Calgary's McMahon Stadium to host the 2026 Grey Cup

Calgary will host the 113th Grey Cup when the CFL championship game is held in 2026, league commissioner Randy Ambrosie announced on Friday.

The game is scheduled to be held at McMahon Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026.

"It is a city that is renowned for its hospitality and its ability to throw a good party," Ambrosie said. "We are looking forward to one of the great Grey Cup parties of all time."

Ambrosie made the announcement Friday at McMahon alongside Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek, Calgary Sports and Entertainment president and CEO Robert Hayes, Calgary Stampeders president Jay McNeil and Alberta Minister of Tourism and Sport Joseph Schow.

The event will mark the sixth time that Calgary has hosted the game, after it was previously played at McMahon in 1975, 1993, 2000, 2009 and 2019.

McNeil announced that Stampede Park will host a Grey Cup Festival through the week leading up to the game, with plans for a series of concerts to run each night. He added that another Grey Cup Rodeo, which was included ahead of the 2019 Grey Cup, is also being planned for 2026.

This year's championship game is scheduled for Nov. 17 at B.C. Place in Vancouver. The CFL's division finals are set for this weekend with the Toronto Argonauts battling the Montreal Alouettes, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders taking on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The two winners of these games will face off at B.C. Place a week later.

When Calgary hosted the Grey Cup in 2019, Ambrosie called for the city to begin discussing plans to replace McMahon Stadium, saying it "is not up to the standards of modern sport." He also said at the time that he'd like to say 2019 would be the last time the league would host a Grey Cup at McMahon. 

The aging stadium opened in 1960. On