Canad Inns Stadium, Football stadium in Winnipeg, Canada
Canad Inns Stadium was a football venue in Winnipeg with multiple seating sections, artificial turf, and covered stands that held approximately 33,000 spectators. The facility had different levels that were expanded over time to increase capacity for events.
The venue opened in 1953 as a smaller facility that underwent several expansions over the following decades. Upper decks were added during the 1970s to accommodate increasing attendance.
Fans nicknamed the venue "the house that Jack built" after quarterback Jack Jacobs, whose passing game drew crowds that made a larger stadium necessary. The Blue Bombers' 1988 Grey Cup win came the same year AstroTurf was installed. The stadium also hosted the opening ceremonies of the 1967 and 1999 Pan-American Games.
The stadium stood at the corner of St. James Street and Maroons Road, just north of Polo Park Shopping Centre. It was demolished after the Blue Bombers left for Investors Group Field in 2013, so no structure remains; the site is now redeveloped. Look for the intersection rather than a venue.
The stadium experienced an extraordinary moment in 1991 when more than 51,000 people came for the Grey Cup, far exceeding normal capacity. This event remains one of the largest crowds the venue ever hosted.
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