Commonwealth Stadium
Edmonton, Canada
56,302
recorded capacity
recorded as 2012–present
1 block = 1,000 places
Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton is the largest and northernmost of the 14 listed stadiums in Canada. It was a venue of the 1978 Commonwealth Games.
It opened in 1978. Its capacity equals 12.6% of the combined capacity of the listed stadiums in Canada. The nearest listed stadium is McMahon Stadium, 280 km away.
- Listed for
- Athletics, Canadian football and football
- Tenants
- Edmonton Eskimos/Elks, Canada men's national soccer team
- Surface
- Grass
- Position
- 53.56° N, 113.47° W
Where it stands in Canada
- Commonwealth Stadium56,302
- Olympic Stadium, Montreal262 fewer56,040
- BC Place1,802 fewer54,500
- Rogers Centre17,152 fewer39,150
- 10 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Owner
- City of Edmonton
- Architect
- Spotowski and Associates
- Recorded construction cost
- C$20.9 million (1982)
- Record attendance
- 66,835
- Opening order in Canada
- 5th of 14, earliest first
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2013, more recent than 3 of the other 6 listed stadiums in Canada with such a year
- Compared with the median in Canada
- 1.9 times the median capacity of 30,347 across its 14 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1970s in Canada
- 2 of the 14 listed stadiums, this one included
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Husky Stadium, 904 km
Chronology
- 1978 Commonwealth Games venue, Opened
- 1982 Expanded
- 2001 Renovated
- 2008 Renovated
- 2013 Expanded
Nearest listed stadiums
- McMahon Stadium · south35,400 places, opened 1960280.1 km
- Mosaic Stadium · south-east33,350 places, opened 2017696.2 km
- Washington–Grizzly Stadium · south25,217 places, opened 1986745.2 km
- Kibbie Dome · south15,250 places, opened 1975800.3 km
- Martin Stadium · south35,117 places, opened 1972802.9 km
Source: Wikipedia, Commonwealth Stadium.