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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:52:00

Canada's largest open-air stadium was built for eleven days of Commonwealth Games and has anchored Edmonton sport for nearly half a century since. Commonwealth Stadium at 11000 Stadium Road NW in the McCauley neighbourhood, minutes from downtown, opened officially on 15 July 1978 after three years of construction, a 42,500-seat bowl completed on time and on budget for the 1978 Commonwealth Games, whose athletics events and ceremonies it hosted that August as 46 nations competed and Canada delive...