Clarke Stadium, Sports stadium in Edmonton, Canada
Clarke Stadium is a multipurpose stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, with a single grandstand of about 1,200 seats and an artificial turf field. Since 2019 renovations, seating has increased to 5,148, with permanent stands behind both goals and pitch-side tables beside the dugouts. The stadium grounds can hold over 6,000 people for concerts and non-sporting events.
Clarke Stadium was built in 1938 on land deeded to Edmonton by the federal government and named for mayor Joseph Clarke, a personal friend of Prime Minister Mackenzie King. The original ground held about 20,000 fans in two opposing grandstands, and the Edmonton Eskimos played there from 1949 to 1978. After the team left for Commonwealth Stadium, the facility was almost completely demolished on June 1, 2000 and rebuilt with roughly 1,200 seats for the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.
The stadium's name honours Joseph Clarke, Edmonton's mayor when it was built in 1938; the land was deeded to the city by the federal government, and Prime Minister Mackenzie King, a personal friend of Clarke, backed the public sports fields. In the 1960s and 1970s the stadium sold Knothole Gang tickets for 25 cents a game. Today Clarke Park hosts university, minor and intramural sports plus concerts.
Clarke Stadium sits next to Commonwealth Stadium in northeast Edmonton, and the rebuilt 2000 facility has a single grandstand of about 1,200 fixed seats, so most spectators enter from the one side. FC Edmonton's 2019 renovation raised seating to 5,148, with permanent stands behind both goals and pitch-side tables beside the dugouts. The field is artificial turf, installed for the 2014 season, and the grounds can hold over 6,000 people for concerts.
Clarke Stadium's 2000 rebuild left only about 1,200 seats in a single grandstand, yet the grounds including the playing surface can hold over 6,000 for concerts. The original 1938 stands held roughly 20,000. In the 1960s and 1970s the stadium sold Knothole Gang tickets for 25 cents a game.
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