Sport in Edmonton

Though all of the stadiums in the league were bigger than Telus Field, the Trappers would finish 10 out of the 16 teams in attendance.

The first was the Chicago White Sox, then the Anaheim Angels, Florida Marlins, Oakland Athletics, Minnesota Twins, and the Montreal Expos were the Trappers last parent club before the two teams moved together in the same year.

These players included Miguel Tejada, Randy Knorr, Jason Giambi and many others.

The Edmonton Stingers began play in 2019 as a founding team of the Canadian Elite Basketball League.

Commonwealth Stadium is home to the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League.

Wayne Gretzky, considered by many to be the greatest ice hockey player ever, played with the Edmonton Oilers from 1979 to 1988.

Several big-time NHL names come from Edmonton and the surrounding area, such as Mike Comrie, Jarome Iginla, Ray Whitney and Fernando Pisani.

Edmonton is the only Canadian city with two teams in the semi-professional National Ringette League.

FC Edmonton went into hiatus after the NASL folded, before joining the newly formed Canadian Premier League in 2018.

The Grads defeated most American, European and Olympic challengers and compiled a record of 502 wins vs. 20 losses over 25 years, from 1915 until they disbanded in 1940 at the outbreak of the Second World War.

From August 31 to September 17, 2006, Edmonton hosted the Women's Rugby World Cup with 12 international teams taking part for the title.

Commonwealth Stadium also played host to some of the games in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

RE/MAX Field is a baseball stadium used by the Edmonton Riverhawks
The Stingers celebrate their first CEBL championship in 2020
Commonwealth Stadium during a game between the Edmonton Eskimos (later renamed the Elks) and the Toronto Argonauts
Fans inside Rogers Place prior to a game between the Edmonton Oilers and San Jose Sharks
Game between the Canadian and Chinese women's national soccer teams during the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup