Greg Mills

Review of Tim Horton’s Field

Ask locals and you ll have mixed reviews: field wa...

Ask locals and you ll have mixed reviews: field was built for PanAm games, and since then has had financial and MGMT troubles/ fights between city/Developers/Contractors/Ticats management etc but is looking like that s begetting resolved ( was built quick and cheap so apparently the defects list was a mile long: you look closely and you ll already see rusties on some railings, unfinished bits and pieces etc)
In any event the field is now bordered by two schools and a community centre (opening 2019) so the whole area is poised to be a cultural/community/ events hub one way or another.
Until the LRT is built there s also issues on game day with fans arriving: stuff 15-20k people into a neighborhood and area with no parking and chaos is usually the result. If it s nice, park elsewhere (>1km) and walk, or try for the busses, because otherwise you are either paying a local to park on their lawn or circling endlessly in heavy traffic on side streets.

The field and facilities themselves are great: nothing better than an afternoon/early eve football game and the crowd and energy, next years start of Forge FC soccer won t hurt either.

Food is just meh (business idea : get more local establishments involved) and beer selection is dire ( save for Bench Brewery. Another business idea / support local breweries! Grain and Grit/Fairweather/Merit/Clifford/Shawn&Ed/West Avenue - Come on Tim Hortons management! Support LOCAL!)

One tip: if you know it ll be blazing hot and you are buying tickets day of, go Top West - trust me - you ll appreciate the shade!