Hilken Community Stadium

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Hilken Community Stadium
Location Portland, Oregon
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Owner Concordia University
Capacity 1,000
Surface Nike Grind
Construction
Broke ground 2011
Opened 2012
Construction cost US$7.5 million
Tenants
Concordia Cavaliers baseball team (2012–present)
Concordia Cavaliers football team (2012–present)
Concordia Cavaliers men's soccer team (2012–present)
Concordia Cavaliers women's soccer team (2012–present)
Concordia Cavaliers softball team (2012–present)
Northeast United Soccer (2012–present)

Hilken Community Stadium is an American football, baseball, soccer and softball stadium located in Portland, Oregon. It has served as the home of the Concordia Cavaliers football, baseball, soccer and softball teams. Northeast United Soccer and Central Catholic High School baseball team also plays at Hilken Community Stadium. since 2012. At the time of construction, the 1,000 seat stadium cost US$7.5 million. The field's turf is known as Nike Grind, which is made out of approximately six million recycled shoes.[1] The university named the stadium after Robert and Virginia Hilken who donated US$1.5 million towards the construction.[2] One million dollars was donated by the community.[3] While the stadium is owned by Concordia University, 50 percent of the activities of the field are designated for community activities like Special Olympics.[4]

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