Seating
The stadium has permanent seating for over 60,000, but can hold more with temporary seating. On September 26, 2009, the record for largest crowd to attend a regular-season Eskimos home game was set at 62,517 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The second largest crowd in stadium history was the Grey Cup game on November 28, 2010, with 63,317 in attendance. The largest crowd was an estimated 65,000 for the U2 360° Tour concert on June 1, 2011.
Commonwealth Stadium is divided into 2 levels: Lower and Upper deck. The Lower deck has rows numberd 1–45(A and B); the Upper deck has rows numbered 46–84. Covered areas are: Westside row 36–45B and Eastside rows 38–45B. There is no smoking in the stadium. Section C in the lower deck is non-alcohol (for Edmonton Eskimos games only). Double-letter sections in the lower deck are bench seating. The home bench is on west side (for Edmonton Eskimos games only). The scoreboard can be seen on both ends. Replays are broadcast on the north end.
The stadium is the second largest in permanent capacity in Canada, after Montreal's Olympic Stadium.
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