As someone from a city that the NFL has left (I still miss the Rams), I have gotten extra into CFL. So far I’ve traveled to five stadiums though for some reason, I haven’t been back north to see a game since 2019.
Oh yes, IG Field along with Mosaic Stadium, BC Place, Commonwealth Stadium, and Percival Molson Field looks like Pro Football Stadiums, The rest look like either High School or Junior College Stadiums
@@coryshannon3815 people from Alabama are more than welcome to come visit us here in rural Saskatchewan or Alberta any time. Some of the most hospitable people you will ever meet are from the Southern States. Don't buy into the stereotypes.
Good video, I've enjoyed many of yours. But as many other commentators have said... virtually no one who's actually been in them would rank BC Place below BMO or TD Place. It's a fantastic facility, renovated for over $500 million in 2010. Again, RENOVATED for a half billion, not built. It's fantastic. Hosted the FIFA Women's World Cup final, and confirmed to be hosting approximately 5 games for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
@@willvishloff8360 It's a great stadium. Second largest screen in the world after the Dallas Cowboys Stadium. Not recommended for smokers - once you're in the stadium you can't leave and come back in.
BC Place is an huge stadium. I was there for the Bombers-Lions game way back in 2018. I don't know who co-ordinate BC Lions home games and whoever they are, they're doing a very bad job. Lions games lacks the energy and excitement, making Lions games dull and boring. Compare to IG Field or Mosaic Stadium, you can actually feel the energy and fan excitement throughout the stadium.
Winnipeg's roof was designed to reflect crowd noise back into the stadium as it's surrounded by residential area's. It actually does a really good job for this, once you're outside the packed stadium is basically a dull roar unless a big play happens. Once in the parking lots you can barely hear the crowd over normal background noise.
Just go to a Redblacks home game at TD Place with all the restaurants and bars around the stadium and the Rideau Canal, you will find out who has the best stadium in the CFL!
Pretty satisfied with the rankings in this video. Having been to a bunch of these I would however lower BMO field. Probably one of the worst stadiums in the league. Thin plastic bucket seats where one person moves in their seat the whole row feels it, concessions are cavernous under the seats, floor is metal and vibrates constantly and kind of a pain to exit from. Hamilton might not look extravagant but has one of the best game day experiences in the league. Tvs everywhere, a view of the field when at the concessions under the second floor, huge party bar on the east side, standing room on the south end and probably the nicest seats in comfort and sight lines. Great video!
BMO Field was built for soccer, and it shows with the complaints you brought up. Bucket seats are great if you're standing up most of the time. The entire row feels movement because you're usually situated on the west end upper deck or east end, with the steel/aluminum bleachers which was designed to create noise. The CFL experience wasn't any better when it was still in the dome.
@@bubbabear244 agreed. Although the metal floor is great when we need to make noise whenever there's a defense play going on. It gets everyone loud and pumped very quickly.
Yes agreed on BMO! The entire concourse is exposed to the elements, way too hot in the summer and I can't even imagine what it's like in the winter. Don't know how it's gonna be able to host the world when the World Cup comes in less than 4 years without MASSIVE improvements
For a number of years, the Argos played in a stadium with a retractable roof, that being the one now officially called Rogers Centre. BMO Field seems to be better suited to them though. In a sense, they're returning there, as I believe it sits near the site of the old Exhibition Stadium.
It sits where the old north Grandstand the would have sat essentially. To the south of BMO in the parking lot you can see where they painted on the ashpalt the old baseball diamond
The relationship between NFL and CFL is akin to the relationship between rugby union football and rugby league football. Generally the same, but the rule differences make players have some different skill sets
At TD Place Stadium, the football team of each of the two universities in Ottawa (uOttawa and Carleton) play against each other in the Panda Game every year. It usually sells out and it's basically a massive party with football in the background.
Molson stadium in Montreal's capacity is actually just over 23k, but they tarp off sections until there's more demand in the playoffs. They used to get over 25k per game in 2010 but some seats were eliminated in the end zones.
You pretty much nailed the rankings except Vancouver should rate a little higher. And for those wondering why we don't use more domes and retractable stadia like Rogers Center and Montreal Olympic stadium, well we like intimate stadia and football fans are tough eh? Also, Montreal has been known to use the Olympic stadium on occasion for playoff games when ticket demand spikes. But for most part Montrealerrs don't like that stadium much As for Tim Hortons field, it is like a shiny version of the old Ivor Wynne stadium which had tons of character where the stands are on top of the sidelines and it just was funky. The new one is more usable but just has echos of the old stadium on that site (take note, this original Ivor Wynne Stadium was built for the original Commonwealth Games in 1932...then it was called the Empire Games
The East has little interest in CFL when they're surrounded by NFL teams/cities/marketing and it seems small potatoes. Out West? It's Friday F*cking Night Lights every weekend in the summer... I used to live within a few miles of Commonwealth in Edmonton and you can hear the games and the crowds from miles away... 35,000 drunk Albertans on a Friday night in 30c weather? What else you gonna do besides maybe tornado chase...
@@briancrawford69 did you? Rugby is where Football comes from and it was played in the Ivy League in the 1880s and in Canada around the same time and the games more or less evolved at the same time. The American field is smaller because Harvard and Yale had smaller fields so they changed the dimensions. I would argue the Brits invented the game and we colonials bastardized it .
