Mosaic Stadium

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Mosaic Stadium
Exterior view of the Mosaic Stadium (August 2017)
Exterior view of the Mosaic Stadium (August 2017)
Data
place 1700 Elphinstone Street Regina S4P 2Z6, Saskatchewan , Canada
CanadaCanada
Coordinates 50 ° 27 '1.9 "  N , 104 ° 37' 59.2"  W Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '1.9 "  N , 104 ° 37' 59.2"  W.
owner City of Regina
operator Regina Exhibition Association Ltd. (REAL)
start of building June 14, 2014
opening July 1, 2017
First game October 1, 2016
Regina Rams - Saskatchewan Huskies
surface Artificial turf ( FieldTurf )
costs CAD 278 million
architect HKS, Inc.
capacity 33,350 places
40,000 places (maximum expandable)
Societies)
Events

The Mosaic Stadium is a Canadian football - stadium in the Canadian city of Regina , Province of Saskatchewan . It replaced the Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field from 1936. It is the new home ground of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The stadium is part of Evraz Place (formerly: Regina Exhibition Park ), a sports complex with exhibition and trade fair grounds. In addition to the Mosaic Stadium, the area also includes the Brandt Center multipurpose hall , where the Regina Pats ( Western Hockey League ) ice hockey team plays their games.

history

On July 14, 2012, Saskatchewan Prime Minister Brad Wall , Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco, President and CEO of the Roughriders , Jim Hopson, team chairman Roger Brandvold, and CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon, met in the frame of the game between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the BC Lions at the old Mosaic Stadium. They announced an agreement to build a new stadium at a cost of CAD 278 million . The new venue was to be built a few hundred meters west of the old facility. The stadium was designed by architects HKS, Inc. Construction work began around two years later on June 14, 2014. With the excavation of 300,000  m³ , more than 110 swimming pools with Olympic dimensions could have been filled. The lower tier, on which 65 percent of the seats are located, was sunk ten meters into the ground. The new sports facility has an area of ​​522,000  sq ft , which is more than twice as much as the old building from 1936 with 250,108 sq ft. There are 33,000 seats available, but it can be expanded to 40,000 seats. It is also equipped with 38 company boxes and rooms for conferences , receptions, meals, galas or similar events. On October 1, 2016, the Regina Rams university teams met the Saskatchewan Huskies . This batch served as the first test run for the system. The home team's first game was scheduled for June 10, 2017. The Roughriders competed against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers . The first regular season game was played a few weeks later on July 1st. Again the enemy were the Blue Bombers .

Events

  • The venue of the Roughriders was chosen for the 108th Gray Cup , the final of the Canadian Football League, in 2020 . The game is scheduled to take place on November 22nd of that year.

gallery

  • The Mosaic Stadium during a soccer game in October 2018

  • A silver bronze statue on the stadium grounds (August 2017)

  • View of the interior (August 2017)

  • The scoreboard (August 2017)

Web links

Commons : Mosaic Stadium  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mosaic Stadium. In: evrazplace.com. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ About Mosaic Stadium. In: riderville.com. Saskatchewan Roughriders , accessed August 25, 2019 .
  3. ^ New York Cosmos Communications: Cosmos Overpower Valencia CF 2-0 in International Exhibition Match. In: nycosmos.com. New York Cosmos , July 22, 2017, accessed August 25, 2019 .
  4. ^ Greg Harder: NHL's Heritage Classic presents rare opportunity for Regina. In: leaderpost.com. January 2, 2019, accessed August 25, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Going for Two: CFL awards 2020 and 2021 Gray Cups. In: cfl.ca. Canadian Football League , February 21, 2019, accessed August 25, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Concert list of the Mosaic Stadium. In: setlist.fm. Accessed August 25, 2019 .