Hamilton Stadium Status
Hamilton Tiger-Cats – Ivor Wynne Stadium
Hamilton was part of the greater Toronto area's successful bid for the 2015 Pan-Am Games. Hamilton is slated to build a minimum 15,000 seat stadium with $102 million in public funds to host track and field events. Limited designs and plans are available of the stadium. While work is underway to confirm the city-selected site, calls for an additional $50 million in private funding to enable expansion of the seating to 25,000 seats are being made. This would allow the city to retire Ivor Wynne Stadium and attract major events like amateur sports, concerts and the Grey Cup. However, the Tiger-Cats expressed that the proposed location does not offer the accessibility and visibility to make business sense for them to move. Business groups are working to propose other locations which would provide the sponsorship revenue and funding to allow a replacement stadium be built.
A facilitator was appointed to work out the differences between the city and football club over the stadium location. His report recommends a new East Mountain site be investigated as the stadium location and Tiger-Cats caretaker Bob Young threw his full support behind the recommendations. After a compromise site was found to be too expensive, a plan to rebuild Ivor Wynne Stadium was put together after the Ti-Cats flirted with a Burlington proposal.
In 2011, the Tiger-Cats will play one home game in Moncton as the host team for Touchdown Atlantic 2011.
cfldb Hamilton Tiger-Cat Stadium History and Details
Ivor Wynne Stadium seating chart
cfldb Articles and Single Point Links on Hamilton Stadiums
Link Jan 2012: Ivor Wynne Stadium Rotation in Works
Link Jan 2011: Ontario Bridges Ivor Wynne Gap
Article Jan 2011: Ivor Wynne Moves Forward
Link Jan 2011: Ivor Wynne Study Passes
Link Jan 2011: Ivor Wynne Redevelopment Details
Article Jan 2011: Stadium Chicken
Article Dec 2010: 2010 Stadium Wrap
Link Nov 2010: Ti-Cats Unveil Stadium Plans
Article Nov 2010: Cross Canada Stadium Round Up
Link September 2010: Hamilton Deadline Day: Another Extension
Link September 2010: Railyards New Hamilton Stadium Site
Link September 2010: Hamilton Councillors Champion Old Sites
Article September 2010: Hamilton Approves Investigating Compromise Sites
Links to thespec.com before August 12 will be broken
Link August 2010: Ron Foxcroft on Hamilton Stadium
Link August 2010: Hamilton Council Select West Harbour for New Stadium
Article August 2010: Bob Young's Decision
Link August 2010: Feds Make Hamilton Stadium Location Decision
Article August 2010: West Harbour Poorly Managed Vision
Link August 2010: Hamilton: No Sign of Common Stadium Ground
Link July 2010: Hamilton Not Suitable for CFL if Cats Leave
Link July 2010: Hamilton Stadium Decision Comes to a Head
Link July 2010: Hamilton Future Fund for Harbour Only
Link July 2010: Since You Didn't Ask
Link July 2010: Decision on Hamilton's Future Funds
Link July 2010: Hamilton Sites Battling on the Web
Link July 2010: Arguing For West Harbour
Link July 2010: East Mountain Opposition Ramps Up
Article July 2010: Hamilton Leans Towards New Site
Article July 2010: Pan-Am Facilitator Report Recommends New Site
Link July 2010: Pan-Am Stalemate
Link June 2010: Ti-Cats For Sale or Political Power Play
Link May 2010: Hamilton Stadium Location to be Mediated
Article May 2010: Location, Location, Location
Link May 2010: Mayor Eisenberger Responds to Bob Young
Link May 2010: Bob Young Torpedoes West Harbour
Article Apr 2010: Hamilton Stadium Update
Article Mar 2010: Hamilton: That Other Stadium Debate
Link Nov 2009: Toronto-Hamilton Win Pan-Am Bid
Link Feb 2009: Bob Young's Stadium Statement