@@marklittle8805 the sport of American football invented in America. We aren't talking about rugby, we're talking about football. They're different sports
@@briancrawford69 the roots are in rugby. America invented the forward pass. But many of the rules are derived from rugby. Take a scrum and pull it out into two lines and the games are of the same family. You invented American football, we Canadians invented our game but both of them stole at least half of the ideas from Rugby. The try became a touch down, you kick field goals in both sports, you convert the try/touchdown for an extra point. The idea of laterals...rugby. The shape of the ball was identical until the forward pass came along. So ya. The two games are evolutions of the original. They are not new inventions or original at all
TD place is extremely beautiful along the historic canal, and I love the arena under the Northside stands it’s really unique and is important because the Ottawa Senators first played there before building their own arena now there’s renovations to tear that old side down and replace it with an arena in the end zone in a separate grandstand for the football team
A solid list. It's hard to rank Mosaic and IG Field above each other as they are really 1A and 1B. I would've put BMO and TD below BC Place and Commonwealth....I've always thought that the CFL and Hamilton missed the mark with Tim Horton's Field. It's a nice stadium & definitely better than Ivor Wynne, it just seems like it should've been more like the stadiums in Winnipeg and Regina. At least in design, that is.
I'm a season ticket holder for the BC Lions and my problem with the stadium is no AC cuz its considered an outdoor stadium. so in the summer, its a hot box
The original Montreal team folded in the 1987 pre-season, and then after the failed US expansion of 1993-1995 Baltimore was the one American team with money left in the bank, so they moved to Montreal in 1996 and restarted the Alouettes. The first few years were rough as the city hadn't had a football team since 1987. They were playing in the Big O to 5,000 to 7,000, which is rough considering it holds about 65,000 for football. The move to Molson stadium was very wise, as it's right downtown and much more intimate. Olympic stadium is massive, and even the front row is far from the field. Plus it's way out in the northern side of town in a residential neighbourhood.
Yay very happy with this ranking ! As a Blue Bombers fan proud that we have won the last two grey cups and that our stadium IG field is ranked number one!!!!!!
BC Place looks really good for opening in 1983. It still looks fairly modern! I quite enjoy it when my Seattle Sounders FC go up north to beat the Vancouver Whitecaps! 😆
Its original build had a fixed roof that looked a lot like the Metrodome or Hoosier Dome (both built around the same time). With the renovation they lopped off the top, cut way back on the seats (used to be about 60,000 I think) and put the umbrella roof so that when its sunny out they can play football and soccer in the sunshine.
@@bjdon99 Yup! It was the compromise the Whitecaps made to stay in the building instead of building that $100M Waterfront Stadium adjacent to Waterfront Station... And in the case of Vancouver? Invaluable since it's Canada's rainiest major city. Not having a roof would be insane...
Stampeders season ticket holder here, and you're right to rank McMahon last, sadly. Haven't been to the newer builds in Sask, Toronto and the 'Peg yet, but been to the old stadiums, as well as Montreal, Edmonton and BC and you've pretty much nailed it (although I personally enjoyed the intimate atmosphere in Montreal, back when attendance was hotter). Hamilton and Ottawa are on the list, one of these days!
Winnipeg Blue Bombers ... #1 team, #1 stadium. Ha !! Not having been to any of the others I can only comment on IG Stadium. It does have a few issues but overall its been fantastic. Low endzone seats are what they are, you shouldn't expect to see everything. But overall I really have to say the main seating is great. I've sat all over the stadium and actually prefer the nose-bleed sections on occasion because they're such good seats, you can see everything. Literally the only beef I have with the place is the concourse is too narrow, 10 feet wider would have been perfect ... but its cozy :) I am looking forward to eventually seeing a game in BC and Sask for the buildings, and in Hamilton for the atmosphere. Go Blue !!
Having been to both, Mosaic has a far bigger concourse area, but the seats are much further away from the field than IG...IG has a far better seating layout...
I live in Hamilton & have been to Tim Hortons Field many times. Never heard anyone call it "the donut box". But I will try to start a movement to call the "Coffee Grounds" because that sounds awesome 👌
The width of a CFL field and more importantly the size of the end zones makes CFL fields mostly not look like US football stadiums or soccer pitches in the rest of the world. Only a few of them have End Zone seats. I have sat in Winnipeg's end zone seats. It's a great new stadium but they are a long way from the action when it's down at the other end of the field. Hard to figure out what is going on that far away. Only the two new stadiums and BC Place really have significant end zone seats. When they play the Grey Cup in other fields, like Calgary's, they build temporary bleachers around the end zones, because that's the only time there is usually enough demand for people to sit in them.
McMahon deserves to be ranked last. I haven't been to a game there in over 20 years and don't intend to go to one until something new is built ('cough' Highly unlikely). Note to the CFL, don't EVER hold a Grey Cup there in the future.
BC place is such a beautiful stadium I don't care if I'm biased it's the best one on this list. The fact you rated it below TD place is even more criminal
@@sdovan it’s getting torn down in the next year or so and replaced. But it’s hard to disagree with the fact that the North side is a dump, because it is
I'm an Argos Fan from Australia and my rankings are 10.McMahon Stadium 9.Stade Percival-Molson 8.Stade Olympique 7.Commonwealth Stadium 6.Tim Hortons Field 5.BMO Field 4.TD Place Stadium 3.IG Field 2.BC Place 1.Mosaic Stadium
I am from Hamilton and miss Ivor Wynne stadium for atmosphere ( not the seats however lol), that being said,i was really surprised to see Montreal rated so low. I have always thought it was really great to look at, because it was different. Just my opinion though.
There are only a handful that are noteworthy: Molson (McGill, featured here already), Laval, and University of Saskatchewan. Pretty much all other stadiums are just metal bleachers on 1 grandstand that seat only a few thousand.
@@maruad7577 How many people turn out for their games? Does it look like one of those pandemic year games played in front of mostly just friends and family? Its weird how almost no school (except Laval) gets much of a turnout for regular schedule games (not special games like the Panda Game) in Canada.
ahhh my home town of vancouver. the only place in the country where the wind doesn't hurt. also the only place with a roof on the stadium. to be fair, bc place isn't a purpose built football stadium
Mosaic has a superior locker room and player amenities, including a Player's Barber Shop. It was designed by the same Architectural Firm that built the Stadiums in Seattle, Las Vegas and Minnesota. The lead architect remarked at the time that although "it's not the biggest that we've built but pound for pound, it's just as nice as any of them."
