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Until after WWII the area that became Hillcrest Park was a bog
with house construction avoiding it. It was improved into a
park and field sports started in the late 1940's. The Vancouver
Curling Club founded in 1925 in Vancouver's West End
relocated to Hillcrest in 1949. North America's "best little
stadium", Nat Bailey Stadium, opened its doors in 1951. In 1951
Little Mountain Baseball was created at Hillcrest Park and
became the very first chartered little league in Canada. The
racquets club was established in 1953.

Rino at the Nat with Rick Horvath,
"stitch", etc. (non Westside / pre Westside)
Rino Orsato, stalwart Westside FC builder played at Hillcrest in
the 1950's. From the 1960s on all kinds of future Westside FC
players (Westsiders) were playing Little League at Hillcrest -
as the allstar program brought kids in everyone from across the
City. Meanwhile top local and regional soccer was happening at
Hillcrest and in
Nat Bailey Stadium. Westside Football Club was established in
1978 and has had its home fields at Hillcrest since the 1980s.

1993 BC and Canadian Champions, 1993-94
VMSL Premier League and Imperial Cup Champions
2003 Successful Olympic Bid
2004-2006 Hillcrest Master Planning
2006 to 2012 Impact of the Olympics
VPB / CoV / VANOC Future Commitments |