Canad Inns Stadium (formerly Winnipeg Stadium) is a Canadian football stadium currently being demolished located north of Polo Park Shopping Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Stadium, whose naming rights are owned by the locally based hotel chain Canad Inns, was opened in 1953 and in its current configuration, seats 29,533 for football. It has been the home of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL since 1953. It is also the home of the Winnipeg Rifles of the Prairie Football Conference and has been home to various iterations of the Winnipeg Goldeyes and Winnipeg Whips (AAA Montreal Expos farm team) baseball teams. The stadium is set to close after the new Investors Group Field at the University of Manitoba is completed in June 2013.
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