Please please please do ice hockey arenas from the QMJHL, OHL & WHL! We have some really nice arenas for our junior teams like Halifax, Moncton, Quebec City, London & Saskatoon.
In the real world, Canada is and will always be a hockey culture. Not sure if any CFL franchise has the fan base and sponsor support to expect fancier stadiums.
The Percival Molson stadium may not look great but it’s a great university stadium that took on the Alouettes as a one-off & proved so popular than they decided to move there from the Stade Olympique permanently. It’s not perfect but games there are all sorts of fun. The Montreal crowd is very lively. 🏈
A difference with Canadian stadiums is the field size. Yank eggball fields are only 120 yards by 53.3 yards, while Canadian fields are 150 by 65 (about 8150 sq. m, about 86% the size of a standard rugby league field).
I just saw the Riders/Redblacks game there on vacation from the States, and I really liked the stadium. Probably the nicest stadium I’ve seen football in.
My personal ranking? Vancouver's BC Place is probably on top with Regina, Saskatoon and Commonwealth next... Commonwealth should be much higher but the 2001 reno's for the IAAF games were hideous and cheap and the stadium still needs a roof or sheltered seating despite what the City says... There's be proposals since the beginning for one but nobody wants to spend $250M without a reason on it when the Elks are still the only tenant... And we didn't get the World Cup 2026 spot for western Canada because our now fired dick of a premier strong-armed negotiations and demanded things they were never going to give the city/province to host. So instead it goes to Vancouver... And BC Place which already dropped out of the running twice...
BMO looks nice but it isn't very practical. No arm rests and no cupholders there. The natural grass is nice though. Hamilton's is great. The mostly grey seats sucks and perhaps could have been built bigger, but the best feature is that you can stand along the concourse and watch the games and the end zones are good parties too. I've been to all except the top 2, but have to agree they look pretty nice. My rankings would be: 9. McMahon 8. Commonwealth 7. Molson 6. BMO 5. TD 4. BC 3. Tim Horton's 2. Mosaic 1. IG
The biggest problem with BMO Field in Toronto is that it is incapable of holding fans for anything other than soccer. That said, kudos to Pinball Clemons for creatively outfitting Argo fans in clothing that mimics empty seats. Note to the CFL: leave Toronto and add teams in Quebec City and Halifax.
BMO is a Soccer Stadium 1st and foremost but the fact you want the Argos the 2nd Oldest Sports Franchise in North America and the Oldest to never move or change its name is disgusting
@@TOTN17 I am painfully aware that BMO is a soccer stadium. My point is that people will show up for soccer in Toronto, but not for the CFL. 6,313,000 people in Metro Toronto and they can’t attract 1 in 1,000 of them to watch football. Those that attend show up halfway through he second quarter and leave by the end of the 3rd. I’m fairly convinced that the Argos could leave town and 99.9% of the population either wouldn’t know or wouldn’t care. Quebec is a vital part of Canadian football; just look at the O-Line of most teams in the league. Quebec City would support a team. Halifax, with 1/15th the population of Toronto, would comfortably draw 3-4 times the crowd that the Argos do. Maybe it’s the people of Toronto that are disgusting?
@@roymcgaw7431 Toronto as a market is to big for the CFL to ever give up on despite the competition from many other sports not to mention the CFL and TSN are based in Toronto and while attendances are a Issue Toronto has decent TV Ratings, Montreal will block a 2nd Quebec team and as for Halifax there Mayor has just come out and said that they are not interested in building a Stadium for the CFL and the Schooners group behind the expansion bid is dead
@@TOTN17 Most of what you say is correct, but the CFL is acting like an abused wife that keeps making excuses for her lousy husband. Hey, maybe people in Toronto can’t afford to go to the games because they are double mortgaged on crappy homes that cost $2.0 million. Regardless, if they can’t support the team in a league that is attendance driven for income, they should move. MLSE owns them, so there really isn’t a financial worry, but I don’t want to see a revenue sharing situation where Saskatchewan and Winnipeg end up subsidizing billionaires. Maybe they should play in a 1,000 seat venue and create false demand; the locals can still watch it on TV.
How could you possibly rank BC place at 5? I think if you actually visited all of these you would think differently. It is kind of ironic that the city with the warmest weather is the only one with an indoor stadium. Watch a game in Saskatchewan or Winnipeg in November and you will change your mind.
Always liked Mosaic stadium in Regina where I’m from but this view/angle of IG stadium in Winnipeg gives it a new uniqueness for me, better than Mosaic? Looks aside I get the impression (I have not visited IG stadium) functionality, quality, etc. is better at Mosaic so depending on the value given to the criteria of judging 1st place would be a toss up between these 2 stadiums.
I'm not sure if you've actually been to any of the CFL stadia. The rankings sure seem like you haven't. For starters, BC Place is a better facility than both BMO and TD Place. Secondly, Mosaic in Regina is a far better facility than IGF in Winnipeg. Mosaic has 2 video boards to Winnipeg's 1. It has much better box seating (with actual sliding glass walls to open their entire box to be outdoors, unlike Winnipeg with half windows). Mosaic's design was by an actual sports architect and thus has: more lower level seats than Winnipeg, more seats between the goal lines and better views from the corners. The roof was designed to mitigate wind and has louvres that trap heat in cold weather to raise the temperature and also release trapped air in hot weather to cool the temperature. Winnipeg's roof is made of sheet metal. Also, Mosaic has the first tiered party area in any Canadian stadium (Pil Country) that has become a gold standard that every other stadium has now tried to replicate in some form. Of course if you actually did your homework, you would know this, instead of choosing Winnipeg's park because it looks like chips and dip.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers stolentheir stadium and logo design from Seattle. You can't tell me that stadium doesn't look like Luman Field and that isn't the UW logo.
