Canadian National Exhibition Stadium

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Canadian National Exhibition Stadium was a former multi-purpose outdoor sports and entertainment venue in Toronto, Ontario, best known as the longtime home of the Toronto Blue Jays and Toronto Argonauts before its demolition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf multi-purpose stadium
outdoor sports venue
stadium
adjacentTo BMO Field
alsoKnownAs CNE Stadium
Exhibition Stadium
capacityBaseball about 43,000
capacityFootball about 54,000
country Canada
demolished 1999
demolitionDate February 1999
heritage site now partly occupied by BMO Field and parking lots
hostedEvent Grey Cup
surface form: Grey Cup games

Major League Baseball games 1977–1989
North American Soccer League matches
Pope John Paul II mass 1984
Toronto Argonauts home games 1959–1988
Toronto Blue Jays inaugural MLB season 1977
large outdoor concerts
inception 1948
locatedIn Exhibition Place
Ontario
Toronto
namedAfter Canadian National Exhibition
notableFor exposed and windy conditions
poor sightlines for baseball
opened August 5, 1948
operator Canadian National Exhibition Association
owner Toronto
surface form: City of Toronto
primaryUse Canadian football
baseball
concerts
publicTransit Exhibition GO Station
Toronto streetcar routes to Exhibition Place
replacedBy Rogers Centre
SkyDome
surface AstroTurf
natural grass
tenant Toronto Argonauts
Toronto Blizzard
Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto Falcons
Toronto Metros-Croatia
Toronto Toros
tenantOfLeague Canadian Football League
Major League Baseball
North American Soccer League (1968–1984)
surface form: North American Soccer League

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Exhibition Stadium alsoKnownAs Canadian National Exhibition Stadium