{"id":756355,"date":"2026-06-23T18:25:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/756355\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T18:25:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:25:29","slug":"tennis-canada-planning-new-montreal-stadium-to-keep-pace-with-wta-atp-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/756355\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Canada planning new Montreal stadium to keep pace with WTA, ATP standards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennis Canada plans to \u201cbuild a new centre-court stadium with a retractable roof in Montreal as part of a major modernization of its facilities at Jarry Park,\u201d according to Daniel Rainbird of the CP. Tennis Canada said that the project is \u201cnecessary to keep pace with rising standards on the professional tours.\u201d Rainbird notes the announcement comes after the organization conducted a \u201cyear-long feasibility study examining options for the long-term future of the National Bank Open in Montreal.\u201d National Bank Open Tournament Dir Val\u00e9rie T\u00e9treault indicated that the proposed project would include \u201cincreasing the venue\u2019s capacity to approximately 15,000 seats,\u201d while \u201cadding up to four practice courts and a match court.\u201d Rainbird notes the aging IGA Stadium holds 11,991. Tennis Canada said that the next steps include \u201cdetermining the construction timeline, estimated costs and how the project will be funded.\u201d The organization added that it has \u201calready begun discussions with all three levels of government about potential funding.\u201d Rainbird notes Tennis Canada is \u201ctargeting the site of an existing baseball field west of the practice courts for the new venue,\u201d allowing the tournament to \u201ccontinue at its current facility during construction.\u201d T\u00e9treault has stated that Montreal\u2019s facilities \u201csit \u2018pretty much at the bottom of the list\u2019\u201d among 1000-level tournaments. She said that the ATP and WTA \u201chaven\u2019t issued an ultimatum to keep the tournament in Montreal,\u201d but both tours have \u201crequested an action plan outlining how the facilities will be modernized\u201d (CP, 6\/23<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tennis Canada plans to \u201cbuild a new centre-court stadium with a retractable roof in Montreal as part of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,77,82,593],"class_list":["post-756355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-international","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756355","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=756355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}