TORONTO \u2013 As Toronto welcomes the world to BMO Field next summer when the city plays host to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the Toronto Argonauts\u2019 2026 home schedule will be adjusted to accommodate the major event. BMO Field, which has been undergoing renovations for the biggest soccer event in the world since last November, will host several World Cup games during the first half of the Argonauts 2026 season.<\/p>\n
While the Boatmen\u2019s home turf is transformed into a global soccer stage, the team will play one home game each in Regina\u2019s Mosaic Stadium against the Roughriders, Hamilton\u2019s Hamilton Stadium against the Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg\u2019s Princess Auto Stadium against the Blue Bombers. These regular season \u201chome\u201d games will be spread across the team\u2019s temporary homes until the FIFA World Cup concludes and BMO Field is retrofitted back to CFL standards. Toronto\u2019s remaining home dates will be weighted in favour of the second half of their season to ensure Double Blue fans can restore home-field advantage and get behind their team as playoff season approaches.<\/p>\n
\u201cHosting the FIFA World Cup, the largest sporting event in the world, is a tremendous honour for our city and the tournament will leave a lasting legacy that will benefit Toronto and our communities for generations,\u201d said Chris Shewfelt, Vice President, Business Operations, MLSE. \u201cOne of those benefits will be the enhancements made to BMO Field and we look forward to that having a positive impact for the Argos and the team\u2019s fans in the years ahead. We are grateful for the support of the Canadian Football League and all Argos fans as the schedule is adjusted to accommodate the tournament and know that this exciting moment will be one that we can all be very proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo our incredible fans in Toronto: your passion and loyalty mean the world to us. This temporary move is about showcasing our city and stadium to the world \u2014 and when we return, it\u2019ll be with even more energy, excitement and noise!\u201d said Michael \u2018Pinball\u2019 Clemons, Toronto Argonauts General Manager.<\/p>\n
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will take place in Canada, the United States and Mexico from June 11\u00a0to July 26, 2026 with BMO Field hosting six games from June 12 to July 2. World Cup matches in Canada will also be played at BC Place in Vancouver, which will also require the Lions\u2019 home schedule being adjusted.<\/p>\n
The Argos will announce further 2026 ticketing information and details at a later date. The full 2026 CFL schedule will be shared in the offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 As Toronto welcomes the world to BMO Field next summer when the city plays host to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-447134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}