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The professional sporting teams who are leased occupants of the football/soccer stadium are the Canadian football team, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and the soccer team, Forge FC. Tim Hortons field has also played host to the other sporting events including ice hockey , rugby union and dirt biking ( Nitro Circus ), as well as music concerts .
Hamilton Tiger-Cats: Hamilton Amateur Athletic Association Grounds: 1872–1949 Unknown 1872 Hamilton, Ontario: Ivor Wynne Stadium: 1950–2012 29,600 1930 [16] Alumni Stadium: 2013 13,362 1970 Guelph, Ontario [17] Ron Joyce Stadium: 2014 6,500 2008 Hamilton, Ontario: Montreal Alouettes: Delorimier Stadium: 1946–1953 20,000 1928 Montreal ...
The stadium was the home of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL from 1950 until it closed on October 27, 2012. [1] The club's previous home was the Hamilton Amateur Athletic Association Grounds . The stadium was replaced by Tim Hortons Field , with a fixed capacity of 24,000, on the same property.
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League also use the stadium for training during the spring and summer. The stadium features a large press box with facilities for live TV and radio broadcasts, as well as working areas for print media, game operations staff, as well as home and visiting team coaches and spotters.
T.C. and Stripes are the mascots for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Tiger-Cats also have employed an official hype man, named Pigskin Pete, since the 1920s. Pigskin Pete leads the Tiger-Cats fans in the traditional Oskee Wee Wee chant while wearing a custom number 6 Tiger-Cats jersey and a bowler hat. Pigskin Pete has been portrayed by creator ...
Canadian Football League attendance has averaged over 20,000 spectators per game for every season since 1963.The CFL consistently draws, on average, the third largest crowds to its games of any professional sports league in North America, ranking behind the National Football League and Major League Baseball, and ahead of the National Hockey League, National Basketball Association, Major League ...
In 1950, the Tigers amalgamated with the Hamilton Wildcats to create the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The new team became the permanent tenants of Civic Stadium (later Ivor Wynne Stadium), and played their home games there until 2012. The Tiger-Cats joined the Canadian Football League as an inaugural member in 1958. A plaque outlining much of the ...
The 2024 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 66th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 74th overall. The Tiger-Cats failed to qualify for the playoffs when the Toronto Argonauts clinched the final spot in the East on October 11.