IGA Stadium explained

Stadium Name:IGA Stadium
Native Name:Stade IGA
Native Name Lang:fr
Former Names:Stade Du Maurier (1987-2003)
Stade Uniprix (2004-2018)
Address:285, rue Gary-Carter
Location:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates:45.533°N -73.6276°W
Broke Ground:August, 1995
Opened:August, 1996
Owner:Tennis Canada
Surface:Hard, Outdoors
Tenants:National Bank Open presented by Rogers (Men)
(ATP 1000)
1996–present
National Bank Open presented by Rogers (Women)
(WTA 1000)
1996–present
Seating Capacity:11,815
Publictransit: Parc (Metro), De Castelnau
Jarry
Parc

IGA Stadium (French: Stade IGA), originally called Stade Du Maurier and formerly Stade Uniprix, is the main tennis court at the Canadian Open tournament in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Built in 1996 and completed the following year, the centre court stadium currently holds 11,815 spectators.[1] The stadium grounds is located in Jarry Park within the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension.

On Monday, April 16, 2018, Tennis Canada announced the stadium would have a naming rights contract with Empire Company, a Nova Scotia-based conglomerate that branded the stadium as Stade IGA, for their licenced grocer brand operated by their subsidiary Sobeys. Formerly, it was named after Du Maurier, a cigarette brand, then Uniprix, a pharmacy chain in Quebec.[2]

The twelve courts at this venue use the DecoTurf cushioned acrylic surface, a surface previously used at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships. The Canadian Open is part of the US Open Series of events leading into the Grand Slam event. Uniquely, the Canadian Open is held in two cities, Montreal and Toronto, with the men and women alternating venues each year. Beginning 2021, IGA Stadium hosts the WTA in odd-numbered years and hosts the ATP in even-numbered years.

Its core seating area is a remnant of the former Major League Baseball stadium on the site, Jarry Park Stadium, the original home of the Montreal Expos (now Washington Nationals), with the main road being 285 Rue Gary Carter, named for the National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee whose career primarily was in the city.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stade Uniprix . Projet d’amélioration du Centre national d’entraînement du tennis et du Stade Uniprix à Montréal . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20110930214326/http://www.stadeuniprix.com/tennis_canada/Contents/Publications/Topspin/Text/English/UniprixRenovationsplanPart1.pdf . September 30, 2011 . 14 August 2011 . . 12 March 2009 . dead . Improvement project for the National Center for Tennis Training and for the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal.
  2. News: Deshaies . Antoine . Le stade Uniprix devient le stade IGA . 23 July 2024 . . 16 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240723201203/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/1095394/tennis-stade-uniprix-stade-iga-commanditaire . 2024-07-23 . live . fr-ca.