I have been to over half of the CFL stadiums. My rankings: 1. Saskatchewan 2. BC 3. Montréal 4. Winnipeg 5. Edmonton 6. Toronto 7. Hamilton 8. Ottawa 9. Calgary
If you have actually been to the stadiums, Saskatchewan Mosaic Stadium is a far better attractive design than Winnipeg's stadium which looks flaky. BC Stadium should be 2nd best design. (incidentally the 2nd tier of BC's field is almost always curtain closed due to lack of fans so it looks weird inside
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As someone from a city that the NFL has left (I still miss the Rams), I have gotten extra into CFL. So far I’ve traveled to five stadiums though for some reason, I haven’t been back north to see a game since 2019.
XFL is coming mate BattleHawks aren't done yet
I believe that was called border closures.
@@RetroWinnipeg covid for short.
Love it! Come back north whenever buddy, I'll buy you a beer in Hamilton if you make the trip again
Come join us Bomber fans up in Winnipeg! It's a good time to be a fan! (and we have the best stadium)
As someone from Winnipeg who loves both the Bombers and Valour FC, very excited to see IG Field at the top! Still want to check out new Mosaic soon!
Oh yes, IG Field along with Mosaic Stadium, BC Place, Commonwealth Stadium, and Percival Molson Field looks like Pro Football Stadiums, The rest look like either High School or Junior College Stadiums
I love how on a video about Canadian Football stadiums, you still manage to include an Alabama insult. Kudos to you.
I'm more impressed by the ability to be sarcastic and mock without dehumanizing anybody (e.g. "Ireland is second in the world in stereotypes").
To be fair, Calgary is located in Alberta, which like the Canadian version of Alabama. Or is that Saskatchewan?
Alabama has better stadiums than Canada!
It was unoriginal and unnecessarily rude.
@@coryshannon3815 people from Alabama are more than welcome to come visit us here in rural Saskatchewan or Alberta any time. Some of the most hospitable people you will ever meet are from the Southern States. Don't buy into the stereotypes.
Good video, I've enjoyed many of yours.
But as many other commentators have said... virtually no one who's actually been in them would rank BC Place below BMO or TD Place. It's a fantastic facility, renovated for over $500 million in 2010. Again, RENOVATED for a half billion, not built. It's fantastic. Hosted the FIFA Women's World Cup final, and confirmed to be hosting approximately 5 games for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Yeah, I was surprised to see BC place wasn't at least 3rd, behind new mosaic and IGF.
I haven't been since the Reno. I went to the Sask vs BC playoffs when they had the NHL strike in 2005. 50,000 people came, man that was raucuous!
@@willvishloff8360 It's a great stadium. Second largest screen in the world after the Dallas Cowboys Stadium. Not recommended for smokers - once you're in the stadium you can't leave and come back in.
BC Place is an huge stadium. I was there for the Bombers-Lions game way back in 2018. I don't know who co-ordinate BC Lions home games and whoever they are, they're doing a very bad job. Lions games lacks the energy and excitement, making Lions games dull and boring. Compare to IG Field or Mosaic Stadium, you can actually feel the energy and fan excitement throughout the stadium.
The Bombers stadium is the best and I love going to games there. So loud!!!
Winnipeg's roof was designed to reflect crowd noise back into the stadium as it's surrounded by residential area's. It actually does a really good job for this, once you're outside the packed stadium is basically a dull roar unless a big play happens. Once in the parking lots you can barely hear the crowd over normal background noise.
Ya that’s the only reason Winnipeg thinks there fans are the loudest lol cause they don’t hold a candle to saskatchewan fans
@@billjohnson5023 still butt hurt you guys lost the competition that proved we're louder I see
@@mattt9278 everyone knows that isn’t true lol your a joke
@@billjohnson5023 *you're* and we all know it's true. Great work against Toronto tonight btw
@@mattt9278 I’m a Stamps fan I’m just smarter than you
IG field is really nice.
But BC Place is one of a kind.
Just go to a Redblacks home game at TD Place with all the restaurants and bars around the stadium and the Rideau Canal, you will find out who has the best stadium in the CFL!
Man i wish there was a CFL game, i'd play and post the heck out of it. These Stadiums for dope. Thanks for the video!
The Australia joke is hilarious! I'm Aussie but I laughed my head off. Cheers mate!
Pretty satisfied with the rankings in this video. Having been to a bunch of these I would however lower BMO field. Probably one of the worst stadiums in the league. Thin plastic bucket seats where one person moves in their seat the whole row feels it, concessions are cavernous under the seats, floor is metal and vibrates constantly and kind of a pain to exit from.
Hamilton might not look extravagant but has one of the best game day experiences in the league. Tvs everywhere, a view of the field when at the concessions under the second floor, huge party bar on the east side, standing room on the south end and probably the nicest seats in comfort and sight lines.
Great video!
Yeah. BMO field for Argos Games isn't great. For TFC games the thin seats and the loud metal floor is actually a fan favourite.
BMO Field was built for soccer, and it shows with the complaints you brought up. Bucket seats are great if you're standing up most of the time. The entire row feels movement because you're usually situated on the west end upper deck or east end, with the steel/aluminum bleachers which was designed to create noise. The CFL experience wasn't any better when it was still in the dome.
@@bubbabear244 agreed. Although the metal floor is great when we need to make noise whenever there's a defense play going on. It gets everyone loud and pumped very quickly.
Yes agreed on BMO!
The entire concourse is exposed to the elements, way too hot in the summer and I can't even imagine what it's like in the winter. Don't know how it's gonna be able to host the world when the World Cup comes in less than 4 years without MASSIVE improvements
I'm a Winnipeg Blue Bombers fan and I love IG stadium.
For a number of years, the Argos played in a stadium with a retractable roof, that being the one now officially called Rogers Centre. BMO Field seems to be better suited to them though. In a sense, they're returning there, as I believe it sits near the site of the old Exhibition Stadium.
