Hilken Community Stadium is an

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stadium located in

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. It served as the home of the

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football,

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teams. Concordia closed in the spring of 2020. Northeast United Soccer and Central Catholic High School baseball team also play at Hilken Community Stadium, since 2012. At the time of construction, the 1,000 seat stadium cost

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7.5 million. The field's turf is known as

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, which is made out of approximately six million recycled shoes. The university named the stadium after Robert and Virginia Hilken who donated US$1.5 million towards the construction. One million dollars was donated by the community. While the stadium is owned by

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, 50 percent of the activities of the field are designated for community activities like

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