The Calgary Soccer Centre (formerly called the Subway Soccer Centre) is an indoor soccer facility located in Calgary,

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. The soccer

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is owned and operated by the City of Calgary. The centre is a prime venue for many minor soccer teams in Calgary.

History

On Monday, November 22, 2010, the Soccer Centre's expansions (known most commonly as "the bubble") collapsed for the second time in two years. According to Perry Logan, the

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, the collapse was most likely caused by a supporting

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collapsing before carving a rip in the material. Nobody was inside the bubble and therefore no one was injured in the incident. In 2014, the City of Calgary built a permanent second building (the Annex) to replace the previous structure (the "bubble"). The Annex houses three indoor soccer fields and one multi-purpose field.

Sports

The Calgary Soccer Centre also supports many other sports other than indoor and outdoor soccer, some of which would include

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, football,

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, and simply jogging, walking or running. The CSC also is the home

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for sports tournaments such as Jumpstart and the Canada Day lacrosse tournament.

Information

The Soccer Centre is located in the

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sector of Calgary, and the office is open on weekdays from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM. There is also a lounge, sandwich shop and soccer gear store.

References

External links

Subway Soccer Centre
{{Premier Development League stadiums Soccer venues in Canada