It sits where the old north Grandstand the would have sat essentially. To the south of BMO in the parking lot you can see where they painted on the ashpalt the old baseball diamond
Exasperation Stadium, you mean.
Yes exactly same location as exhibition stadium
Too bad they play in a city that collectively seems to think they are too good for the CFL.
@@brianlondon5967 Toronto is an embarrassment to CFL football. But so is ownership. I guess if they do t give a @#$! Why would the fans?
The relationship between NFL and CFL is akin to the relationship between rugby union football and rugby league football. Generally the same, but the rule differences make players have some different skill sets
The NFL makes piles of money; the CFL ... does not.
I went to the Grey Cup in Winnipeg. I can’t say enough positive things about the stadium, the people, and the city as a whole. Winnipeg is #1.
Winnipeg? Oh bud you clearly dont live there. Place is a dump. Stop too long n all the natives will rob you blind.
At TD Place Stadium, the football team of each of the two universities in Ottawa (uOttawa and Carleton) play against each other in the Panda Game every year. It usually sells out and it's basically a massive party with football in the background.
"There's a hole in the city and it's name is Ottawa U, and if you're dull and boring, then it's a place for you"
TD Place in Ottawa is the best use of space with the areana under the north stands. I have seen many great events there at the field and the areana.
Molson stadium in Montreal's capacity is actually just over 23k, but they tarp off sections until there's more demand in the playoffs. They used to get over 25k per game in 2010 but some seats were eliminated in the end zones.
You pretty much nailed the rankings except Vancouver should rate a little higher.
And for those wondering why we don't use more domes and retractable stadia like Rogers Center and Montreal Olympic stadium, well we like intimate stadia and football fans are tough eh?
Also, Montreal has been known to use the Olympic stadium on occasion for playoff games when ticket demand spikes. But for most part Montrealerrs don't like that stadium much
As for Tim Hortons field, it is like a shiny version of the old Ivor Wynne stadium which had tons of character where the stands are on top of the sidelines and it just was funky. The new one is more usable but just has echos of the old stadium on that site (take note, this original Ivor Wynne Stadium was built for the original Commonwealth Games in 1932...then it was called the Empire Games
The East has little interest in CFL when they're surrounded by NFL teams/cities/marketing and it seems small potatoes. Out West? It's Friday F*cking Night Lights every weekend in the summer... I used to live within a few miles of Commonwealth in Edmonton and you can hear the games and the crowds from miles away... 35,000 drunk Albertans on a Friday night in 30c weather? What else you gonna do besides maybe tornado chase...
Trust me, Americans know the relationship with football and bad weather. I mean we did invent the sport 😉
@@briancrawford69 did you? Rugby is where Football comes from and it was played in the Ivy League in the 1880s and in Canada around the same time and the games more or less evolved at the same time. The American field is smaller because Harvard and Yale had smaller fields so they changed the dimensions.
I would argue the Brits invented the game and we colonials bastardized it .
@@marklittle8805 the sport of American football invented in America. We aren't talking about rugby, we're talking about football. They're different sports
@@briancrawford69 the roots are in rugby. America invented the forward pass. But many of the rules are derived from rugby. Take a scrum and pull it out into two lines and the games are of the same family. You invented American football, we Canadians invented our game but both of them stole at least half of the ideas from Rugby. The try became a touch down, you kick field goals in both sports, you convert the try/touchdown for an extra point. The idea of laterals...rugby. The shape of the ball was identical until the forward pass came along.
So ya. The two games are evolutions of the original. They are not new inventions or original at all
TD place is extremely beautiful along the historic canal, and I love the arena under the Northside stands it’s really unique and is important because the Ottawa Senators first played there before building their own arena now there’s renovations to tear that old side down and replace it with an arena in the end zone in a separate grandstand for the football team
Thank god Ottawa got rid of "friends of the Glebe" Yeah, friends of the Glebe and enemies of everyone else.
A solid list. It's hard to rank Mosaic and IG Field above each other as they are really 1A and 1B. I would've put BMO and TD below BC Place and Commonwealth....I've always thought that the CFL and Hamilton missed the mark with Tim Horton's Field. It's a nice stadium & definitely better than Ivor Wynne, it just seems like it should've been more like the stadiums in Winnipeg and Regina. At least in design, that is.
ya they really missed the mark
They totally missed it. When it was done I was like....this is what they came up with for the new one?
It was done with Pan Am games in mind so they were limited on how flashy it could be
@@nickn2261 Why were they limited? The stadium could've still been given a little more for the amenities...and design.
IG Field is the most beautiful stadium, and i've been to each and every one on this list
I'm a season ticket holder for the BC Lions and my problem with the stadium is no AC cuz its considered an outdoor stadium. so in the summer, its a hot box
The original Montreal team folded in the 1987 pre-season, and then after the failed US expansion of 1993-1995 Baltimore was the one American team with money left in the bank, so they moved to Montreal in 1996 and restarted the Alouettes. The first few years were rough as the city hadn't had a football team since 1987. They were playing in the Big O to 5,000 to 7,000, which is rough considering it holds about 65,000 for football. The move to Molson stadium was very wise, as it's right downtown and much more intimate. Olympic stadium is massive, and even the front row is far from the field. Plus it's way out in the northern side of town in a residential neighbourhood.
Yay very happy with this ranking ! As a Blue Bombers fan proud that we have won the last two grey cups and that our stadium IG field is ranked number one!!!!!!
As a Tiger-Cats fan, I congratulate you on last seasons win! But please defeat the Argos this Sunday's Grey Cup! I'll be cheering for blue and gold!
BC Place looks really good for opening in 1983. It still looks fairly modern!
