Commonwealth Stadium is an open-air,
all-seater multipurpose stadium located in the
McCauley neighbourhood of the Canadian city of
Edmonton,
Alberta. Its main tenant is the
Edmonton Eskimos of the
Canadian Football League (CFL), although it is also used for
athletics,
soccer and
rugby union, as well as concerts. The
stadium has a
seating capacity of 56,302, making it the largest in Canada. Construction commenced in 1975 and the venue opened ahead of the
1978 Commonwealth Games, replacing the adjacent
Clarke Stadium as the Eskimos home. It received a major expansion ahead of the
1983 Summer Universiade, when it reached a capacity of 60,081. The stadium had remained, for a long time, the only CFL venue with natural grass, until
FieldTurf Duraspine Pro was installed in 2010.