Brian Piccolo Park is a sports venue located in
Cooper City, Florida. The ground was opened in 1989 on 175.2-acre of land with the facilities of three soccer fields, two cricket fields, two basketball court as well as a
velodrome
A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights. The straights transition to the circular turn through a moderate easement ...
.
In 2004, the ground played host to
first-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...
when the
United States cricket team played
Canadian cricket team in the
ICC Intercontinental Cup
The ICC Intercontinental Cup was a first-class cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as part of its cricket development programme. It was designed to allow List of International Cricket Council members, Associ ...
. Since then the ground has hosted many non-first-class cricket matches. It also served as the home ground for the
Florida Thunder a
Pro Cricket team in 2004. The park is also home to one of the few cycling tracks in
South Florida
South Florida, sometimes colloquially shortened to SoFlo, is the Regions of the United States#Florida, southernmost region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is one of Florida's three most commonly referred to directional regions; the two others are ...
. The park also encompasses a skateboard park. It is considered one of the main centers for athletic activity in Broward County Parks.
Organizations
Organizations founded in/for Brian Piccolo Park include:
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Florida Velodrome Association (FVA)
References
External links
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Brian Piccolo Sports Park and Velodrome
Cricket grounds in the United States
Sports venues in Broward County, Florida
Sports venues completed in 1989
1989 establishments in Florida
Soccer venues in Florida
Sports complexes in Florida
Cricket in Florida
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