I quite enjoy it when my Seattle Sounders FC go up north to beat the Vancouver Whitecaps! 😆
Underwent major refurbishment in 2011
Its original build had a fixed roof that looked a lot like the Metrodome or Hoosier Dome (both built around the same time). With the renovation they lopped off the top, cut way back on the seats (used to be about 60,000 I think) and put the umbrella roof so that when its sunny out they can play football and soccer in the sunshine.
@@bjdon99 Yup! It was the compromise the Whitecaps made to stay in the building instead of building that $100M Waterfront Stadium adjacent to Waterfront Station... And in the case of Vancouver? Invaluable since it's Canada's rainiest major city. Not having a roof would be insane...
Stampeders season ticket holder here, and you're right to rank McMahon last, sadly. Haven't been to the newer builds in Sask, Toronto and the 'Peg yet, but been to the old stadiums, as well as Montreal, Edmonton and BC and you've pretty much nailed it (although I personally enjoyed the intimate atmosphere in Montreal, back when attendance was hotter). Hamilton and Ottawa are on the list, one of these days!
Winnipeg Blue Bombers ... #1 team, #1 stadium. Ha !!
Not having been to any of the others I can only comment on IG Stadium. It does have a few issues but overall its been fantastic. Low endzone seats are what they are, you shouldn't expect to see everything. But overall I really have to say the main seating is great. I've sat all over the stadium and actually prefer the nose-bleed sections on occasion because they're such good seats, you can see everything. Literally the only beef I have with the place is the concourse is too narrow, 10 feet wider would have been perfect ... but its cozy :)
I am looking forward to eventually seeing a game in BC and Sask for the buildings, and in Hamilton for the atmosphere.
Go Blue !!
Three-peat anyone ?
The concourse would be fine if idiots didn't stand around in the middle of them and chat.
Having been to both, Mosaic has a far bigger concourse area, but the seats are much further away from the field than IG...IG has a far better seating layout...
Really liking the ranking videos. Keep it up mate!
I live in Hamilton & have been to Tim Hortons Field many times. Never heard anyone call it "the donut box". But I will try to start a movement to call the "Coffee Grounds" because that sounds awesome 👌
They call it the donut box on almost every broadcast that's played in Hamilton.
@@PS-gr5wh I am a season ticket holder, so I have not seen a broadcast from the stadium because I am actually at the games 😅
@@PS-gr5wh I stand corrected, at the game I was just at, the stadium announcer referred to it as "The Donut Box"
Having Hamilton ranked seventh behind that erector set in Toronto is infuriating
BMO Field feels like you are seated on scaffolding. Just horrible!
Eh, Hamilton is such a colossal disappointment relative to what they get on Regina and Winnipeg. BMO is not great but it's simply a better stadium.
i would place BC Place at the top or at least top 3 other than that great list
That dog at the Big O in Montreal made me think you should do a video on Olympic stadiums!
Big up!! 👍🏼
Why on earth is the tiger cats stadium not called the coffee grounds?? Brilliant
Bingo! Or if it had a roof... The Javadome! The promo movie campaign Tim Horton's: Beyond Javadome practically writes itself!
The width of a CFL field and more importantly the size of the end zones makes CFL fields mostly not look like US football stadiums or soccer pitches in the rest of the world. Only a few of them have End Zone seats. I have sat in Winnipeg's end zone seats. It's a great new stadium but they are a long way from the action when it's down at the other end of the field. Hard to figure out what is going on that far away. Only the two new stadiums and BC Place really have significant end zone seats. When they play the Grey Cup in other fields, like Calgary's, they build temporary bleachers around the end zones, because that's the only time there is usually enough demand for people to sit in them.
As a person from Winnipeg I’ve been to many bombers games and I only have one complaint some of the fans are a little bit rowdy
Thats a complaint? Don't come to Hamilton then.
Thank you for this, I'm planning on going and just need to pick a city
Mosaic Stadium is the best for game day atmosphere. Literally the whole province of Saskatchewan dresses in green and white on game day.
@@creedencebakken2686 gotta disagree with you there, they don’t call Winnipeg “the CFLs loudest fans” for nothing
McMahon deserves to be ranked last. I haven't been to a game there in over 20 years and don't intend to go to one until something new is built ('cough' Highly unlikely). Note to the CFL, don't EVER hold a Grey Cup there in the future.
I love when a non fan complains. Calgary is just fine. The concessions and bathroom areas are crowded but seats are fine! I agree with ranking though.
Nice video … GO AL’s GO!
Can't believe Hamilton spent all that money just for 2 stands. 😂 For a new stadium they should have build bowls like in Winnipeg and Regina
They wanted to keep the same character as the old Ivor Wynne Stadium.
I believe Calgary is the bottom here.
Edit: yep it's right there
We are too broke 😂
@@Raptors4Life. Wasted money during the oil boom. Calgary and Edmonton should have looked like Dubai
mosaic and ig field are my favorites
BC place is such a beautiful stadium I don't care if I'm biased it's the best one on this list. The fact you rated it below TD place is even more criminal
TD place wasn’t built in the dinosaur age and has modern ammeneites, far better accessibility, better sight lines. BC place is hardly nice anymore
@john smeith The south side of TD place has modern amenties. The north side on the other hand is a dump, and badly needs replacement.
@@sdovan it’s getting torn down in the next year or so and replaced. But it’s hard to disagree with the fact that the North side is a dump, because it is
@@johnsmeith3913 I'll give it better sightlines sure but the rest it arguable and it's buttfuck ugly
@@sdovan I believe the north side is slated for replacement in the next year or two.
I'm an Argos Fan from Australia and my rankings are
10.McMahon Stadium
9.Stade Percival-Molson
8.Stade Olympique
7.Commonwealth Stadium
6.Tim Hortons Field
5.BMO Field
4.TD Place Stadium
3.IG Field
2.BC Place
1.Mosaic Stadium
BC place is a gem isnt it!
What made you become a Argos fan?
