Delorimier Stadium

Delorimier Stadium seen here in 1950. Ontario Street East runs behind the first base side, and De Lorimier Avenue runs along the third base side.[1]

Delorimier Stadium (French pronunciation: [dəlɔʁimje]; also known as Montreal Stadium, Hector Racine Stadium and Delorimier Downs) was a 20,000-seat sports stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was located at 2101 Ontario Street East, at the corner of De Lorimier Avenue in the present-day Montreal borough of Ville-Marie.[citation needed] The stadium was home to the Montreal Royals of the International League, as the top farm club of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1928 to 1960. The stadium was additionally home to the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1946 to 1953. The site of the former stadium is now occupied by École des Métiers des Faubourgs-de-Montréal, a trade school.

  1. ^ Google Maps aerial of area For reference, the distinctive twinned L-shaped buildings at the corner of Rue Larivière and Rue Parthenais in the 1950 aerial are still standing in modern aerial photographs.