Investors Group Field

Horrible location for a Winnipeg’s sports team
Will take you almost 20 minutes to buy a beer and almost 10 minutes just to go to the bathroom.
The concourse is VERY small.
What a waste of money. Should have kept it by polo park

At the stadium this past weekend for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and had a blast. It was a solid venue. The city and the staff put forth a great venue, and everything from the parking situation to the public transit to the stadium were well done. Stadium and location are beautiful, that’s for sure.
I won’t complain about the FIFA stuff too much, as they’re going to get a separate email shortly, but, the stadium itself had some amazing sight lines to the game, it was open and the breezes were flowing through very nicely on a hot summer day, and the place has enough bathrooms for the capacity crowd.
However, the concourse is VERY cramped. At halftime, it’s butts to nuts kind of packed where you’re hard pressed to a guard rail on the edge if you want to stand up there. This is a mix of the food vendor’s lines going deep into the concourse, and they just aren’t very wide around the sides of the stadium. That made it a very irritating situation.
Food wasn’t overly good, wasn’t bad, and wasn’t over priced — shockingly.
I won’t get into the merchandise situation too much here, as I’m not sure if that’s a FIFA thing or the stadium, but, it was terrible. Awful lines and worse yet, awful staff doing nothing about it.
Worse yet, it was almost 90 out, and only a couple of drinking fountains/​refill stations for water bottles made things brutal. I shit you not, we stood in line for over an hour just to refill a water bottle. No exaggeration, and no over estimate. It was a solid freaking hour between the Australia/​Nigeria match and the US/​Sweden match. Just terrible.
Overall, it was a good venue location, but, definitely needed some client service help in order to make it a better fan experience from line control to simply having more water stations on a day where people literally passed out from heat exhaustion (not kidding, the EMTs were busy on this day with people — at least twice we seen EMTs working on someone who fainted).
Sticking with the ratings, I’ve experienced way better stadium/​arena service environments. Beautiful place, easy to get to and find, but, the in stadium experience was totally forgettable and took away from an incredible event, which you never want an arena or stadium to do.

I can’t believe there is only one review here. As a huge CFL fan, I just had to come out and see what this stadium had to offer, and made the trip from Calgary in November 2013, coincidentally seeing an old Army buddy and his family in the process.
I have been to games at McMahon, Commonwealth Field, and here, so I can’t say that this is the best stadium in Canada — particularly with Tim Hortons in Hamilton and TD Place in Ottawa newly opened, but I can say that I was extremely impressed with the facility and think it has to be a world class arena, particularly for Canadian football.
Most importantly, perhaps, is what the Winnipeg fans bring to the stadium. I am a Stampeders fan, but really am a fan of the whole league and have a great deal of respect for the Winnipeggers who come out and make the building rock for every home game. I was very happy to come out and sit with some very enthusiastic Blue Bomber fans and it is they who make the stadium a living and vibrant place to go. The design of the stadium certainly helps, much like the stadium in Seattle, with the curved roof sections that channel the noise and energy back down into the stands.
A great place to experience CFL football.

«Get to the game EARLY to get best parking!»
Investors Group Field is home for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL), U of Manitoba Bisons football team, and the Winnipeg Rifles (Can. Junior Football League).
It’s also going to be one of the venues for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup!
No cover as of yet, but when the winter rolls around, IGF is covered and can be used for recreational games/​training/​concerts. There are many food and drink venues and the facility boasts wheelchair accessibility. That said, my mother has mobility issues (a walker) and has been a season ticket holder for over 20 years (same seats), and when IGF opened, she and my dad had to change seats to accommodate her. She says the accessible area isn’t as primo as what she and dad are used to, so that’s a bummer and a disappointment.
The larger seats are sweet. Though I’m a shorty and don’t need the leg room, I’m told by my tallo friends that the increased leg room is appreciated.
I LOVE the giant HD Boards — makes everything on the screen, and indeed the event (whether it’s sport or live entertainment), seem so important!
I love that there are a lot of food and venues to choose from, but I miss being able to bring in my own Twizzlers and pop. If you bring food and drink, be prepared to be searched at the door, and to lose your goods. And don’t imagine for a second you can get away with sneaking something in. My parents and their friends, who brought snacks because they have diet restrictions, had their food and drinks taken and thrown out before their eyes!
In my opinion, taking restricted diet snacks from an older adult is on the same level as taking candy from a baby (though you might have a bigger fight). Not cool IGF.