SFU Stadium at Terry Fox Field is a multi-purpose sport field on

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. It serves as the home field of the

Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a Public university, public research university in British Columbia, Canada. It maintains three campuses in Greater Vancouver, respectively located in Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, British Columbia, Surrey, and ...

Red Leafs for

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

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(before 2010 season) and

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(from 2010 season to end of program) matches. The Red Leafs men's

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club also plays their home matches on Terry Fox Field, and

's Department of Recreation and Athletics regularly hosts sport camps on Terry Fox Field.

Naming

The field is named after

Terry Fox Terrance Stanley Fox (July 28, 1958June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist. In 1980, having had one leg amputated due to cancer, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for can ...

, who was once a student of

and played for SFU's junior varsity basketball team.

Facility information

As a multi-purpose field, there are overlapping permanent markings for

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

and

on Terry Fox Field. In order to accommodate the university's transition from CIS (playing

) to the

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(playing American football), Terry Fox Field was re-turfed in 2011, with markings for a Canadian football field replaced with markings for an American football field. Terry Fox Field's tracks are classified as an IAAF Standard TrackAs opposed to "Double Bend" tracks. Details
''IAAF Track and Field Facilities Manual 2008 Edition'', International Association of Athletics Federations
/ref> with a water jump hurdle outside the bend. West to the field itself is a long jump facility built according to IAAF standards. Terry Fox Field had been one of the few varsity stadiums in Canada without permanent seating. However in 2021, a permanent grandstand with seating for 1,823 spectators (and room for 1,000 temporary bleachers which can be added when needed), was added. With the completion of the permanent stands, the venue's name was changed to SFU Stadium at Terry Fox Field.

References

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Naming

Facility information

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