Calgary’s new Canadian Premier League team not only shares an equestrian facility with four-legged athletes. For four weeks of the show-jumping season, the professional soccer team will surrender its pitch to the horses.
Founded by Ron and Margaret Southern and operated by the family, roughly 160 hectares of indoor and outdoor riding terrain, stables and convention space are located in southwest Calgary near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. "We think we’ve got an eloquent solution to host both sports in a very unique way," said Spruce Meadows senior vice-president Ian Allison. "We were so fortunate that we had established drainage and turf. We’ve done some modifications for sure."
"Last year we tested it to see after jumping how quickly it would be suitable for playing soccer. We still had the water jump out here. Within 10 days, it was prefect."The stadium’s main tenant is Leinster Rugby, but it also hosts the annual Dublin Horse Show as well as soccer, wrestling and concerts.
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