Jane & Gerry Swan Track at Rotary Stadium is a fairly lighted,

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located in Abbotsford,

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. It features a rubberized 400 metre running track ("Jane & Gerry Swan Track") with wide turns and full field event facilities. The grandstand contains 3:200 seats (3,000 covered). Rotary Stadium is the home of the Valley Royals Track & Field Club, the

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(

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), the

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( Canada West Conference) and the Abbotsford Falcons (

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). The Valley Royals and Rotary Stadium are lasting legacies of the efforts by Jane and Gerry Swan; shortly after Jane's death in 2004, the city of Abbotsford renamed Rotary Stadium as Jane & Gerry Swan Track, in recognition of their contributions to the sport of athletics and the Abbotsford community as a whole. Over the years, the Valley Royals have hosted many prestigious events at Jane & Gerry Swan Track at Rotary Stadium (see Valley Royals Track & Field Club). For the past few years, the stadium and neighbouring fields have been used for

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training camp activities. Rotary Stadium is part of Abbotsford Exhibition Park, a park located in the heart of Abbotsford. The area was initially a large sand and rock quarry which was later reclaimed and restored as a public park. The park will be undergoing a revitalization project based on the Exhibition Park Master Plan.

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Satellite view of Exhibition Stadium on Google Maps

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