CommonwealthStadium
Commonwealth Stadium which was originally built for the 1978 Commonwealth Games and has hosted countless football games, international athletics competitions, concerts, the Heritage Classic hockey game, numerous other events and drawn millions of people to the facility over the past 46 years. Although the stadium has been upgraded many times since first opening a major renovation is needed to ensure its viability as a stadium for future generations. The same day renderings of a renovated Commonwealth Stadium were shown on the City's website, Larry Thompson, new owner of the Edmonton Elks said he has started talking to the city about what needs to be done to upgrade the team's longtime home.
The city-owned and operated facility does get regular maintenance but major upgrades are required to modernize the space, enhance peoples' overall experience so Commonwealth Stadium can continue to host events and entertainment well into the future.
Now the BIG question that needs to be asked and answered is who would for what will surely be an extensive and expensive facelift for Commonwealth Stadium?
Its well known that the Pope is coming to Canada July 24-29 as part of his pilgrimage of healing, reconciliation and hope. The Pope will arrive in Edmonton July 24th and on July 25th will travel to the Ermineskin Indian Residential School in the community of Maskwacis south of the city. Then on July 26, Pope Francis will attend an open mass at Commonwealth Stadium which can hold about 65,000 people.
Attendance at the mass if free but tickets can only be accessed through the papal website, which will provide a direct link to the Ticketmaster at 10:30 a.m. MST on Wednesday, July 6.
There's an intangible something about an audience that draws out the best of a performer and there's an intangible something about a performer who gives their for all audience. MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY was song from the mid 1950s which is a good description of the relationship country music fans in Edmonton and Garth Brooks have for and with each other as demonstrated in another sell out concert in Edmonton in less than 1 hour?