Canad Inns Stadium

Canad Inns Stadium (formerly Winnipeg Stadium) is a Canadian football stadium located north of Polo Park Shopping Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Stadium, whose naming rights are owned by the locally based hotel chain Canad Inns, was opened in 1953 and in its current configuration, seats 29,533 for football. It was the home of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL from 1953 to 2011 and the Winnipeg Rifles of the Prairie Football Conference, and prevously home to various incarnations of the Winnipeg Goldeyes and Winnipeg Whips (AAA Montreal Expos farm team) baseball teams. During the Blue Bombers' early years, the team played at Osborne Stadium, a much smaller venue located near the Manitoba Legislative Buildings. The fast...