The Stadiums of Toronto!

We showcase the stadiums and arenas of Toronto, Canada. Thanks for watching!

[@benphelan88]

“I don’t know why they couldn’t just call it the Rogers Skydome.” You and me both, brother.

[@Hogtownboy1]

Nobody talks about but the named Skdome is copyrighted by CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS. ROgers didnt want to pay a fee yearly this use the name

[@kiroolioneaver8532]

It''s partially because they know people would just call it Skydome and omit the "Rogers" part lol

[@robertosborne8694]

I guess the sky didn’t have the money to Outbid Rogers. I guess the sun, clouds and oxygen to breathe don’t go as far anymore when it comes to naming rights.

[@androo8810]

@@kiroolioneaver8532Very true. Doesn’t stop me though lol Skydome forever!

[@coryshannon3815]

​@@androo8810 yep. It's my preferred name for it. It just rolls off the tongue better.

[@_evangupta]

The Mattamy Athletic Center is also home to Toronto’s Professional Women’s Hockey League team. Great video!

[@JoeJon117II]

I don't think you realize just how accurate your jokes about Rogers are 😂😂. Well done!

[@watson956]

I really enjoyed that - nice to see Toronto get the TWWoS treatment! Loved the 'Almighty Roger' idea, too. Just FYI, Rogers was founded by Ted Rogers, and it's become a major telecommunications company here in Canada.

[@RoseCityRebel]

Raptors 905 play at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in nearby Mississauga.

[@sdeepj]

They’re called the “Maple Leafs” and not “Maple Leaves” because they’re named after the Canadian regiment in World War I, which was known as the “ Maple Leaf Regiment”

[@joer8854]

Actually it's a grammatical reason for both the team and the regiment. It's a proper name so it's Leafs not leaves.

[@robertosborne8694]

Speaking of using old and new architecture in Toronto the Hockey Hall of Fame is located in an old bank building connected to a modern office building complex. The bank vault houses trophies and the rings of the Stanley Cup that were removed to make room for the names of most recent champions

[@ryhinton]

Thank you for responding to the request for a Toronto video and getting Canada on the list of your city series. It's the first entry on KZbin showcasing Toronto stadiums and arenas that I can see. You did a great job showcasing a wide variety of venues. I really enjoyed it.

[@Hogtownboy1]

You mean first of canada. Or particular city. He down a few city ones. Already. Milan. Rome and Paris.

[@TiNRiB]

I'm just here to praise the almighty Roger... Glory be to him.

[@mikematson6323]

Re: Skydome. The reason they didn't name it the Rogers SkyDome was that, after Rogers Communications purchased the Stadium, Ted was willing to name it that. An advisor said to him "People will just refer to it as the SkyDome still" and the name was changed to Rogers Centre.. The funny thing is.. People STILL call it SkyDome regardless..

[@angelicajacobs584]

I enjoy the grafitti people write in the toilet and on signs inside "SKYDOME FOREVER"

[@sirjohneh]

which is why we have to spite the Roger and doubledown on just calling it Skydome - I chastise anyone around me who calls it by that he-that-should-never-be-named name

[@Gallalad1]

The Leafs are called the Leafs instead of the Leaves is because it isnt named after the leaf itself but an insignia used by Canadian soldiers during WW1 called the Maple Leaf. So in that context its plural is leafs not leaves.

[@wurker1466]

A wonderfully witty take on Toronto stadiums. All hail king Roger!

[@adamiafrate3434]

Big fan of the channel. So cool to see my city on here

[@Worldsportstalk24]

I love the stadiums of Toronto, great video. One I would like to add is not really a stadium but it has great history which is the baseball field at Christie Pits, which is the home field of the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team of the Intercounty baseball league. The team and league have some interesting history, like the fact that Babe Ruth hit his first pro home run in Toronto. Anyone interested in Baseball history should look it up.

[@stevendchu]

It is also known as a great hill to go tobogganing on in the winter, drinking in the summer, and where some homeless people live year round!

