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On June 15, 2016, the Edmonton Eskimos announced a five-year field naming rights partnership with The Brick to name the field "The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium" during CFL events. [ 16 ] The Edmonton Elks will not sell upper bowl tickets at Commonwealth Stadium for the 2024 CFL season , reducing the stadium's capacity to 31,000 seats.
] The stadium hosted the Edmonton Eskimos (now Elks) of the Western Interprovincial Football Union/Canadian Football League from 1949 to 1978, following which the team moved to Commonwealth Stadium, which had been built adjacent to Clarke Stadium in preparation for the 1978 Commonwealth Games. Clarke Stadium was used for local and minor league ...
It was succeeded by the Edmonton Boosters, who played for three more seasons, and the Edmonton Hi-Grads in 1936 (a team of high school graduate all stars.) Elite-level football returned to Edmonton in 1938 with a team once again called the Eskimos , this time in the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU).
The following is a partial list of Canadian football stadiums, ordered by permanent capacity. Most of Canada's football stadiums with permanent seating capacities over 3,000 are listed here. Note that not all stadiums are exclusively used for Canadian football; several are also used for association football (soccer).
FC Edmonton went into hiatus after the NASL folded, before joining the newly formed Canadian Premier League in 2018. The team played its home games at Clarke Stadium. The club folded in 2022. As of 2024, Edmonton has four teams in League1 Alberta: Edmonton BTB SC and Edmonton Scottish each field a men's side and a women's side.
The 2025 Edmonton Elks season is scheduled to be the 67th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 76th overall. The Elks will attempt to improve upon their 7–11 record from 2024 , qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2019 , and win their 15th Grey Cup championship.
The Edmonton Huskies are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The Huskies play in the six-team Prairie Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as the Canadian Bowl .
Foote Field features two separate athletic fields on either side of a multi-purpose indoor facility. The East Field is a fully lit stadium that serves as home for the Alberta Golden Bears football. It features a CFL-sized surface, press box, electronic scoreboard, and has a capacity of 3,500 spectators. The East Field also features a four-lane ...