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It is primarily used for Canadian football and soccer, and is the home of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League and Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League, amongst other teams. The stadium has also played host to the international soccer tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games as well as various other sports and music concerts.
Ivor Wynne Stadium (formerly Civic Stadium) was a Canadian football stadium located at the corner of Balsam and Beechwood avenues, two blocks west of Gage Avenue North in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The stadium was the home of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL from 1950 until it closed on October 27, 2012. [ 1 ]
The stadium features 6,000 permanent seats and temporary seating for an additional 6,000 on the other side of the field when needed for national events. An underground parking garage is below the stadium grounds that will serve visitors to the stadium plus daily campus parking needs. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League also ...
Stadium Years Used Capacity Opened City Ref(s) 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 ...
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 ...
A.A.A. Grounds, is a park that was home to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1872–1949. [7] Bernie Arbour Memorial Stadium, [8] 3,000 seater at the Mohawk Sports Park; Ivor Wynne Stadium, 30,000 seater. Now the site of the current Tim Hortons Field. Former home of the CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats. [9] Tim Hortons Field 24,000 seat stadium.
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 ...
In 2013, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats played most of their season in Guelph, Ontario, due to the construction of Tim Hortons Field at the former Ivor Wynne Stadium. In 2015, CFL games were moved to locations including Fort McMurray, Alberta , as some stadiums were used for the Women's World Cup , Pan-American Games and baseball playoffs .