home games from the Ontario Soccer Centre to BMO Field and Lamport Stadium beginning with the 2018 season. However, with their drop to the division 3 USL League One for the 2019 season, the team moved their home games to BMO Training Ground. The University of Toronto Schools high school team also uses Lamport Stadium as a practice field and for home games. Rugby league On 21 May 2012, it was announced that Lamport Stadium would be the new home of the Canada national rugby league team, the Wolverines. Their first game of 2013, the Colonial Cup opener against the United States national rugby league team saw a crowd of nearly 8,000 turn out to witness a comeback from the Wolverines. The stadium also hosted a professional rugby league club, the Toronto Wolfpack, which began playing there in 2017. On May 18, 2019, Lamport hosted the inaugural Americas 9s tournament. International matches Rugby union In January 2019, Major League Rugby expansion team, the Toronto Arrows announced that they would split home games between Lamport Stadium and Alumni Field at York University for their inaugural season. They were scheduled to play games at the stadium in 2020, but the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team moved their home games to York Lions Stadium for the 2022 season. Non-sports usage Besides sporting events, the stadium also hosts a major Caribana event each summer: the crowning ceremony for the King and Queen of Caribana. Homeless Encampment The area around the stadium became a homeless encampment for a period of time, but was cleared by police and city staff on July 21, 2021, resulting in arrests of both homeless people who had been staying there and protestors standing in solidarity with them. Images of police activity from the incident was heavily circulated on various social media platforms as well as getting coverage from a variety of news outlets See also List of rugby league stadiums by capacity Rugby league in Canada References Parks in Toronto Soccer venues in Ontario Rugby union stadiums in Ontario Rugby league stadiums in Canada Sports venues in Toronto Multi-purpose stadiums in Canada SC Toronto Sports venues completed in 1975 Toronto FC Toronto Wolfpack Toronto Arrows Toronto FC II Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Lacrosse venues Former Major League Lacrosse venues 1975 establishments in Ontario USL League One stadiums Major League Rugby stadiums Toronto Arrows stadiums