[@smokesletsgo2374]

The Intercounty Leafs that play today and the old minor league Leafs aren't the same team. That franchise is actually the Worchester Red Sox now, and the Intercounty team formed after the old Leafs left town

[@zacharyrauzino146]

Interesting note about York Lions Stadium. It was built to host the 2015 PAN AM games and prior to conversion to its current state, it used to have temporary seating all the way around with a capacity closer to 11,000 and actually looked quite impressive. Currently for York United FC Games, the far side features rows of premium seating, much like dugout seats from European football stadiums, and converted shipping containers that serve as luxary suites, with TVs, couches, food/drink service. Under the Scoreboard end, there is quite a large bleacher stand used by York United Support groups, and parked behind that is usually several foodtrucks on matchdays as well as several sponsorship activations and youth activities.

[@neilwhitaker6284]

it had bleachers all around? IN the late 80s and 90s only on the one side, the South side I believe. Did it still have the running track when the bleachers went all around?

[@IamReallySanta]

York never had bowl seating. U of T did though at Varsity

[@anthonychristopher9972]

Let's not forget Birchmount Stadium, the site of Maradona's only game in Canada. He played a single game for his brother's team, that being Toronto Italia.

[@diamonddog13]

Home of the Robbie

[@donaldpaluga]

Someone beat me to it by One Week😏

[@DequanClarke]

Had my track meets n football regional there 😅 SCARBOROUGH!! Ps new home of the Borough FC League 1 Ontario 👀

[@taylorverrall118]

Would love to see an equivalent video for Vancouver!

[@markbrown4039]

Maple Leaf Gardens remains a hockey shrine, which was why it was so important to keep hockey in the building. The supermarket on the lower levels features hockey-related art and Leafs memorabilia. Centre ice is marked by a dot on the market floor. Rogers Centre is rather sterile and not very user-friendly, but when the Blue Jays play well, the atmosphere is very intimidating. BMO Field sits on the site of the former Exhibition Stadium, home to the Argonauts and Jays. Exhibition was very ugly and uncomfortable. In late May you could freeze your arse off because of the breezes off Lake Ontario.

[@Worldsportstalk24]

I love BMO field, it's cold with the wind but idk, the atmosphere there is fantastic when it's more than 60% full

[@tomryan914]

'Arse?...Arse?'...Only 'Asses' that watch soccer (sorry, football) say 'Arse'! "You'll never WATCH alone..."

[@Hogtownboy1]

MLG the house that sexual abuse built.

[@adamwidmer1705]

Just as a FYI, at 2:20 the leafs name has nothing to do with actual leaves. The original owner, Conn Smythe, was a veteran in both world wars. The name is a nod to the Maple Leaf regiment in WWI.

[@watson956]

@adamwidmer1705 - good answer!

[@Astrostar21]

BANGER!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@gokingsgoful]

Every hockey fan always has this explanation holstered: the Leafs aren't the "Leaves" because they took their name from a military symbol. So "Maple Leaf" in this case is a proper noun, hence being pluralised with an "s" rather than "ves." Don't worry, EVERYBODY makes that exact same mistake when they first hear it.

[@neilwhitaker6284]

