Hillsboro Stadium

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Hillsboro Stadium

Location	4450 NW 229th Avenue Hillsboro, Oregon 97124
Opened	2000
Owner	City of Hillsboro
Operator	City of Hillsboro Parks & Recreation Department
Surface	Astroturf
Construction cost	$7,500,000 USD
Architect	GBD Architects
Tenants
Hillsboro School District Pacific University (2007 season only)
Capacity
7,600 (soccer, lacrosse, football)

Hillsboro Stadium in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States in a multi-sport stadium owned by the city of Hillsboro. The award winning stadium is part of the Gordon Faber Recreation Complex located in the northwest part of the city adjacent to U.S. Highway 26.

1 Facility
2 Uses
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Facility

Built in 1999 and opened in 2000, the award winning facility cost $7.5 million to build.^[1] Designed by GBD Architects, the stadium was named one of 1999’s Best Public Project Award recipients by AIA Western International.^[1] The facility also won the 2000 Design Award of Merit from International Illumination Design Award.^[2] Hillsboro Stadium has a 170,000 square foot Astroturf field.^[3] This field is large enough to accommodate two games at the same time. The main grandstand is on the south side of the field and contains locker rooms, concession stands, and team training facilities.^[3] Seating capacity is around 7,600 people.^[4]

[edit] Uses

The Astroturf field is used for a variety of sports. These include lacrosse, football, soccer, baseball, and softball.^[3] The main use is for high school athletics for Hillsboro’s four high schools.^[5]^[4]

The stadium also hosts other events such as foot races,^[6] OSAA state football playoffs,^[7] Cyclocross,^[8] and expositions for rally cars.^[9] Past tenets have included the Portland State University football team in 2000 when then Civic Stadium was being renovated.^[4]

During the 2007 season Pacific University’s baseball and softball teams will use the stadium while their new facility is being built in Forest Grove.^[4]