Providence Park

Providence Park (formerly Jeld-Wen Field; PGE Park; Civic Stadium; originally Multnomah Stadium; and from 1893 until the stadium was built, Multnomah Field) is an outdoor sports venue located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. The MLS Portland Timbers soccer team use the facility as their home pitch, as well as the NWSL Portland Thorns FC and the USL PDL Timbers U23s. The NCAA Division I Portland State Vikings football team uses the park during the Big Sky season. The stadium has been host to several major sporting events including Soccer Bowl '77, the 1999 and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cups, the 2009 Triple-A All-Star Game and the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. It is scheduled to host the 2014 MLS All-Star Game.
Originally, the park was owned by the Multnomah Athletic Club and used by their amateur sports teams. In the 1950s, the PCL Portland Beavers baseball team moved out of Vaughn Street Park into what was then known as "Multnomah Stadium". In 1966, the city purchased the stadium and renamed it "Civic Stadium". It was renovated in 2001 to accommodate the Beavers, who had not played at the park since the early 1990s. The naming rights of the stadium were purchased by Portland General Electric and it was renamed "PGE Park". In 2010, the park underwent renovations again, this time so it could accommodate the Portland Timbers MLS franchise and a year later the rights to the stadiums name were sold, this time to Jeld-Wen. In 2014, the name was changed again to "Providence Park" after Providence Health & Services bought the naming rights. The stadium sits on a rectangular block bounded by Southwest Morrison Street, Southwest 18th Avenue, the Multnomah Athletic Club building and Southwest Salmon Street, and Southwest 20th Avenue.
==Gallery==
File:Multnomah Stadium – 1930.jpg|The park photographed from the street in 1930
File:Multnomah Stadium, 1940.JPG|An aerial view of the park in 1940
File:Multnomah Stadium, 1956.jpeg|An aerial view of the park in 1956
File:Civic Stadium, 1969.JPG|An aerial view of the park in 1969
File:Civic Stadium, 1974.JPG|An aerial view of the park in 1974
File:Multnomah Stadium, 1974 (2).JPG|The park photographed towards the north end in 1974
File:PGE Park in 2008, from elevated position.jpg|The east entrance to the park in 2008
==External links==
* Official website
* Portland State Athletic Facilities
* Jeld-Wen Field Virtual Venue
* PGE Park Views – Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues
* "Beavers Last Stand", © Peter Mellman, 09/06/2010. (Note: Last Beavers game at Jeld-Wen Field)
* Views of Jeld-Wen Field – 2009
* The Final Portland Beavers Game
Category:Stadiums
Category:American Stadiums