Thunderbird Stadium
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View of the field and stands in 2011 | |
| Address | 6288 Stadium Road Vancouver, BC Canada |
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| Coordinates | 49°15′16″N 123°14′44″W / 49.2544°N 123.2455°W |
| Owner | University of British Columbia |
| Operator | UBC Athletics |
| Type | Stadium |
| Capacity | 3,411 seats, 5,000 festival area, maximum 12,000 spectators. |
| Surface | PolyTan Turf |
| Current use | Football |
| Construction | |
| Opened | October 7, 1967 |
| Construction cost | $1,236,188 |
| Architect | Vladimir Plavsic & Associates |
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| Website | |
| ubc.ca/thunderbird-stadium | |
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Thunderbird Stadium is a football stadium on the UBC Vancouver campus in British Columbia, Canada. It is located west of Vancouver's city limits, and is primarily used by the UBC Thunderbirds, the athletic program of UBC. It seats 3,500 in the main grandstand, plus grass seating for about 5,000 people on the west side and ends of the stadium, and by using the surrounding grass embankment the facility can accommodate up to 12,000 spectators.
The stadium was opened on October 7, 1967. It features 12 80-foot-high concrete support towers, all topped with concrete thunderbird statues created by renowned First Nations artist Bill Reid. Later renovations include the replacement of a few original benches with fold-down seating directly below the press box.