Hampton Roads Piranhas was an American women's soccer team, founded in 1995. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League , the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference against the Atlanta Silverbacks Women , Charlotte Lady Eagles , Dayton Dutch Lions FC , Fredericksburg Impact , Northern Virginia Majestics .
19-649: The team played its home games at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex in the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia . The team's colors are red and white. The team was a sister organization of the men's Hampton Roads Piranhas team, which played in the USL Premier Development League . The team announced on January 15, 2014 that both the PDL and W-League teams will be folding and will not play in the 2014 season. The primary owners health
38-649: A permanent seating capacity of 6,000 on two decks of seating, though it can be expanded upwards to 17,000 for American football games. It was the first soccer-specific venue built from the ground up in the United States. The Sportsplex is located across the street from the Princess Anne Athletic Complex and near the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater . The main stadium was the home field of
57-406: A spectator walkway leading to the lower seating deck, concessions, and restroom areas. The club level leads to the upper seating deck, as well as six luxury suites and press boxes. The playing field consists of an artificial turf surface, made with Sportexe's strengthen MonoTech fiber and PowerBlade HP. The playing surface has passed the testing requirements to qualify as a FIFA 1-Star surface and
76-403: Is a non- SI unit of illuminance or light intensity. The foot-candle is defined as one lumen per square foot. This unit is commonly used in lighting layouts in parts of the world where United States customary units are used, mainly the United States. Nearly all of the world uses the corresponding SI derived unit lux , defined as one lumen per square meter. The foot-candle is defined as
95-488: Is equal to approximately 10.764 lux . In many practical applications, as when measuring room illumination, it is often not needed to measure illuminance more accurately than ±10%; in these situations it is sufficient to think of one foot-candle as about ten lux. In the US lighting industry, foot-candles are a common unit of measurement used by architects to calculate adequate lighting levels. Foot-candles are also commonly used in
114-427: Is sized to accommodate international soccer matches (75 yards x 120 yards), as well as other typical field events, including American football , field hockey , rugby , and lacrosse . Field lighting is designed for both live spectators and televised recording, providing 100 foot-candles of illumination on the playing surface. An on-site parking area is accessible from Landstown Road. A pedestrian walkway bisects
133-660: Is the regional training site for the United States women's national field hockey team which has two turf fields and its own office building. It also features lighting, locker rooms, parking, an equipment room, and a concession stand. Turf time is available for rent for field hockey events, camps, clinics and tournaments. On November 10, 2010, the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League announced their home games would be played at
152-650: The Hampton Roads Piranhas , a women's team in the W-League , which became the de facto top women's league in the country after the demise of the Women's United Soccer Association . It was originally their home from 1999 to 2002. In 2003 the Piranhas moved their home games to a smaller stadium on the campus of Virginia Wesleyan College near the city's border with Norfolk . It was also the home field for
171-706: The Las Vegas Locomotives , requiring the stadium to accommodate for standing room . Along with the rest of the league, the Destroyers' attendance dropped precipitously during the 2012 season , prompting the league to again cut short its season. The Destroyers' business license expired March 1, 2013. 36°46′08″N 76°05′36″W / 36.76875°N 76.09347°W / 36.76875; -76.09347 ( Virginia Beach Sportsplex ) Foot-candle A foot-candle (sometimes foot candle ; abbreviated fc , lm/ft , or sometimes ft-c )
190-837: The Virginia Beach Mariners (USL-I) and the Virginia Beach Submariners (PDL). In 2007, the franchise was terminated, and as a result the Piranhas acquired the Submariners and renamed them as the Piranhas, a reflection of their women's team. Both teams played at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex for the 2010 season of the W-League and the Premier Development League. The stadium is now the home office for
209-824: The City Property Limit and Virginia Beach National Golf Course, Around the Edge of the Sportsplex Athletic Fields, and around the Regional Training Center Fields, Finishing through the gates at the Smoke Pit. The athletic fields are 3 acres of natural grass and plays host to many events such as youth soccer, lacrosse, and 5K runs. The Sportsplex also contains the Regional Training Center, and
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#1732772707935228-560: The Sportsplex starting in Fall 2011. The UFL added temporary bleacher seating (recycled from the 2011 U.S. Open golf tournament ) to expand the stadium to between 14,000 and 17,000 seats depending on demand. The Destroyers first game drew almost 13,000 fans to see a 34–17 Virginia win. The Destroyers set an attendance record for the Sportsplex when 14,172 fans overflowed the stadium for the 2011 UFL Championship Game , which they won over
247-562: The Virginia Rush Organization as well as the home venue for its U16 and U18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy teams. It is also home to the Norfolk Blues rugby team and Southern Virginian Trojans semi-pro football team. The stadium also hosted the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League , which played two abbreviated seasons at the Sportsplex and for whom the stadium's capacity was doubled. In 2009
266-469: The city of Virginia Beach turned over the Sportsplex to a private firm, Hometown Sports Management, who changed the soccer-only Bermuda grass field over to a more durable multi-sport friendly turf and paved the parking lot. The Sportsplex Stadium is a 3-level steel and concrete structure. The service level contains ticketing functions, an administration area, team and officials’ dressing rooms, and miscellaneous support spaces. The concourse level consists of
285-437: The illuminance of the inside surface of a one-foot-radius sphere with a point source of one candela at its center. Alternatively, it can be defined as the illuminance of one lumen on a one- square foot surface with a uniform distribution. Given the relation between candela and lumen, the two definitions listed are identical, with the second one potentially being easier to relate to in some everyday situations. One foot-candle
304-461: The intensity of motion picture lights, allowing cinematographers to set up proper lighting-contrast ratios when filming. Since light intensity is the primary factor in the photosynthesis of plants, US horticulturalists often measure and discuss optimum intensity for various plants in foot-candles. Full, unobstructed sunlight has an intensity of up to 930 fc. An overcast day will produce an intensity of around 100 fc. The intensity of light near
323-485: The main parking areas, which contain a total of 2,122 spaces. Special areas near the stadium are reserved for handicapped parking. Parking space is also provided for buses, teams, and service personnel. The Virginia Beach Sportsplex is a nationwide known 5K course. It hosts races such as Color me Rad, Dirty Girl Mud Run, Military Challenge, and Inflatable 5K. Starting off on the Sportsplex Turf going out behind to
342-409: The museum and gallery fields in the US, where lighting levels must be carefully controlled to conserve light-sensitive objects such as prints, photographs, and paintings, the colors of which fade when exposed to bright light for a lengthy period. In the motion picture cinematography field in the US, incident light meters are used to measure the number of foot-candles present, which are used to calculate
361-465: Was cited as the reason behind the decision. This article about a soccer club from Virginia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Virginia Beach Sportsplex The Virginia Beach Sportsplex is a sports complex in Virginia Beach, Virginia . The name is most commonly attached to the main soccer-specific stadium within the complex, which opened in 1999. It has
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