Canad Inns Stadium Articles

League Leading Lions Edge Last Place Bombers 20-17

League Leading Lions Edge Last Place Bombers 20-17

By Darrin Bauming (@DarrinBauming) WINNIPEG -- Moral victories don’t count for much when you’re in last place, but the Winnipeg Blue Bombers can definitely take some positives away from their 20-17 defeat at the hands of the B.C. Lions on Friday night at Canad Inns...

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Blue Bombers’ Fog Bowl Featured in New Stamp

Canada Post has come out with a new line of CFL stamps to commemorate special moments in league history and honour each team. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are featured in the 50th Grey Cup stamp, which went on sale nationwide August 16. Commemorating the game against the...

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Elliott, Turnovers Lift Blue Bombers Over Tabbies

Elliott, Turnovers Lift Blue Bombers Over Tabbies

By Darrin Bauming (@DarrinBauming) WINNIPEG -- It’s a simple equation; win the turnover battle, and you win football games. Thursday night the Winnipeg Blue Bombers dominated the turnover ratio 6:0 to capture their second win of the season — a 32-25 see-saw victory...

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Bombers Struggle in Loss to Alouettes

Bombers Struggle in Loss to Alouettes

By Darrin Bauming (@DarrinBauming) WINNIPEG -- Slow starts continue to be the Achilles heel of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and while the heavy rain just before kickoff definitely put a damper on things, the team recorded it’s ninth-consecutive regular season sellout in...

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Bombers Bringing Back Women’s Football Clinic

Bombers Bringing Back Women’s Football Clinic

The popular Women's Football Clinic is making a return to Canad Inns Stadium this fall. On October 21, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will run women through a series of on-field drills, and run defensive and offensive “chalk talk” with Blue Bomber coaches and alumni. A...

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0-4 is No More for Blue Bombers

0-4 is No More for Blue Bombers

By Darrin Bauming (@DarrinBauming) WINNIPEG -- Sometimes you need to be lucky to be good, and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were just good enough on Thursday night, edging the Edmonton Eskimos 23-22 to capture their first win of the season. “We battled through a ton of...

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Bombers Looking for Home-Opener Sellout

Bombers Looking for Home-Opener Sellout

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are looking for a sellout for Thursday's home-opener. So far, 27,000 tickets have been sold for the July 26 game at Canad Inns Stadium, but a sellout would tie a franchise record of eight consecutive game sellouts, a record that has stood for...

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Blue Bombers’ Home Opener Tickets Moving Fast

Blue Bombers’ Home Opener Tickets Moving Fast

The seats inside Canad Inns Stadium will be full on July 26 when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers host the Edmonton Eskimos in their regular season home opener. The football club revealed Tuesday that more than 25,000 tickets have already been sold for the end-of-the-month...

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Bombers Drop Final Preseason Tilt 26-25

Bombers Drop Final Preseason Tilt 26-25

By Darrin Bauming (@DarrinBauming) WINNIPEG -- It all came down to a 37-yard field goal attempt in the waning seconds to decide the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ final preseason game on Wednesday night, and 28,300 fans at Canad Inns Stadium left disheartened as rookie kicker...

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Blue Bombers to Remain in Old Stadium All Season

Blue Bombers to Remain in Old Stadium All Season

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will spend the entire 2012 season in Canad Inns Stadium after continuous weather delays has made moving into Investors Group Field by September implausible. "It is with great disappointment that we are making this announcement today, however...

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Blue Bombers Flip-Flop on Cowbell Policy

Blue Bombers Flip-Flop on Cowbell Policy

By Sarah Klein The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have changed their tune when it comes to allowing cowbells into Canad Inns Stadium. After word came Monday that fans would no longer be permitted to use cowbells and homemade noisemakers at games, Twitter became aflutter. The...

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Bomber Fans Can Test Their Skills at Free Clinic

Bomber Fans Can Test Their Skills at Free Clinic

Football fans will have a chance to put their skills to the test on Saturday at Canad Inns Stadium. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are inviting fans down to training camp from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., and then asking them to stick around and play on the turf. Fans will be...

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