Facts and Figures
- On July 18, 1958, Richard Petty made the first of 1,184 starts in NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup) competition in a race at the grandstand - entitled the 1958 Jim Mideon 500.
- The stadium was featured on a Season 4 Route 66 episode titled "A Long Way from St. Louie" which first aired on December 6, 1963. While on a helicopter tour over downtown Toronto, Tod Stiles and Linc Case (Martin Milner and Glenn Corbett, respectively) spot a quintet of girl musicians (two were played by Lynda Day and Jessica Walter), who were stranded in the city, sleeping on the benches in the covered north grandstand.
- In 1982, the 70th Grey Cup game held at the stadium had the largest number of television viewers in Canadian history, with 7,862,000. The record has since been broken.
- The Jacksons performed three concerts at the stadium on October 5, 6 and 7, 1984 during their Victory Tour.
- In 1985, the first Game 7 in the history of the American League Championship Series was played at the stadium. The Blue Jays lost to the Kansas City Royals, 6–2.
- On August 28, 1986, the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment) held a live show at the stadium known as The Big Event. A then record crowd of 61,470 fans saw Hulk Hogan defeat "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff by disqualification in the main event to retain the WWF Championship.
- Metallica and Guns N' Roses brought the Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour on September 13, 1992, with Faith No More as their opening act.
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