IGA Stadium

Country Canada
City Montréal
Client Ville de Montréal / Tennis Canada
Year 2011

In the mid-1990s, Tennis Canada and the City of Montréal made the decision to provide Montrealers with permanent tennis facilities.

Complying with the highest international standards and accessible for hosting international tennis tournaments, these facilities also help promote tennis to the general public. In 1992, the former Montréal Expos baseball stadium at Jarry Park was transformed into a world-class complex in record time, between two annual tennis tournaments. Since then, two important redevelopment phases have been completed.

Phase I – 1996
Centre court has 10,500 seats, and is supported by 12 outdoor courts, an indoor centre that operates year round with eight indoor tennis courts, locker rooms, franchises, services rooms and 900 parking spaces. In addition to the sports facilities there is an administrative centre that houses the offices of Tennis Canada, Tennis Québec and City of Montréal.

Interior of IGA Stadium, view of a tennis court

Phase II — 2004
With the growing success of the ITF tournaments held each year at the IGA Stadium, the existing facilities were no longer able to meet demand. As a result, they were expanded and redeveloped, in order to:

-Make the facilities of court no.1 permanent and increase the seating capacity to 7000 seats
-Expand the indoor centre by adding four new indoor courts
-Accommodate the addition of seven outdoor courts in preparation for the Davis Cup
-Redevelop Jarry Park green spaces

Phase III — 2011
Improvement of sports and media facilities:

-New press box to accommodate larger media presence and current coverage standards
-Creation of a pit the length of the court to accommodate up to 30 photographers
-Installation of lighting for cameras in order to comply with new international standards for TV
-Restoration of sky lounges for players and international representatives
-New reception structure for secondary stadium
-Addition of four indoor clay courts