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{{Infobox stadium
| stadium_name = Empire Field
| image = [[File:Empire Field.jpg|200px]]
| location = [[Hastings Street (Vancouver)|East Hastings Street]],<br>[[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]
| opened = June 15, 2010<ref>[http://www.joconl.com/article/id39401] Overlay work wraps up Empire Field construction in Vancouver &ndash; Journal of Commerce</ref><ref name=shape>[http://www.globaltvbc.com/sports/Lions+Empire+Fields+takes+stadium+shape/2970780/story.html B.C. Lions’ new Empire Fields takes stadium shape]{{Retrieved|accessdate=2010-04-30}}</ref>
| demolished = November – December 2011<ref name=demolition>{{cite news|url=http://www.vancourier.com/Vancouver+Empire+Field+reopening+slated+fall+2013/6548505/story.html|title=Vancouver’s Empire Field reopening slated for fall 2013|publisher=The Vancouver Courier|first=Bob|last=Mackin|date=May 1, 2012|accessdate=2012-05-07}}</ref>
| Owner/operator = [[Pacific National Exhibition]]
| estimated_cost = $14 million
| surface = [[FieldTurf]]<br>([[FIFA]]-recommended 1-star) '''Installed''' in 2010
| tenants = [[BC Lions]]  ([[Canadian Football League|CFL]]) (2010–2011)<br />[[Vancouver Whitecaps FC (MLS)|Vancouver Whitecaps FC]] ([[Major League Soccer|MLS]]) (2011)
| seating_capacity =27,528
}}

'''Empire Field'''<ref name=welcome>[http://www.theprovince.com/sports/mighty+Empire+rises+once+again/3178146/story.html The mighty Empire rises once again]{{Retrieved|accessdate=2010-06-20}}</ref> was a temporary outdoor football and soccer [[stadium]] built at the former location of [[Empire Stadium (Vancouver)|Empire Stadium]] at [[Hastings Park]] in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]. It served as the home of the [[BC Lions]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] from the summer of 2010 until the fall of 2011, when the installation of the retractable roof at [[BC Place]] was completed. It also was the home of the [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]] of [[Major League Soccer]] from the start of the [[2011 MLS season]] until the fall of the same year.

Construction was completed by [[Nussli Group]] in three months, in time for the BC Lions to host their first home game of the 2010 CFL season.<ref>[http://www.nussli.com/fileadmin/content/ueber_nussli/Downloads/Kundenmagazin/English/20101118_up__date_2010_en_low.pdf A real Novelty in North America]</ref>

The stadium's grandstands were demolished from November to December 2011.<ref name=demolition/>  It will revert to a community playing field in 2013,<ref name=demolition/> following the opening of the renovated BC Place Stadium.<ref>[http://www.globaltvbc.com/sports/With+temporary+stadium+Lions+Whitecaps+bank+nostalgia/2372224/story.html With temporary stadium, Lions, Whitecaps bank on nostalgia]{{Retrieved|accessdate=2010-04-30}}</ref>

==Seating==
The stadium had a capacity of 27,500 seats,<ref name=demolition/> including two roofed main grandstands and twelve VIP suites. 20,500 seats had been equipped with seat shells, 7,000 with bench seating for the balance.<ref>[http://www.theprovince.com/sports/football/bc-lions/Lions+play+million+temporary+facility+Empire+Stadium+site/2371436/story.html Lions to play in $14.4 million temporary facility on Empire Stadium site] {{Retrieved | accessdate=2009-12-23 }}</ref>

==Facilities==
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Broadcast booths were located at the top of both stands. A video replay screen (near the north gate) and score board were located at the top. A translucent white fabric surrounds the stadium and acts as a wall. Grab'N Go was the only food concession and located outside of the stadium along with portable trailer washrooms. Parking was limited to the south side of East Hastings and a larger lot on the west side of Bridgeway.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{BC Lions}}
{{Vancouver Whitecaps}}
{{MLS Stadiums}}

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