Percival Molson Memorial Stadium

Coordinates: 45°30′36.3″N 73°34′50.4″W / 45.510083°N 73.580667°W / 45.510083; -73.580667
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Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Stade Percival-Molson
AUDL) (2014–present)
Website
mcgillathletics.ca/stadium

Percival Molson Memorial Stadium (also known in

American Ultimate Disc League, the Selwyn House Gryphons high-school football team[3]
and the Canadian Corporate Soccer League, the largest amateur corporate league in Canada.

History

The stadium in 1915

Constructed in 1914 at the corner of University and Pine (avenue Des Pins), the stadium sat dormant through

William C. Macdonald and John W. McConnell also donated money to help build and renovate the stadium. Designed by Percy Erskine Nobbs,[4]
the stadium was officially dedicated as "McGill Graduates' Stadium" at an intercollegiate track meet on October 22, 1915. It was renamed "Percival Molson Memorial Stadium" on October 25, 1919 by the university's Board of Governors, in his honour.

Montreal Indians vs Hamilton, 1937

The Montreal Alouettes played at the stadium from 1954 to 1967 before moving to the Autostade. An attempted return to the Molson Stadium in 1972 was not successful and the team went back to the Autostade the following season. When the revived Alouettes franchise was forced to move a 1997 playoff game out of Olympic Stadium due to a U2 concert scheduled for the day of the game, they played the game at Molson Stadium before a sellout crowd, prompting the Als to make it their primary home again the following season. However, all playoff games were played at Olympic Stadium until 2015.

cheerleaders entertain the crowd during a timeout in a game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
on July 6, 2006, at Molson Stadium

The only Grey Cup game played at Molson Stadium was in 1931, which was the first time the Grey Cup was contested outside of Ontario. It also served as a venue for field hockey, during the 1976 Summer Olympics.[5] It seated 20,202 and had been sold out for Alouettes games from August 12, 1999 until 2009.[6] A renovation project begun in 2009 increased capacity from 20,202 to over 25,000 before seats were removed in 2014 to reduce capacity to 23,420.[7] The seating capacity was lowered to 20,025 following a reconfiguration prior to the 2019 season.[8]

The Alouettes' decision to return to the venue was problematic because the team was being sponsored by the Labatt Brewing Company and the stadium shared the name of its major competitor, Molson, though not named for it. Eventually, the team chose to change sponsors and have been sponsored by Budweiser since 2014. In 2004, The Alouettes installed a FieldTurf surface at Molson Stadium replacing the old-style Astroturf.

Renovation

Montreal Neurological Institute
around one end

Molson Stadium has been renovated and expanded, adding nearly 5,000 seats in time for the 2010 CFL season.[9] The project to see the smallest CFL stadium increase to a seating capacity of 25,012 cost $29.4 million.[10]

Eleven rows were removed from the south side of the stadium to construct a second tier and add the majority of the new seats, about 3,800. Also, temporary bleachers in the east end-zone were replaced with 1,500 permanent seats, a new section was added to the northeast corner, and 19 new private suites were constructed. The cost of the renovations were shared by the

Robert Wetenhall, the Alouettes' owner ($6,023,935).[11][12][13]

Layout

Because the playing surface is surrounded by a running track, the full 65-yard width and 20-yard length of the end zones is not available at the two end lines. However, the full width is available for more than half of each end zone, with the only missing pieces being the relatively small bits off the corners. Since the

Commonwealth Stadium
squared off theirs.

See also

References

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  2. ^ The Canadian Press (June 20, 2010). "'Als' well in Montreal in pre-season win". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "Alouettes announce new stadium plans for 2019". 2 November 2018.
  4. ^ Virtual McGill
  5. ^ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 150-5.
  6. ^ The CFL Publishes The 2008 Schedule | Montreal Alouettes Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Montreal Gazette
    . Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  8. ^ "Jack Todd: Shrinking stadium puts Alouettes back where they started".
  9. ^ "The Montrealer - Montreal Newspapers". Archived from the original on 2011-11-26. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  10. ^ "Visiting the Alouettes' new home | Montreal Alouettes". Archived from the original on 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
  11. ^ Zurkowsky, Herb (March 8, 2009). "Expansion of Montreal's Molson Stadium approved". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
  12. ^ "Molson Stadium to begin $29.4M expansion". CBC News. March 9, 2009. Retrieved March 10, 2009.
  13. ^ Expansion Project Approved | Montreal Alouettes Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine

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