Blue Cross Park
Blue Cross Park is a stadium in Winnipeg, Canada that opened in 1999. Its recorded capacity is 7,461.
Key facts
Blue Cross Park is a stadium in Winnipeg, Canada that opened in 1999. Its recorded capacity is 7,461. It is owned by Riverside Park Management and Sam Katz. It is operated by Winnipeg Goldeyes Baseball Club Inc. and Winnipeg Goldeyes. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 4 names in total, including CanWest Global Park, Canwest Park, Shaw Park. Current tenants are Winnipeg Goldeyes 1999–2019, 2021–present, Winnipeg Wesmen 2012–2017, Winnipeg Goldeyes.
- Location
- Winnipeg, Canada
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 7,461
- Opened
- 1999
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Riverside Park Management, Sam Katz
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 2
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Blue Cross Park is at latitude 49.893806, longitude -97.133306, in Winnipeg, Canada. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 49.893806 |
| Longitude | -97.133306 |
| City | Winnipeg |
| Region | Winnipeg |
| Country | Canada |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Blue Cross Park has carried 3 recorded names. CanWest Global Park (no sponsor) ran 1999 to 2008. Canwest Park (no sponsor) ran 2008 to 2011. Shaw Park (no sponsor) ran 2011 to 2023. The average tenure of a name here is 8 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CanWest Global Park | None | 1999 to 2008 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Canwest Park | None | 2008 to 2011 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Shaw Park | None | 2011 to 2023 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Sam Katz | 1998 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Riverside Park Management | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Winnipeg Goldeyes | 1998 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Winnipeg Goldeyes Baseball Club Inc. | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg Goldeyes 1999–2019, 2021–present | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Winnipeg Wesmen 2012–2017 | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Winnipeg Goldeyes | Not mapped | 1998 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
15 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 November 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 4238 | 2026-11 |
| 5 November 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Shaw Park | 2026-11 |
| 5 November 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Canwest Park | 2026-11 |
| 5 November 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | CanWest Global Park | 2026-11 |
| 5 November 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 61285 | 2026-11 |
| 5 November 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 61284 | 2026-11 |
| 5 November 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 61283 | 2026-11 |
| 5 November 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 61282 | 2026-11 |
| 5 November 2026 | venues | opened_year | 1998 | 1999 | 2026-11 |
| 5 November 2026 | venues | capacity | 7481 | 7461 | 2026-11 |
| 5 November 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372068818 | 2026-11 |
| 5 November 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Blue_Cross_Park | Blue Cross Park | 2026-11 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 57017 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 57016 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 57015 | 2026-10 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: