Jarry Park
Montreal, Canada

Jarry Park became home to the Montreal Expos in 1969, after MLB awarded the Montreal area a baseball team in 1968. At first a 25,000 seat stadium was chosen for the team to begin playing in, but that idea was

dropped after the city declined to spend \$7 million on the stadium. A 3,000 seat stadium called Jarry Park was selected as the spot for the team to play at until a new stadium could be built. Montreal’s Mayor Jean Drapeau ensured that the ballpark seating could be increased to 30,000. Opening day came on April 14, 1969 when over 29,000 fans filled Jarry Park. One tier of seating extended from the right field foul pole to home plate, and to the left field foul pole. Bleacher seating was located in left field. A scoreboard was located behind the outfield fence, which was made up of wire, in right field. The Expos had thought that they would have been in a new stadium by 1972, but that turned out to be untrue. By 1974, their was talk of possibly revoking the franchise because a new stadium had not been built. However, Montreal was awarded the Olympics for 1976, and a new stadium was built. The Expos played their last game at Jarry Park on September 26, 1976, and moved into Olympic Stadium in 1977. Today, Jarry Park is still used as a major venue for concerts, exhibitions and professional tennis matches.