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Ivor Wynne Stadium (formerly Civic Stadium) was a Canadian football stadium located at the corner of Balsam and Beechwood Avenues, two blocks west of Gage Avenue North in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The stadium was the home of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL from 1950 until it closed on October 27, 2012.〔 The club's previous home was the Hamilton Amateur Athletic Association Grounds. The stadium was replaced by Tim Hortons Field, with a fixed capacity of 24,000, on the same property. From 1928, while the stands were still under construction, the civic stadium was mainly used for track & field by the Hamilton Olympic Club and men's soccer teams, while the Hamilton AAA was used more for football and cricket. The stadium had a cinder track where the Cap Cornelius secondary-school relays were held.〔.〕 ==Construction history== The stadium, called simply the civic stadium (lower cased),〔 was originally built in 1928 to host the 1930 British Empire Games (later the Commonwealth Games).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Tearing Down Hamilton's History: Civic Stadium ). Three illustrations.〕 However, playing fields had stood on the site since the city bought the land from a local farmer in 1913. The stadium was heavily rebuilt in 1970-71. In 1971, it was renamed for Ivor Wynne, a former chairman of the city Parks Board who was Athletic Director and Dean of Students at McMaster University when he died in 1970. He was considered to be largely responsible for creating McMaster's physical education course and planning its athletic complex. From 1971 to 1975, Ivor Wynne was the largest stadium in the CFL with 34,500 seats. Ivor Wynne was the second facility in Canada to use Astroturf, after Empire Stadium in Vancouver. In the 1980s, the west endzone bleachers were removed so that a new scoreboard could be added. That dropped capacity to about 29,500. A later retrofit of the north stand's lower east section for handicapped access in the 1990s dropped capacity further to just under 29,000. The stadium was renovated again after the 2002 football season and had a new second-generation AstroTurf playing surface installed. Shortly after the 2003 season, a new scoreboard was erected in the west end of the stadium; owing to sponsorship, it is known as Dofasco TigerVision. Dofasco was bought out by Arcelor Steel in 2006 who was bought out by Mittal Steel now known as ArcelorMittal. In 2012, the stadium had a large grandstand on one side of the field, with a small section curving around the end zone, and a separate grandstand on the opposite side of the field, with a capacity of just under 29,000. In 2011, plans were announced to renovate the stadium again in 2012, with a completion date in 2014, and the stadium would also be used for the then upcoming 2015 Pan American Games.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Hamilton votes for a city report on renovating Ivor Wynne )〕 On February 25, 2011, the Toronto 2015 Pan Am board of directors approved stadium plans which would see the south side stands demolished and rebuilt and the north side stands extensively renovated. However, that plan was not used. A new plan announced August 31, 2011, called for a brand-new $150 million stadium with a new north-south field alignment that would provide equal advantage for sports where prevailing wind direction and sun glares are equal for both teams. It would be a multi-function stadium, hosting concerts and football, soccer, and hockey games. During construction, the Tiger-Cats played at the University of Guelph's Alumni Stadium for the 2013 season, and proceeds from the temporary site agreement went to the Gryphon Athletics fundraising campaign as a part of the University of Guelph’s BetterPlanet Project.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= University of Guelph's Alumni Field to host Ticats in 2013 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ivor Wynne Stadium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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