Saputo Stadium, Soccer stadium in Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Montreal, Canada.
Saputo Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Olympic Park, Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Montreal, Canada. It has a natural grass field, blue and grey seating tiers under a white truss roof, and a capacity of 19,619. A large screen hangs above the far stands, and the east side looks toward Olympic Stadium's inclined tower.
Construction started in April 2007 with an investment of roughly 17 million dollars, including over 7 million from the Saputo family. The venue opened in May 2008, replacing the former track and field practice site from the 1976 Summer Olympics.
The stadium is named after the Saputo family, whose dairy company contributed $7.5 million of the $17 million construction cost. In North American competitions it is called Stade de Montréal because of advertising rules. The east side looks onto the inclined tower of Olympic Stadium.
The stadium sits in Olympic Park, with a secondary entrance on the southwest side toward Olympic Stadium and a Viau Street entrance created in 2012. It is served by Viau and Pie-IX metro stations. The main entrance was moved during the 2012 expansion.
The eastern side faces the Olympic Stadium tower and occupies the former training ground where track and field athletes prepared in 1976. Today soccer fans stand on the same ground where Olympic athletes once trained.
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