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List of Canadian Football League stadiums

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This is a list of Canadian Football League stadiums.

Current stadiums

Team name Stadium Year completed Capacity Surface Other Current/Major Former Tenants
British Columbia Lions BC Place Stadium 1983 59,841 FieldTurf Vancouver Whitecaps (1983-1984)
Calgary Stampeders McMahon Stadium 1960 38,000 FieldTurf Calgary Dinos, Calgary Colts
Edmonton Eskimos Commonwealth Stadium 1978 60,217 Grass Canada men's and women's soccer
Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium 1930 28,830 AstroPlay McMaster Marauders
Montreal Alouettes Percival Molson Stadium 1919 20,202 FieldTurf McGill Redmen
Olympic Stadium (playoffs) 1976 56,245 AstroTurf Montreal Expos (1977-2004)
Saskatchewan Roughriders Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field 1927 28,800 AstroTurf Regina Rams
Toronto Argonauts Rogers Centre 1989 53,506 FieldTurf Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Raptors (1995-1999)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canad Inns Stadium 1953 29,503 AstroPlay

† FieldTurf or similar surface to be installed for 2007

Former stadiums

Former Canadian Football League stadiums. This list is incomplete.

Team name Stadium Year completed Capacity at time of CFL use Surface during use Year(s) of use
Baltimore Stallions Memorial Stadium 1950 54,000 Grass[1] 1994-1995
Birmingham Barracudas Legion Field 1926 81,000 Grass[2] 1995
British Columbia Lions Empire Stadium 1954 32,375 Grass 1954-1982
Calgary Stampeders Mewata Stadium Grass 1935-1959
Edmonton Eskimos Clarke Stadium 1938 20,000 Grass 1954-1978
Las Vegas Posse Sam Boyd Stadium 1971 32,000 AstroTurf[3] 1994
Montreal Alouettes Autostade 1966 33,172 Grass 1968-1976
Delormier Downs 1946
Memphis Mad Dogs Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium 1967 63,000 Grass with artificial turf ringing the field to make it CFL size[4] 1995
Ottawa Renegades/Ottawa Rough Riders Frank Clair Stadium at Lansdowne Park 1908 30,927 FieldTurf in later years, Grass and later Astroturf before that 1908-1996, 2002-2005
San Antonio Texans Alamodome 1993 59,000 AstroTurf[5][6] 1995
Shreveport Pirates Independence Stadium 1976 43,000 Grass[7][8] 1994-1995
Sacramento Gold Miners Hornet Stadium 1968 26,000 Grass 1993-1994
Toronto Argonauts Rosedale Field 4,000 seating, 10,000 standing Grass 1874-1897, 1908-1915
Original Varsity Stadium 1898 Grass 1898-1907, 1916-1923
Varsity Stadium 1924 20,000 Grass 1924-1958
Exhibition Stadium 1959 43,737 Grass 1959-1988
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Osborne Stadium 1932[9] 7,800 Grass 1935-1952