Raptors announce training camp to be held in Vancouver area

Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes (4) reacts after scoring during first half NBA basketball action against the Miami Heat, in Toronto on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The Raptors are returning to British Columbia for training camp. The NBA club announced Friday that it will open camp for the 2023-24 season on Oct. 3 at Christine Sinclair Community Centre in Burnaby. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors are returning to British Columbia for training camp.

The NBA club announced Friday that it will open camp for the 2023-24 season on Oct. 3 at Christine Sinclair Community Centre in Burnaby.

The team will hold practices through Oct. 7, including an open practice Oct. 6 at Simon Fraser University's West Gym on its Burnaby campus.

Toronto previously announced it will open its pre-season schedule with a game against Sacramento Oct. 8 at Vancouver's Rogers Arena.

It will mark the eighth time the Raptors have held their camp in B.C., and the sixth in the Vancouver area.

The Raptors held training camp for the 2022-23 season in Victoria.

 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 11, 2023.

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