TD Place Stadium

TD Place Stadium
The stadium after the renovation in 2014
Earlier names
Lansdowne Park (1908–1993) Frank Clair Stadium (1993–2014)
Data
place	Ottawa , Canada
Coordinates	45 ° 23 '53.6 "  N , 75 ° 41' 0.5"  W Coordinates: 45 ° 23 '53.6 "  N , 75 ° 41' 0.5"  W.
owner	City of Ottawa
opening	1908
Renovations	2013-2014
surface	1908–1983 natural turf 1984–2000 AstroTurf ( artificial turf ) since 2001 FieldTurf (artificial turf)
capacity	24,000 seats
Societies)
Ottawa Rough Riders ( CFL , 1908-1996) Ottawa Renegades ( CFL , 2002-2005) Ottawa Gee-Gees ( CIS ) Carleton Ravens ( CIS ) Ottawa Junior Riders ( QJFL , 1997-2006) Ottawa Giants ( IA 1951) Ottawa Athletics ( IA , 1952–1954) Ottawa RedBlacks ( CFL , since 2014) Ottawa Fury ( NASL / USL , 2014-2019) Atlético Ottawa ( NASL / CPL , since 2020)
Events
Junior World Cup 2007 Football Women's World Cup 2015

The TD Place Stadium (also known as Lansdowne Stadium called) is a stadium in Canada's capital Ottawa . The sports facility is mainly used for Canadian football and soccer . It is located in Lansdowne Park ( Capital Ward ). The stadium was under renovation until July 2014 and now offers 24,000 seats. On January 7, 2014, the sports facility was named TD Place Stadium . The namesake is the Toronto-Dominion Bank Group .

history

Erected in 1908 with a capacity of 30,927, the stadium was known only as Lansdowne Park for a long time until it was renamed in 1993 in honor of Frank Clair, a Canadian football coach of the 1960s and 1970s. The stadium was home to the Ottawa Rough Riders , a club in the Canadian Football League , from 1908 to 1996 , until it disbanded in 1996. Between 2002 and 2005 the stadium hosted home games for the Ottawa Renegades , the newly formed Canadian football team.

In the summer of 2007, the then Frank Clair Stadium was one of the six stadiums in which the 2007 Junior World Cup was held. A game of group D, the games of group E, as well as the round of 16 between Zambia and Nigeria and the quarter-finals between Argentina and Mexico were played here.

Next to the stadium, the multi-purpose arena TD Place Arena with 10,000 seats is currently being renovated. Since the 2014/15 season, the Ottawa 67’s from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) have played their games there again. It also serves as an alternate stadium for Canadian football games between the two Ottawa universities.

TD Place Stadium is one of six venues for the 2015 Women's World Cup .

The Ottawa Fury soccer team played here from 2014 to 2019 . Atlético Ottawa has been playing its home games in the Canadian Premier League in the stadium since the 2020 season . In addition, the Canadian football team Ottawa Redblacks uses the TD Place Stadium as their home ground.

Web links

Commons : TD Place Stadium  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• tdplace.ca: Stadium website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cbc.ca: Lansdowne stadium, arena, to be renamed TD Place article from January 7, 2014 (English)