2 Vancouver parks picked as World Cup training sites to get field upgrades

The City of Vancouver has announced plans to upgrade 2 playing fields up of nan 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The metropolis said Tuesday that fields astatine Killarney Park and Memorial South Park will beryllium utilized arsenic 2 of nan tournament’s charismatic training grounds.

The upgrades will see lights, squad accommodation for illustration locker rooms and a property convention room. The activity will see Killarney Park’s writer and gravel fields and Memorial South Park’s oval.

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The activity is scheduled to statesman successful January 2025, and beryllium completed earlier June 2026.

Public entree to nan fields will beryllium closed until aft nan tourney concludes, and nan metropolis said it is moving connected replacement locations for existent users.

The costs of nan activity has yet to beryllium revealed, but will beryllium borne by nan metropolis and nan provincial government.

FIFA has yet to corroborate which teams will compete successful nan 7 games scheduled for BC Place. Fifa’s last tie is scheduled for precocious adjacent year.