| Stadium Name: | Rob Ford Stadium |
| Location: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Toronto#Canada Ontario#Canada |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Toronto##Location in Ontario##Location in Canada |
| Built: | 1975 |
| Opened: | 1975 |
| Renovated: | 2009 |
| Owner: | City of Toronto |
| Operator: | Toronto Parks, Forestry & Recreation |
| Surface: | Artificial turf |
| Former Names: | Centennial Park Stadium (1975–2024) |
| Seating Capacity: | 2,200 |
| Scoreboard: | Yes |
| Tenants: | Serbian White Eagles (2006–present) FC Ukraine United (2006–present) Etobicoke Eagles (2009–present) GTA Grizzlies (2015–present) Toronto Supra Portuguese (2001–2007) Toronto Lynx (2002–2017) Toronto Lady Lynx (1997–2015) Toronto Atomic FC (2015–2017) |
Rob Ford Stadium (formerly Centennial Park Stadium) is a 2,200-seat stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is primarily used for soccer, track and field, football and occasionally for kabaddi.
It is located within Centennial Park in Etobicoke, just south of Toronto Pearson International Airport and near the intersection of Rathburn Road and Renforth Drive. It was built in 1975.
The stadium has seating in a grandstand on the west side and a small scoreboard on the north end of the field. The stadium was renovated in 2009 with the installation of new seating and artificial turf.
The stadium was originally named for Centennial Park, which it is located in and opened during Canada's centennial year of 1967; the stadium was opened in 1975, eight years after the centennial.
In 2017, there were calls and support for the stadium to be renamed after former mayor Rob Ford[6] as Rob Ford Memorial Stadium,[7] but city council voted down the motion 11 to 24 on October 4, 2017.[8] In 2023, amid the re-imagining of the park through the Centennial Park Master Plan that was also approved in 2021, city council again considered a motion to rename the stadium after Ford, this time passing 17 to 6.[9] [10]
The stadium was officially renamed Rob Ford Stadium on May 28, 2024.[11] The first game played on the re-named stadium was a Canadian Soccer League encounter between Serbian White Eagles FC and Spanish Future Stars on May 31, 2024.[12]