# Fond Playing Field

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{{Short description|Football venue in Sauteurs, Grenada}}
{{Infobox venue
| name               = Fond Playing Field
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| location           = Prospect Road, <br>[Sauteurs](/source/Sauteurs), Grenada
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| broke_ground       = 
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| first game         = 
| renovated          = 2013–2016
| owner              = [Government of Grenada](/source/Government_of_Grenada)
| operator           = [Grenada Football Association](/source/Grenada_Football_Association)
| surface            = Grass
| construction_cost  = [€](/source/%E2%82%AC)1.3million (Renovation only)<ref name="$1.3M Upgrade">{{cite web|last1=Straker|first1=Linda|title=$1.3M Upgrade for Fond Playing Field From FIFA|url=http://www.nowgrenada.com/2013/10/1-3m-upgrade-fond-playing-field-fifa/|publisher=Now Grenada|accessdate=2 July 2017}}</ref>
| architect          = 
| general_contractor = Patrick Construction & Trucking Services Limited<ref name="Grenada Goal Programme">{{cite web|title=Grenada Goal Programme|url=https://www.fifa.com/development/facts-and-figures/association=grn/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916002202/http://www.fifa.com/development/facts-and-figures/association=grn/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 16, 2015|publisher=FIFA|accessdate=2 July 2017}}</ref>
| former_names       = 
| tenants            = [Grenada national football team](/source/Grenada_national_football_team)<br> [Boca Juniors FC](/source/Boca_Juniors_FC)<br> [Chantimelle FC](/source/Chantimelle_FC)<br> [Hard Rock FC](/source/Hard_Rock_FC)<br> [Mount Rich SC](/source/Mount_Rich_SC)
| dimensions         = 
| seating_capacity   = 1,000<ref name="$1.3M Upgrade"/>
}}

The '''Fond Playing Field''' is a [football](/source/association_football) venue in [Sauteurs](/source/Sauteurs), [Saint Patrick Parish](/source/Saint_Patrick_Parish%2C_Grenada), [Grenada](/source/Grenada). Redevelopment, which included increasing spectator seating capacity to 1,000; adding flood lighting; and resurfacing the playing field, was begun in 2013 and completed in 2016 with $1.6&nbsp;million Euros provided through the [FIFA](/source/FIFA) Goal Project.<ref name="$1.3M Upgrade"/><ref name="Lighting">{{cite web|last1=McIntyre|first1=Abigeil|title=S. O. A Lighting of the fond playing field|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve45O6Ah6Dw|publisher=Grenada State of Affairs|accessdate=2 July 2017}}</ref> The property is owned by the [government of Grenada](/source/government_of_Grenada) and leased to the [Grenada Football Association](/source/Grenada_Football_Association).<ref name="GFA Annual Report 2013">{{cite web|title=GFA Annual Report 2013|url=https://issuu.com/imscaribbean/docs/gfa_complete|publisher=Grenada Football Association|accessdate=2 July 2017}}</ref> The ground is home to all [GFA Premier Division](/source/GFA_Premier_Division) clubs from the parish.<ref name="Consultant Confident">{{cite web|title=Consultant Confident About Getting Fond Back on Schedule|url=https://www.facebook.com/GFAGrenada/posts/955725431153043|publisher=Grenada Football Association|accessdate=2 July 2017}}</ref>

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Category:Football venues in Grenada
Category:Sports venues in Grenada

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