Huskies Stadium
| Huskies Stadium | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 44°37′51.85″N 63°34′46.31″W / 44.6310694°N 63.5795306°W |
| Opened | 1970 |
| Closed | 2013 |
| Surface | FieldTurf |
| Capacity |
5000 but expandable to 9-11,000 |
| Tenants | |
| Saint Mary's Huskies | |
Huskies Stadium was a Canadian football stadium in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that was host to Saint Mary's Huskies. This spring the grandstands are slated for demolition. The site will be reused for football and track in 2014 with fans forced to sit on a grass embankment while the university ponders a new facility.[1] This will leave Halifax with no outdoor stadium for events.
It had a promoted capacity of 9,000 to 11,000 that is achieveable via temporary seating,[2] but the actual permanent seating is only 4000.[3] It was built in 1969 for the 1970 Canada Summer Games. It has hosted many Canadian Interuniversity Sport Atlantic & Uteck Bowl national semi-final football games.
On June 11, 2005, the stadium hosted an exhibition game between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Toronto Argonauts to gauge Halifax's public support for a CFL franchise. The game was called "Touchdown Atlantic". For the game, the stadium's capacity was temporarily augmented to 11,000. In July 2009, new seating was added that holds up to 500 people on the east-end of the stadium.
References
- ↑ Game Over for Huskies Stadium, The Chonicle Herald, Jan. 17, 2014 http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1180510-game-over-for-smu-stadium
- ↑ World Stadiums - Stadiums in Canada :: Nova Scotia
- ↑ Huskies stadium capacity
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Coordinates: 44°37′51.85″N 63°34′46.31″W / 44.6310694°N 63.5795306°W