Commonwealth Stadium History, Record and Attendance on CFLdb Statistics

Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, AB

Attributes

Stadium Type: Open Air Stadium
Surface Type: Granulated Rubber Filled Artificial Turf (FieldTurf-like)
Lighting: Floodlights
Capacity: 55,614

Numbers

Opened: Jan. 1, 1978
Age: 45 years, 5 months
Total Games: 465
Total Attendance: 16,317,766 (463 games)
All-Time Attendance Avg: 35,243.56
Regular Season Sellouts: 27
Regular Season Announced Sellouts: 34
Hosted Grey Cup: 5 times
Hosted All-Star Game: 1 time

Attendance Records

Pre-season: 49,723 — June 25, 1982 CGY 23 @ EDM 18
Regular Season: 62,517 — Sept. 26, 2009 SSK 23 @ EDM 20
Playoffs: 52,861 — Nov. 15, 1981 BC 16 @ EDM 22
Grey Cup: 63,317 — Nov. 28, 2010 MTL 21 vs SSK 18

Address: 11000 Stadium Road Northwest

Coordinates: 53.55961494383779, -113.47617387771606

Firsts and Lasts

	First	Last
Game	Aug. 30, 1978 BC 10 @ EDM 18	May 27, 2023 WPG 25 @ EDM 23
Regular Game	Aug. 30, 1978 BC 10 @ EDM 18	Oct. 21, 2022 BC 31 @ EDM 14
Playoff Game	Nov. 18, 1978 CGY 13 @ EDM 26	Nov. 22, 2015 CGY 31 @ EDM 45
Grey Cup	Nov. 18, 1984 HAM 17 vs WPG 47	Nov. 25, 2018 OTT 16 vs CGY 27

Note: Information provided is based on data on Canadian senior and professional football team games in the database and may be incomplete or incorrect. It does not include other competition levels or sporting events.

Year	Change	Surface	Capacity
2017	Reconfiguration	Granulated Rubber Filled Artificial Turf (FieldTurf-like)	55,614
2015	Artificial turf replacement	Granulated Rubber Filled Artificial Turf (FieldTurf-like)	56,302
2013	Seat replacement/reduction	Granulated Rubber Filled Artificial Turf (FieldTurf-like)	56,302
2010	Artificial turf installation	Granulated Rubber Filled Artificial Turf (FieldTurf-like)	59,537
2008	Reconfiguration	Natural Grass	59,537
1983	Expansion	Natural Grass	60,081
1982	Expansion	Natural Grass	59,912
1980	Expansion	Natural Grass	43,346
1978	Opened 1978	Natural Grass	42,500

	GP	W	L	T	OTG	OTL	PF	PA
Preseason
Edmonton Elks	49	24	24	1	0	0	1,182	1,023
Regular Season
Edmonton Elks	383	255	126	2	16	8	11,624	8,655
Las Vegas Posse	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	51
Playoffs
Edmonton Elks	27	19	8	0	0	0	815	592
Total
Edmonton Elks	459	298	158	3	16	8	13,621	10,270
Las Vegas Posse	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	51

Grey Cup Record as Host Stadium

	GP	W	L	PF	PA
Montreal Alouettes	2	2	0	46	34
Calgary Stampeders	1	1	0	27	16
Toronto Argonauts	1	1	0	47	23
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	1	1	0	47	17
Ottawa RedBlacks	1	0	1	16	27
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	1	0	1	17	47
Edmonton Elks	1	0	1	16	25
Saskatchewan Roughriders	2	0	2	41	68

	GP	W	L	T	OTG	OTL	PF	PA
Preseason
Calgary Stampeders	11	7	4	0	0	0	307	288
BC Lions	11	6	5	0	0	0	218	231
Saskatchewan Roughriders	17	5	12	0	0	0	286	455
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7	4	2	1	0	0	152	142
Ottawa RedBlacks	1	1	0	0	0	0	30	27
Toronto Argonauts	1	0	1	0	0	0	15	35
Total	48	23	24	1	0	0	1,008	1,178
Regular Season
BC Lions	61	26	35	0	5	3	1,455	1,614
Calgary Stampeders	63	26	36	1	3	1	1,572	1,850
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	46	16	29	1	2	1	1,040	1,376
Saskatchewan Roughriders	61	16	45	0	4	2	1,367	1,971
Toronto Argonauts	41	14	27	0	0	0	910	1,263
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	41	13	28	0	1	0	924	1,267
Montreal Alouettes	33	10	23	0	0	0	716	1,015
Ottawa RedBlacks	30	4	26	0	1	0	559	1,075
Edmonton Elks	1	1	0	0	0	0	51	10
Baltimore Stallions	2	1	1	0	0	0	43	43
Memphis Mad Dogs	1	0	1	0	0	0	17	34
Shreveport Pirates	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	37
Las Vegas Posse	1	0	1	0	0	0	17	44
San Antonio Texans	2	0	2	0	0	0	28	35
Total	384	127	255	2	16	7	8,706	11,634
Playoffs
BC Lions	7	3	4	0	0	0	164	203
Saskatchewan Roughriders	8	3	5	0	0	0	170	221
Calgary Stampeders	8	2	6	0	0	0	176	232
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	4	0	4	0	0	0	82	159
Total	27	8	19	0	0	0	592	815