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 games ⓘ
linked to: Grey Cup

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 City of Toronto ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ

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Exhibition Stadium → alsoKnownAs → Canadian National Exhibition Stadium ⓘ