BMO Field
Canada ( 2007 -) Toronto FC ( MLS) (2007 -) Toronto Nationals (MLL ) (2009 )
- FIFA U -20 World Cup 2007
- MLS All -Star Game 2008
- MLS Cup 2010
The BMO Field is a football stadium in Toronto, Canada. It is the largest pure football stadium in Canada and was completed in April 2007. Main users of the stadium is the Toronto FC, who in 2007 was the first Canadian team in the Major League Soccer ( MLS) was added.
In addition, the Canadian national football teams of men and women and the Canadian rugby union team play their home games from here. In these games, the stadium is named National Soccer Stadium.
History
The BMO Field belonged to the application of the Canadian Soccer Association to align the U-20 World Cup 2007. Originally, the stadium should be built on the site of York University. The University should contribute 15 million Canadian dollars to the cost of construction. In May 2005 the University got out of the project. Then the old Exhibition Stadium was chosen as the new location.
On 11 May 2006 announced the MLS that the Toronto FC is taken for the 2007 season in the league. Since the stadium was at that time already under construction, the site of Toronto fulfilled an important inclusion criterion for the MLS.
On 31 August 2006, announced that the Bank of Montreal has acquired for the stadium ( BMO ), the fourth largest bank in Canada, the naming rights. For this purpose, the financial institution paid ten million Canadian dollars.
The first game at BMO Field was held on 28 April 2007, at which the Toronto FC Kansas City Wizards receiving. It was lost with 0:1. On 12 May 2007, the grand opening ceremony was held. MLS Commissioner Don Garber, said that the MLS All -Star Game will take place in 2008 BMO Field. In addition, by 2012 the MLS Cup will be played in Toronto.
Finance and Administration
The construction costs for the BMO Field were estimated at about 62.5 million Canadian dollars. The necessary capital came from various sources.
The Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd.. ( MLSE ) as the owner of the Toronto FC turned eight million U.S. dollars plus ten million dollars that were occupied by selling the stadium name available. The State of Canada provided $ 27 million with the lion's share of the construction costs. The province of Ontario introduced eight, the City of Toronto for another ten million dollars.
The city of Toronto is the owner of the stadium, the administration is handled by the MLSE.
Equipment
The BMO Field has a natural grass since 2010.
The majority of seats in the stadium has red seats. If the stadium is empty can on the East Stand a large Maple Leaf ( Maple Leaf ), on the west stand the word " Toronto " and on the south stand to see the text " BMO ".