Commonwealth Stadium
Commonwealth Stadium is a stadium in Edmonton, Canada that opened in 1978. Its recorded capacity is 42,500.
Key facts
Commonwealth Stadium is a stadium in Edmonton, Canada that opened in 1978. Its recorded capacity is 42,500. It is owned by Edmonton. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Edmonton Elks Edmonton Eskimos/Elks, Edmonton Drillers Edmonton Drillers NASL), FC Edmonton, Edmonton Drillers, Edmonton Elks, Edmonton Aviators.
- Location
- Edmonton, Canada
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 42,500
- Opened
- 1978
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Edmonton
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Artificial turf, Natural grass
Commonwealth Stadium is at latitude 53.559722, longitude -113.476111, in Edmonton, 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 | 53.559722 |
| Longitude | -113.476111 |
| City | Edmonton |
| Region | Edmonton |
| Country | Canada |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Artificial turf | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Edmonton | 1978 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton Elks Edmonton Eskimos/Elks | Canadian Football League | Present | Current | Source |
| Edmonton Drillers Edmonton Drillers NASL) | Canadian Football League | Present | Current | Source |
| FC Edmonton | Canadian Football League | Present | Current | Source |
| Edmonton Drillers | Canadian Football League | 1978 to present | Current | Source |
| Edmonton Elks | Canadian Football League | 1978 to present | Current | Source |
| Edmonton Aviators | Canadian Football League | 1978 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
19 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 364 | 2026-10 |
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 363 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 320 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 16847 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | City of Edmonton | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 32535 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 32535 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1199 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 56302 | 42500 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1375021614 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Commonwealth_Stadium | Commonwealth Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16847 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16846 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16845 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16844 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 1911 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 1910 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 1909 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 1908 | 2026-09 |
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: