John Ilhan Memorial Reserve

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John Ilhan Memorial Reserve
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John Ilhan Memorial Reserve
Former namesBroadmeadows Valley Park
Barry Road Recreation Reserve
Location Broadmeadows, Victoria
Coordinates 37°39′55″S144°54′58″E / 37.66528°S 144.91611°E / -37.66528; 144.91611
Owner City of Hume
Capacity 3,000 (Venue Capacity) [1]
580 (Seating Capacity)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened2009
Construction cost$12.2 million
Tenants
Hume City FC

John Ilhan Memorial Reserve, commercially known as VPEC, Valley Park Events Centre and often referred to as Broadmeadows Valley Park, is an Australian soccer ground in Broadmeadows, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.

It is the home of Hume City FC. The venue has a capacity of 3,000 and is the only stadium in the City of Hume that is up to NPL standard. The ground is named in honour of former Crazy John's owner John Ilhan. There are 4 soccer fields, two of which are used for juniors and training purposes, (one being a synthetic field). There is also a turf athletics track for long jump, javelin and discus with an infield soccer field. The main field contains a pavilion with underground state of the art change rooms used for senior training sessions and match days for Hume City FC. For sponsorship reasons the facility was commercially known as ABD Stadium from 2015 until 2021.

  1. "ABD Stadium". Austadiums. Retrieved 2 June 2022.


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