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, 9 months
Total Games: 674
Total Attendance: 17,160,167 (673 games)
All-Time Attendance Avg: 25,498.02
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	Sept. 23, 2023 MTL 28 @ CGY 11
Regular Game	Aug. 15, 1960 WPG 38 @ CGY 23	Sept. 23, 2023 MTL 28 @ CGY 11
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	68	43	25	0	1	0	1,729	1,395
Regular Season
Calgary Stampeders	537	352	177	8	14	7	14,697	11,339
Playoffs
Calgary Stampeders	49	30	19	0	0	0	1,238	962
Total
Calgary Stampeders	654	425	221	8	15	7	17,664	13,696

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	19	7	12	0	1	1	389	489
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	68	25	43	0	1	1	1,395	1,729
Regular Season
Edmonton Elks	93	41	50	2	1	0	2,073	2,349
BC Lions	91	35	54	2	5	2	2,028	2,327
Saskatchewan Roughriders	91	30	58	3	3	1	1,814	2,559
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	75	20	55	0	0	0	1,526	2,082
Toronto Argonauts	51	17	34	0	0	0	1,090	1,408
Montreal Alouettes	43	14	28	1	2	0	895	1,161
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	49	10	39	0	1	1	1,025	1,491
Ottawa RedBlacks	36	9	27	0	2	1	753	1,059
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	537	177	352	8	14	5	11,339	14,697
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