The Pickaquoy Centre

The Pickaquoy Centre
Construction
The Picky Centre, or Picky
Location	Kirkwall, Orkney
Owner	Orkney Islands Council
Operator	The Pickaquoy Centre
Capacity	Concerts: 1,600 Conferences: 1,600 Basketball: 1,200
Opened	1999
Construction cost	£8.4 million
Tenants
Orkney F.C. Orkney official football team

The Pickaquoy Centre is a multi-use leisure centre in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. It has a 1,600 seat arena with bleacher style seating, which can be condensed and used as a sports hall, with room for two five a side football pitches. The football pitches host Orkney F.C. of the North Caledonian Football League and also the Orkney official football team. It also has a 247-seat cinema, numerous meeting rooms, health spa, gym, indoor and outdoor children's play areas, a cafe and bar. Outside, there is an All Weather Pitch, used for football and hockey, several grass pitches used for football and rugby and an athletics track. The centre also has a campsite within its grounds.

External links

"Pickaquoy Centre". Pickaquoy Centre Trust. Retrieved 24 August 2009.

Coordinates: 58°58′59″N 2°58′18″W / 58.98306°N 2.97167°W / 58.98306; -2.97167

Football venues in Scotland

National Stadium	Hampden Park

Premiership	Caledonian Stadium Celtic Park Dens Park Firhill Stadium Fir Park McDiarmid Park New Douglas Park Pittodrie Stadium Rugby Park Tannadice Park Tynecastle Stadium Victoria Park (Dingwall)

Championship	Almondvale Stadium Cappielow Dumbarton Football Stadium Easter Road Falkirk Stadium Ibrox Stadium Palmerston Park Recreation Park (Alloa) St Mirren Park Stark's Park

League One	Balmoor Central Park Cliftonhill East End Park Excelsior Stadium Glebe Park Ochilview Park Somerset Park Stair Park Station Park (Forfar)

League Two	Bayview Stadium Borough Briggs Broadwood Stadium Forthbank Stadium Galabank Gayfield Park Hampden Park Links Park Ochilview Park Shielfield Park

Highland Football League	Bellslea Park Christie Park Claggan Park Dudgeon Park Grant Park Grant Street Park Harlaw Park Harmsworth Park The Haughs Kynoch Park Mackessack Park Mosset Park North Lodge Park Princess Royal Park Seafield Park Station Park (Nairn) Victoria Park (Buckie)

Lowland Football League	Ainslie Park Broadwood Stadium Forthbank Stadium Islecroft Stadium K-Park Lochburn Park Meadowbank Stadium Netherdale Pennypit Park Raydale Park Yarrow Park

East of Scotland Football League	Albert Park Whitestone Park

South of Scotland Football League	Galabank Palmerston Park

North Caledonian Football League	The Pickaquoy Centre

Junior football	Bellsdale Park Beltane Park Creamery Park Guy's Meadow Dunterlie Park Hannah Park Hillhead Centre Lister Park Lochburn Park Millburn Park New Pebble Park Newlandsfield Park Newtown Park Petershill Park Portland Park (Troon) Prestonfield Ravenscraig Stadium Spain Park Valefield Park Volunteer Park

Other	Cathkin Park (second) Lesser Hampden Parkside Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility

Defunct stadiums, closed before 1914	Barrowfield Park Beechwood Park Braehead Park Carolina Port Cathkin Park (first) Celtic Park (first) Dalziel Park Dunterlie Park (first) East Dock Street Hamilton Crescent Hampden Park (first) Hawkhill Hibernian Park Hyde Park Ibrox Park (first) Langlands Park Meadowside New Logie Green Old Ralston Park Springvale Park Underwood Park West Craigie Park Westmarch Whitefield Park

Defunct stadiums, closed 1914–1945	Ardencaple Park Beresford Park Chancelot Park Clune Park Clydeholm Dunterlie Park (second) Forthbank Park Kimmeter Park Green Kintail Park Marine Gardens Meadow Park (Coatbridge) Merchiston Park Mill Park North End Park New Powderhall New Ralston Park Newfield Park Old Logie Green Portland Park (Galston) Recreation Grounds Recreation Park (Lochgelly) Royal Gymnasium Ground Sports Park Tontine Park

Defunct stadiums, closed since 1945	Adamslie Park Allan Park Annfield Stadium Bayview Park Boghead Park Brockville Park Broomfield Park Chapelhill Park City Park Crawick Holm Douglas Park Duckburn Park Everholm Stadium Firs Park Kilbowie Park Kingsmills Park Love Street Meadow Park (Dumbarton) Muirton Park New Meadowbank Old Meadowbank Raploch Park Rosebery Park Shawfield Stadium Telford Street Park

Proposed stadiums	Calder Park New Aberdeen Stadium

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