I have either competed or been a spectator in most of these except for the tennis stadium! Varsity stadium used to have a horseshoe shaped stand around three sides of the stadium and held about 22,000 people. Canada used to play a lot of its World Cup qualy matches there. I was there in 1985 when we played Costa Rica and drew 1-1. Later Canada went on to qualify for the WC for the first time! The Budweiser Stage used to be called the Ontario Place Amphitheater and the stage was in the centre of a bowl with bleacher seating nearly all around and the hill behind the bleachers for more sitting area. I saw the Spoons and the Temptations there in the 80s. Sometimes the stage would actually spin around slowly. At its current setup I saw Blur after they released Parklife with Ned's Atomic Dustbin opening. York Lions stadium used to have a track around it with metal bleachers on one side, it hosted many an OfSSAA and Ontario Track and Field Championships there. Ben Johnson and his crew used to train there a lot back in those days. Maple Leaf Gardens was an old barn with troughs for urinals but was a much better atmosphere than the ACC (which they call scotiabank arena or whatever I still call it the ACC). ACC is quite sterile. Cool kids still call the Skydome the Skydome, Rogers is a rip off cable tv and cellphone provider and nobody likes those guys. I left Toronto in 2011 because it had lost a lot of its old character and was no fun any longer, I could really see that around Lamport Stadium. That area was a little gritty when I was younger and now it looks like Liberty Village condo utopia. Like the ACC very sterile and corporate. edit: I saw the Eukanuba Super Dogs at the Coca Cola Coliseum just before the renovation at the Ex (Canadian National Exhibition), it is a beautiful old building, I'm glad they have done a nice job with that one.

[@marklittle8805]

The GTA doesn't have the size and grandeur of some American cities when it comes to sports. We have tons of hockey rinks however within the area naturally. But university/college sport isn't a thing here like it is in the US.

[@neilwhitaker6284]

@@marklittle8805 Dude, I saw Garth Hudson play at the El Mocambo!

[@tehDanielRuiz]

5:37 "It's main purpose though is, of course, ice hockey because Canada." The delivery is what makes the line

[@avi8078]

Stadiums/Arenas in Turin, Italy

[@Hogtownboy1]

Mattemy is now the home of the Professional women hockey League team. It is sold out every game

[@Styles8161]

Esther Shiner Stadium in North York and centennial park stadium in etobicoke are two of my faves in the Toronto area.

[@Hogtownboy1]

You must be very old. They are barebones high school quality playing space

[@higgy04]

And to quote Barenaked Ladies 'Birchmount Stadium, Home of the Robbie'.

[@sootchh4055]

Thanks for the Canadian content!

[@nothankyou7729]

"you must not upset roger. roger is infallible and all-powerful. you must love roger" this joke has been approved by the Canadian government

[@TheWill.Suttie45]

Missed St Mikes Arena

[@neilwhitaker6284]

oh yea forgot that one, its a beauty!

[@TheWill.Suttie45]

@@neilwhitaker6284 yeah I always thought of Saint Mike’s Arena as the blue version of Ted Reeves Arena

[@neilwhitaker6284]

@@TheWill.Suttie45 I had to look it up! I didn't go east of the DVP too often, grew up in Burlington :)

[@sportsmaster1364]

Could you do the stadiums of Edmonton, if individual Canadian cities are the idea? Even without the old Coliseum, there's a lot you could cover in this city, with our rich sports history!

[@Sarlat6]

Good video. I didn’t know about some of those venues. Just a note. The original Varsity Stadium was demolished about 20 years ago. I remember it going all the way around, or at least being both sides, and it held 15,000 or 20,000 people I think.

[@TillTheThrill19]

Toronto stands out as one of the very few cities in North America that offers a sports team in every major professional league. As well, Toronto plays a pivotal role in the growth and promotion of female sports, further solidifying its status as a sports city!

[@alistairlogie1815]

Lmao I just put on a random video to watch while eating but this was entertaining as hell. As we say in Canada, "Hell yeah bud. All hail rodger eh?"

[@grahamgiancola6477]

Thanks for including Toronto 🇨🇦🇨🇦🔥 great marketing for the 2026 FIFA World Cup!

[@angelicajacobs584]

Also a stadium that doesn't exist anymore in Toronto was the stadium on the island...Babe Ruth hit his first home run...out of the park into the lake!

[@KangaKucha]

It's give or take. I hope that Cricket makes a great game as well as Rugby. Canadian Football outwils the NFL :)

[@Hogtownboy1]

Unfortunately CFL is on life support. Maybe it will outlive me.

