Stade Percival-Molson

Stade Percival-Molson
The interior of the Stade Percival-Molson (May 2015)
Data
place	475 avenue des Pins Ouest Montréal (Québec) H2W 1S4, Canada
Coordinates	45 ° 30 '36 "  N , 73 ° 34' 50.5"  W Coordinates: 45 ° 30 '36 "  N , 73 ° 34' 50.5"  W.
owner	McGill University
opening	1915
Renovations	2009/10
surface	Artificial turf : FieldTurf (since 2004) AstroTurf (1976-2003) natural grass : (1919-1975)
architect	Percy Erskine Nobbs
capacity	25,012 seats
playing area	100 m × 65 m
Societies)
McGill Redmen ( U Sports , since 1915) Montreal Alouettes ( CFL , 1947-1967, 1972, since 1998) Montreal Royal ( AUDL , since 2014)
Events
Games of the 1976 Olympic Hockey Tournament

The Stade Percival-Molson ( English Percival Molson Memorial Stadium ) is a Canadian football stadium in the Canadian city ​​of Montreal , Province of Québec . It is located on Avenue des Pins, on the edge of the McGill University campus and on the eastern slope of Mont Royal . Opened in 1915, the stadium has a capacity of 25,012 and also has an athletics facility with three lanes. It is named after the athlete Percival Molson . The main users are the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League and the university team McGill Redmen .

history

The stadium opened on October 22, 1915 as part of an athletics event called McGill Graduates' Stadium . The architect was Percy Erskine Nobbs, known for numerous public buildings . Because of the First World War , no football games could initially be played. On October 19, 1919, the stadium was renamed in honor of the fallen in France athlete Percival Molson . He had bequeathed $ 75,000 CAD in his will to McGill University to help finance the construction costs. The first football game took place on November 8, 1919.

At the beginning, the stadium had a capacity of 7676 spectators. Molson was the home ground of the football division of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association . In the 1930s, the stadium gradually proved too small for the growing audience interest. It received Canada's first floodlight system and by the early 1960s the capacity was gradually expanded to 19,500. The Montreal Alouettes moved to the Stade Percival-Molson in 1954 and used it until 1967. During the 1976 Summer Olympics , the stadium was the venue for the hockey tournament .

In 1998 the Alouettes moved back into the stadium. It was a bit shabby in the meantime and needed repairs. Then 17,317 seats were available. With temporary grandstands, the audience capacity was gradually increased to 20,202 by 2004. In 2009/10 the stadium was expanded and completely renovated, and since then it has accommodated 25,012 spectators.

Web links

Commons : Stade Percival-Molson  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• en.montrealalouettes.com: Seating plan (English)
• stadiumdb.com: Percival Molson Memorial Stadium (English)
• stadiumjourney.com: Stadium rating (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} History of McGill Athletics' Percival Molson Memorial Stadium. (No longer available online.) Athletic Surfacing, Jan 8, 2004, archived from the original on Jan 2, 2017 ; accessed on October 9, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Montreal 1976 Official Report. (PDF, 20.2 MB) LA84 Foundation, 1976, pp. 150–155 , accessed on October 9, 2011 (English).