All sports facilities include the stadiums and arenas in Calgary are all old. The city is to broke to build new sports facilities.
I'd love to see a video of the Vanarama National League stadiums.
Canada, the Great White Blah
I'll take it over what else the world is dishing up... Yay, constancy... ;-)
McMahon Stadium in Calgary looks like some small college stadiums
I am from Hamilton and miss Ivor Wynne stadium for atmosphere ( not the seats however lol), that being said,i was really surprised to see Montreal rated so low. I have always thought it was really great to look at, because it was different. Just my opinion though.
Nailed it.
This was great now please do Canadian University football stadiums. thanks
There are only a handful that are noteworthy: Molson (McGill, featured here already), Laval, and University of Saskatchewan. Pretty much all other stadiums are just metal bleachers on 1 grandstand that seat only a few thousand.
@@calvinbaII You missed the University of Manitoba Bisons... where do they play again...oh yeah, IG Field.
@@maruad7577 How many people turn out for their games? Does it look like one of those pandemic year games played in front of mostly just friends and family? Its weird how almost no school (except Laval) gets much of a turnout for regular schedule games (not special games like the Panda Game) in Canada.
@@bjdon99 I honestly don't know. I haven't been to a Bisons' game since they changed venues.
@@calvinbaII Richardson stadium or queens university stadium is gorgeous.
ahhh my home town of vancouver. the only place in the country where the wind doesn't hurt. also the only place with a roof on the stadium.
to be fair, bc place isn't a purpose built football stadium
Neither was BMO Field until the Argos were booted out of Rogers Place. BMO was built for soccer.
Percival stadium was the most fun place to watch a game than any i have been to. Small but mighty
Do the USL Two next you might have to make it 4 parts though.
How about doing arenas of the American Hockey League.
Mosaic has a superior locker room and player amenities, including a Player's Barber Shop. It was designed by the same Architectural Firm that built the Stadiums in Seattle, Las Vegas and Minnesota. The lead architect remarked at the time that although "it's not the biggest that we've built but pound for pound, it's just as nice as any of them."
Please please please do ice hockey arenas from the QMJHL, OHL & WHL! We have some really nice arenas for our junior teams like Halifax, Moncton, Quebec City, London & Saskatoon.
I'd diffidently agree with these ranks being a stamps fan my whole life I really wish the city would build a new stadium
I gotta say the area at McMahon with all the tables looks wonderful
Why is the CFL playing in little soccer fields? I remember Toronto and Montreal playing in stadiums.
BMO Field is literally a soccer field lmao.
I would definitely like to go To a Saskatchewan game and see my Argos win
In the real world, Canada is and will always be a hockey culture. Not sure if any CFL franchise has the fan base and sponsor support to expect fancier stadiums.
Sure Canada love's Hockey but there are still a lot of Canadians who love more then just hockey.
2:02 we did have a British commonwealth “Red ensign” flag until 1965.
"I guess Quebec wouldn't appreciate the Union Jack"
Yeah pretty much the reason why we got rid of the Red Ensign.
Love the coughing in the background at 2:10.
These Canadian stadiums are the best for outdoor hockey games . The nhl Heritage Classic .
I`m shocked that you would put Toronto and Ottawa so high, and pick Montreal over Hamilton.... hmmmm.
btw they are upgrading bmo field for the world cup so it'll seat around 45 or 50 thousand.
Yeah just for the world cup tho it’s gonna be temporary
40K more empty seats at Argos games?
The Percival Molson stadium may not look great but it’s a great university stadium that took on the Alouettes as a one-off & proved so popular than they decided to move there from the Stade Olympique permanently. It’s not perfect but games there are all sorts of fun. The Montreal crowd is very lively. 🏈
A difference with Canadian stadiums is the field size. Yank eggball fields are only 120 yards by 53.3 yards, while Canadian fields are 150 by 65 (about 8150 sq. m, about 86% the size of a standard rugby league field).
Eggball = Pointyball
You must have some weird looking eggs in Canada
Hail Mary 4th Quarter TDs at Hamilton are cool, because EVERYONE wants to Roll Up The Rim To Win
Mosaic Stadium is number one, as a rider fan
I just saw the Riders/Redblacks game there on vacation from the States, and I really liked the stadium. Probably the nicest stadium I’ve seen football in.
You forgot #10, The Atlantic Schooners. (No stadium 😂)
My personal ranking? Vancouver's BC Place is probably on top with Regina, Saskatoon and Commonwealth next... Commonwealth should be much higher but the 2001 reno's for the IAAF games were hideous and cheap and the stadium still needs a roof or sheltered seating despite what the City says... There's be proposals since the beginning for one but nobody wants to spend $250M without a reason on it when the Elks are still the only tenant... And we didn't get the World Cup 2026 spot for western Canada because our now fired dick of a premier strong-armed negotiations and demanded things they were never going to give the city/province to host. So instead it goes to Vancouver... And BC Place which already dropped out of the running twice...
The worse thing they did was rename a team that won the Grey Cup 14 times because some (Toronto-based) sponsors started whining.
BMO looks nice but it isn't very practical. No arm rests and no cupholders there. The natural grass is nice though. Hamilton's is great. The mostly grey seats sucks and perhaps could have been built bigger, but the best feature is that you can stand along the concourse and watch the games and the end zones are good parties too. I've been to all except the top 2, but have to agree they look pretty nice. My rankings would be:
9. McMahon
8. Commonwealth
7. Molson
6. BMO
5. TD
4. BC
3. Tim Horton's
2. Mosaic
1. IG
Thanks for showing Hamilton and our stadium love!
The biggest problem with BMO Field in Toronto is that it is incapable of holding fans for anything other than soccer. That said, kudos to Pinball Clemons for creatively outfitting Argo fans in clothing that mimics empty seats. Note to the CFL: leave Toronto and add teams in Quebec City and Halifax.
