of the fields began in July 2013 and was completed in 2014, one year before the games were scheduled to start. The complex was built on the existing back campus grass rugby pitch between
/ref> The facility cost $9.5 million, which includes $6.25 million to build and finance the project. "The remainder comprises capital expenditures for equipment, transaction fees, project management and other ancillary costs".
University of Toronto Back Campus Fields Page
Toronto 2015 - Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields Page
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field hockey
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facility on the St. George Campus of the University of Toronto
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in Toronto
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, Ontario, Canada. The facility is the home to the school's Toronto Varsity Blues
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field hockey team. The facility was built for the 2015 Pan American Games
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and hosted the field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...
competition for the games. The facility also hosted 5 and 7-a-side football competitions during the 2015 Parapan American Games
The 2015 Parapan American Games, officially the V Parapan American Games and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 ParaPan-Am Games, were a major international multi-sport event for Disabled sports, athletes with disabilities, celebrated in the tra ...
. The facility was referred to as the ''Pan Am/Parapan Am Fields'' during the games.
Development
Re-construction of the fields began in July 2013 and was completed in 2014, one year before the games were scheduled to start. The complex was built on the existing back campus grass rugby pitch between University College
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and Hoskin Avenue.
The facility consists of two International Hockey Federation (FIH) Global Class 1 fields; one being used for practices and warm-ups during the games while the other was used for competition matches. Temporary seating for 2,000 spectators was also installed for the games.TO2015 unveils Pan Am Field Hockey Centre at University of Toronto/ref> The facility cost $9.5 million, which includes $6.25 million to build and finance the project. "The remainder comprises capital expenditures for equipment, transaction fees, project management and other ancillary costs".
Major competitions hosted
See also
*Venues of the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games
The 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games venues were mostly located in the host city of Toronto, Ontario, though some events required facilities located elsewhere. Besides Toronto, fourteen other municipalities in Southern Ontario hosted competit ...
References
External links
University of Toronto Back Campus Fields Page
Toronto 2015 - Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields Page
{{Sport venues in Toronto Sports venues in Toronto Field hockey venues in Canada University of Toronto buildings University sports venues in Canada Venues of the 2015 Pan American Games Venues of the 2015 Parapan American Games 2014 establishments in Ontario Sports venues completed in 2014 Soccer venues in Canada Public–private partnership projects in Canada