[@KangaKucha]

@@Hogtownboy1 wrong mate. Sure 2020 was cancelled (the only pro league to do), but it recovered and it's all good. 10 team is looking good. Snice the 80s it had been not good but it held.

[@Hogtownboy1]

@@KangaKucha i hoping you are right. I love the 3 down football. However. I dont know about the rest of the country but only 12 high schools out of 141 still have teams in the GTA

[@KangaKucha]

@@Hogtownboy1 Shooligs isnt so strong, especially NCAA Vs. U Sports (once it is now called)

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

How big is the Cricket, Skating and Curling club ground? Hosted a fair few India v Pakistan matches in the 90s

[@watson956]

It's not a stadium at all. It's a private club that has a cricket pitch and other facilities.

[@stuartstark]

Great video! Budweiser Stage isnt a stadium tho.

[@GeoguessrFC]

The Raptors playing at Rogers Center is wild, but that kind of venue sharing used to be much more common

[@xXePicSniiPeXx]

You should do “OJHL Arenas” there hasn’t been an updated one in forever!

[@mgraham81]

“I don’t know why they couldn’t just call it the Rogers Skydome.” Because when Rogers purchased the building they had to change the name in order to avoid also assuming the debt.

[@HanwhaEagles--TorontoBlueJays]

The best stadium in Toronto is the Rogers Center.

[@rickd438]

Scotiabank is the best one.

[@AnnetteR-nz6jx]

the stadiums of orlando

[@iplayfhorn]

Not to nit-pick, but you left out "Birchmount Stadium, Home Of The Robbie." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kmlynden1]

Seattle?

[@brenthooton3412]

I can only imagine how you would've reacted to Exhibition Stadium!!

[@noahanthonybrault2300]

Please do the stadiums and arenas of Boston next

[@TOTN17]

Lamport Stadium is also the training facility for the Argos.

[@subparnaturedocumentary]

toronto is a very cool and global city.

[@dylanfaraci8071]

Can you please do the stadiums and arenas of the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia)

[@PanamaRed626]

Whatever happened to Maple Leaf Stadium down by the docks I used to go watch baseball games there in the 50s between the Maple Leafs and Montreal Royals

[@silentbananatv8938]

can you make videos on allsvenskan stadiums

[@l.everetttalbottjr.275]

You gotta do the stadiums of the Oklahoma City metro area next.

[@angelicajacobs584]

The smell of horses in the Coliseum because the Horse Palace is next door along with the Toronto Police Horses. Pam Am held the gymnastics competition there. Also the first NBA game was played at Mattamy/Maple Leaf Gardens in 1946. NY Knickerbockers beat the Toronto Huskies 68-66.

[@brendaneverton5854]

If you’re looking for ideas there’s been a lot of teams moving around in college football and basketball. The Big 10 and Big 12 both have 4 new teams. I think the big 12 might have 7 new teams since you last did a video.

[@Loud_Mouth_Soup]

What about Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie?

[@johnnyboy830]

You missed the two OHL hockey venues CAA Centre and Paramount Fine Foods Centre both arenas are in the GTA

[@kiroolioneaver8532]

Forgot "Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie" lol jks

[@torontowoho]

The Mattamy Athletic Centre - the home of PWHL Toronto

[@bentley412litre]

Jsyk the rapters 905 dont play at Scotiabank Arena, they play at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Missisauga

[@Worldsportstalk24]

they sometimes play games at Scotiabank, same with the Marlies

[@laryygary8848]

DO NEW YORK, also REDO THE MLS AND USL PLSSS

[@Fionn-sw2sy]

2:20 the Leafs are called this because it's supposed to be a military badge of honor and they are spelt Leafs instead of leaves

[@tangoblue]

It’s still The Skydome.

[@maxstanko]

UofT mentioned!!!!!!!!

[@OldScratchJohnson]

Do Nashville

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

It's in the works.

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

Do Wellington, NZ.

[@epicmaen1q238]

All hail the almighty Roger's!

