McMahon Stadium History, Record and Attendance on CFLdb Statistics

McMahon Stadium in Calgary, AB

Attributes

Stadium Type: Open Air Stadium
Surface Type: Granulated Rubber Filled Artificial Turf (FieldTurf-like)
Lighting: Floodlights
Capacity: 35,400

Numbers

Opened: Jan. 1, 1960
Age: 63 years, 1 month
Total Games: 666
Total Attendance: 16,935,233 (662 games)
All-Time Attendance Avg: 25,581.92
Regular Season Sellouts: 60
Regular Season Announced Sellouts: 67
Hosted Grey Cup: 5 times
Hosted All-Star Game: 2 times

Attendance Records

Pre-season: 32,469 — July 2, 1991 EDM 21 @ CGY 25
Regular Season: 45,010 — Oct. 29, 2000 MTL 31 @ CGY 32
Playoffs: 35,650 — 3 times
Grey Cup: 50,035 — Nov. 28, 1993 WPG 23 vs EDM 33

Notes

Mr. Football's Cathedral

Address: 1817 Crowchild Trail Northwest

Coordinates: 51.07034478044231, -114.12145435810089

Firsts and Lasts

	First	Last
Game	Aug. 15, 1960 WPG 38 @ CGY 23	Oct. 29, 2022 SSK 10 @ CGY 36
Regular Game	Aug. 15, 1960 WPG 38 @ CGY 23	Oct. 29, 2022 SSK 10 @ CGY 36
Playoff Game	Nov. 5, 1960 EDM 40 @ CGY 21	Nov. 10, 2019 WPG 35 @ CGY 14
Grey Cup	Nov. 23, 1975 MTL 8 vs EDM 9	Nov. 24, 2019 HAM 12 vs WPG 33

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
2016	Reconfiguration	Granulated Rubber Filled Artificial Turf (FieldTurf-like)	35,650
2014	Artificial turf replacement/reduction	Granulated Rubber Filled Artificial Turf (FieldTurf-like)	35,400
2009	Grey Cup temporary seating	Granulated Rubber Filled Artificial Turf (FieldTurf-like)	46,020
2006	Artificial turf replacement	Granulated Rubber Filled Artificial Turf (FieldTurf-like)	35,650
2005	Reduction	Fixed Artificial Turf (AstroTurf-like)	35,650
2000	Grey Cup temporary seating	Fixed Artificial Turf (AstroTurf-like)	45,849
1994	Reduction	Fixed Artificial Turf (AstroTurf-like)	37,317
1993	Grey Cup temporary seating	Fixed Artificial Turf (AstroTurf-like)	50,035
1988	Expansion	Fixed Artificial Turf (AstroTurf-like)	38,205
1975	Expansion/artificial turf	Fixed Artificial Turf (AstroTurf-like)	32,454
1973	Expansion	Natural Grass	28,000
1969	Expansion	Natural Grass	25,000
1960	Opened 1960	Natural Grass	21,000

	GP	W	L	T	OTG	OTL	PF	PA
Preseason
Calgary Stampeders	67	42	25	0	1	0	1,700	1,371
Regular Season
Calgary Stampeders	530	350	172	8	12	5	14,531	11,157
Playoffs
Calgary Stampeders	49	30	19	0	0	0	1,238	962
Total
Calgary Stampeders	646	422	216	8	13	5	17,469	13,490

Grey Cup Record as Host Stadium

	GP	W	L	PF	PA
Edmonton Elks	2	2	0	42	31
BC Lions	1	1	0	28	26
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	2	1	1	56	45
Montreal Alouettes	3	1	2	62	64
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	1	0	1	12	33
Saskatchewan Roughriders	1	0	1	27	28

	GP	W	L	T	OTG	OTL	PF	PA
Preseason
BC Lions	20	8	12	0	0	0	440	453
Edmonton Elks	18	7	11	0	1	1	365	460
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8	5	3	0	0	0	175	157
Saskatchewan Roughriders	13	2	11	0	0	0	216	403
Montreal Alouettes	2	1	1	0	0	0	27	59
Ottawa RedBlacks	2	1	1	0	0	0	66	59
Toronto Argonauts	2	1	1	0	0	0	49	52
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	2	0	2	0	0	0	33	57
Total	67	25	42	0	1	1	1,371	1,700
Regular Season
Edmonton Elks	92	41	49	2	1	0	2,042	2,314
BC Lions	90	34	54	2	5	2	2,003	2,312
Saskatchewan Roughriders	90	29	58	3	2	1	1,785	2,533
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	74	19	55	0	0	0	1,507	2,064
Toronto Argonauts	50	17	33	0	0	0	1,083	1,388
Montreal Alouettes	42	13	28	1	2	0	867	1,150
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	49	10	39	0	1	1	1,025	1,491
Ottawa RedBlacks	35	8	27	0	1	1	710	1,018
Birmingham Barracudas	1	1	0	0	0	0	31	28
Las Vegas Posse	1	0	1	0	0	0	25	35
Baltimore Stallions	1	0	1	0	0	0	15	29
Memphis Mad Dogs	1	0	1	0	0	0	18	24
Shreveport Pirates	2	0	2	0	0	0	27	79
San Antonio Texans	2	0	2	0	0	0	19	66
Total	530	172	350	8	12	5	11,157	14,531
Playoffs
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	8	8	0	0	0	307	388
Edmonton Elks	14	5	9	0	0	0	301	358
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7	3	4	0	0	0	109	134
BC Lions	11	3	8	0	0	0	232	328
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	30
Total	49	19	30	0	0	0	962	1,238