BMO is a Soccer Stadium 1st and foremost but the fact you want the Argos the 2nd Oldest Sports Franchise in North America and the Oldest to never move or change its name is disgusting
@@TOTN17 I am painfully aware that BMO is a soccer stadium. My point is that people will show up for soccer in Toronto, but not for the CFL. 6,313,000 people in Metro Toronto and they can’t attract 1 in 1,000 of them to watch football. Those that attend show up halfway through he second quarter and leave by the end of the 3rd. I’m fairly convinced that the Argos could leave town and 99.9% of the population either wouldn’t know or wouldn’t care. Quebec is a vital part of Canadian football; just look at the O-Line of most teams in the league. Quebec City would support a team. Halifax, with 1/15th the population of Toronto, would comfortably draw 3-4 times the crowd that the Argos do. Maybe it’s the people of Toronto that are disgusting?
@@roymcgaw7431 Toronto as a market is to big for the CFL to ever give up on despite the competition from many other sports not to mention the CFL and TSN are based in Toronto and while attendances are a Issue Toronto has decent TV Ratings, Montreal will block a 2nd Quebec team and as for Halifax there Mayor has just come out and said that they are not interested in building a Stadium for the CFL and the Schooners group behind the expansion bid is dead
@@TOTN17 Most of what you say is correct, but the CFL is acting like an abused wife that keeps making excuses for her lousy husband. Hey, maybe people in Toronto can’t afford to go to the games because they are double mortgaged on crappy homes that cost $2.0 million. Regardless, if they can’t support the team in a league that is attendance driven for income, they should move. MLSE owns them, so there really isn’t a financial worry, but I don’t want to see a revenue sharing situation where Saskatchewan and Winnipeg end up subsidizing billionaires. Maybe they should play in a 1,000 seat venue and create false demand; the locals can still watch it on TV.
@@TOTN17 I'm pretty sure the Tiger-Cats are older than the Argonauts.
How could you possibly rank BC place at 5? I think if you actually visited all of these you would think differently. It is kind of ironic that the city with the warmest weather is the only one with an indoor stadium.
Watch a game in Saskatchewan or Winnipeg in November and you will change your mind.
Always liked Mosaic stadium in Regina where I’m from but this view/angle of IG stadium in Winnipeg gives it a new uniqueness for me, better than Mosaic? Looks aside I get the impression (I have not visited IG stadium) functionality, quality, etc. is better at Mosaic so depending on the value given to the criteria of judging 1st place would be a toss up between these 2 stadiums.
I’m waiting for Canada to invent the first rolling field. Football on a treadmill.
Tim hortons field is nicest
Please rank Swedish fotballstadiums or rewiew them
why does the narrator sound like Danger Dolan?
IG Field looks like Lumen Field converted from American to Canadian.
The stadium in Ottawa was built in 1908 ?
A stadium has existed in the site since then but the current stands are newer. Old side built in 67 (I think) new side 2014 (i think)
I'm not sure if you've actually been to any of the CFL stadia. The rankings sure seem like you haven't. For starters, BC Place is a better facility than both BMO and TD Place. Secondly, Mosaic in Regina is a far better facility than IGF in Winnipeg.
Mosaic has 2 video boards to Winnipeg's 1. It has much better box seating (with actual sliding glass walls to open their entire box to be outdoors, unlike Winnipeg with half windows). Mosaic's design was by an actual sports architect and thus has: more lower level seats than Winnipeg, more seats between the goal lines and better views from the corners. The roof was designed to mitigate wind and has louvres that trap heat in cold weather to raise the temperature and also release trapped air in hot weather to cool the temperature. Winnipeg's roof is made of sheet metal. Also, Mosaic has the first tiered party area in any Canadian stadium (Pil Country) that has become a gold standard that every other stadium has now tried to replicate in some form.
Of course if you actually did your homework, you would know this, instead of choosing Winnipeg's park because it looks like chips and dip.
It's the CFL -- lucky to have a video about it at all.
Why do all CFL stadiums have artificial turf?
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers stolentheir stadium and logo design from Seattle. You can't tell me that stadium doesn't look like Luman Field and that isn't the UW logo.
Surprised the Seahawks Owner does not know about this.
Canadian premier league next
Can you do all the Canada U sports football stadiumd there is only about 25
Vancouver's is pretty obviously the best at least in functionality. You know that if you've seen a Grey Cup in a blizzard.
Which is why all Canadian parks need 'em!
@@stickynorth There's been some pretty gnarly weather at some Superbowls too.
No AC so BC Place is a sweatbox on a hot summer day filled with smelly Asians. #TotalDump
@@TheUnforgiven69 You don't need AC in Vancouver, it never gets warmer than 80.
Montreal should either renovate Olympic Stadium to be football/soccer only or remove the track at Percival and add some real seating
Other then geography, there is no way you can rank Montreal higher than Calgary. Have you been to either?
Eh! IG Field got number 1 woohoo!! I am a Blue Bombers fan from Winnipeg, so that makes me really happy.
I was a Bombers fan from Fargo. I liked the old stadium and arena, many happy memories there.
@@brianwooton1992 how??? they were garbage. You were that guy at the troughs looking instead of peeing aren't you?
Can u do European League of Football Stadiums?
I just want to say I enjoyed the comments on this video.
Another one? I dont think the stadiums have changed in 5 years.
I have been to over half of the CFL stadiums. My rankings:
1. Saskatchewan
2. BC
3. Montréal
4. Winnipeg
5. Edmonton
6. Toronto
7. Hamilton
8. Ottawa
9. Calgary
If you have actually been to the stadiums, Saskatchewan Mosaic Stadium is a far better attractive design than Winnipeg's stadium which looks flaky. BC Stadium should be 2nd best design. (incidentally the 2nd tier of BC's field is almost always curtain closed due to lack of fans so it looks weird inside
I would point out to the author that it's pronounced "McMan". Two syllables.