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Providence Park is an outdoor soccer venue located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. It is the home of the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer and Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League. Providence Park is currently the oldest facility to be configured as a soccer-specific stadium for use by an MLS team, an…
Providence Park is an outdoor soccer venue located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. It is the home of the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer and Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League. Providence Park is currently the oldest facility to be configured as a soccer-specific stadium for use by an MLS team, and is one of the most historic grounds used by any United States professional soccer team. It has existed in rudimentary form since 1893, and as a complete stadium since 1926.
  • Location: Portland, Oregon
  • Owner: City of Portland
  • Capacity: 25,218
  • Opened: October 9, 1926
  • Former names: Multnomah Field (1893–1926) · Multnomah Stadium (1926–1965) · Civic Stadium (1966–2000) · PGE Park (2001–2010) · Jeld-Wen Field (2011–2014)
  • Architect: A. E. Doyle · Morris H. Whitehouse & Associates
  • Address: 1844 SW Morrison
Data from: en.wikipedia.org