[@AnnetteR-nz6jx]

the stadiums of miami jackonsville tampa

[@andyperson7695]

Was that a Phil Kessel hotdog joke 0:42?!?

[@orangepenguin84]

As usual, a great video! I grew up near Toronto, so this one was particularly interesting to me. But I'm going to finally allow myself to be unfairly pedantic and say that when you say "with that being said" as you do at the start of many videos, you are using that phrase incorrectly: it doesn't mean "now that I've said that, I'm going to say something else"; it means something more like "however" or "on the other hand", to introduce a contradictory phrase. Sorry, I know most people don't care at all about that, it's just like nails on a chalkboard to me.

[@AnnetteR-nz6jx]

the stadiums of south portland

[@user-dq4ik4kc2c]

Montreal next

[@Hogtownboy1]

Ignore Montreal. Says this guy from Toronto. 😉.

[@sblack53]

Ted Rogers spent a lifetime selling cable TV, and put that money into putting his name on sports facilities everywhere.

[@AnnetteR-nz6jx]

the stadiums of winnipej

[@AnnetteR-nz6jx]

the stadiums of portland maine

[@martinbulavko1656]

Next Liiga Arenas 🇫🇮🏒

[@barontaylor7139]

Why does everything have to be named Scotiabank or Rogers?

[@smokesletsgo2374]

Because monopolies run this country, there's no competition

[@coachshawnkent397]

Unfortunately Toronto has over hyped BMO Feild . It's small and looks like crap considering it was built not too long ago. Lansdowne stadium 🏟️ is a eye sore as well. The Majority of Canadian stadiums are nothing but concrete or old buildings renovated. Yes Sky Dome looks great ...!

[@mugsys]

Hello I am from Pakistan!!! I cannot veet to take me and my Pakistani friends over to Toronto and immigrate there. 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

[@sampicano]

Toronto needs a new soccer stadium, BMO is insufficient. Toronto needs a huge football stadium to lure the NFL

[@TMBpk]

BMO Field is an embarrassment of a stadium….looks like they hired IKEA to build the thing. The fact they don’t even have seats on the north end is just hilariously sad. I have no clue why they decided to build such a small south stand and then erect the roof way high up - that makes no sense at all. Only the East stand they built makes sense, the west stand looks weird with the boxes and the roof. And whoever came up with the colour concept of having blue seats mixed it with red seats needs to be fired. Nothing about that stadium is aesthetically pleasing. The only upside is the actually PITCH itself looks world class….

[@user-kq5ke5yb6k]

Pretty lame for a "major" (LOL) city.

[@Hogtownboy1]

Most of the stadia except BMO and Scotiabank are very bad

[@neilwhitaker6284]

tennis one looks decent if you're into tennis.

[@Hogtownboy1]

@@neilwhitaker6284 you are right. I forgot. They are upgrading it to be a music venue. It is directly connected to the Subway

[@Worldsportstalk24]

Sobey's stadium is great on the inside, Rogers Centre since the new renovations is much better, the U of T stadiums and Mattamy while small are actually really nice. Coca Cola coliseum is great too. The only actually bad ones are York Lions and Lamport

[@Hogtownboy1]

@@Worldsportstalk24 until they fixed the outside of Skydome by planting ivy. It will be the ugliest exterior of any baseball stadium of the 20 I have visited

[@Worldsportstalk24]

@@Hogtownboy1 the exterior yeah is terrible, but who cares once you’re inside

[@jamescox7007]

These stadiums are the last of the large atenas to be built in Toronto. No one will put forth the capital, and public funds will not be used to build any. Bye-Bye Jay's and possible Leafs in the next 20 years

[@johnmorrison9758]

it is really pathetic for a city this size to have such lame stadiums. Unfortunately Canadians just do not support sports teams like they do in the US. Even college teams have stadiums that hold 100,000, while Canadian college teams get family members and school classmates only. Having a soccer world cup here will be embarrassing.

[@cost7569]

World Cup will cost a lot for only 6 games.