Notable Milestones
Taylor Field /Mosaic Stadium

Playing against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Saskatchewan wins on their home turf, 45-23. Photo: Aerial shot of Mosaic Stadium during the 101st Grey Cup

The City of Regina Pipe Band joins Paul McCartney onstage to perform “Mull of Kintyre”. Photo: Stage shot of Paul McCartney at Mosaic Stadium

In Season 1, Episode 5, contestants of The Amazing Race Canada visit Taylor Field and complete a “Detour” by either catching a touchdown pass and kicking a field goal or performing cheerleading choreography.

Preliminary construction begins in early 2014, and is expected to be completed by 2017. Photo: Mayor Fougere announces plans for the new stadium, July 14, 2012

Kid Rock opens the concert. Bon Jovi films the live music video for “This Is Our House”.

Tickets sell out in less than an hour.

Playing against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Toronto, Saskatchewan wins 23-19.

The original concert, scheduled for October 8, sells out so quickly that a second concert is announced for October 6. This concert also sells out in less than an hour, and these concerts together become the highest grossing concert event in Canadian history. Three Days Grace opens the concert. Photo: Stage shot of the Rolling Stones at Mosaic Stadium

The Saskatchewan Roughriders and The Mosaic Company enter a naming rights deal, but retain the original name of the field. Thus, the field remains “Taylor Field” while the facilities become “Mosaic Stadium”.

Taylor Field serves as the Summer Games’ field hockey venue. Photo: Torch lighting ceremony for the Games, held at Taylor Field

50,909 are in attendance to see the Edmonton Eskimos defeat the Montreal Alouettes, 34-22. Bryan Adams and Sam Roberts perform at the halftime show. Photo: The 91st Grey Cup ticket package and schedule

Photo: Taylor Field during turf replacement, 2000

52,064 are in attendance to see the Baltimore Stallions defeat the Calgary Stampeders 37-20, the only time an American team would win the Grey Cup. Jack Semple performs at the halftime show. Photo: Aerial shot of Taylor Field before the 83rd Grey Cup

The west side press box is renovated, resulting in new club seating. The east side press box and club seating is built.

Photo: A Media Release for the 1993 Blue Jays game at Taylor Field

Playing in Toronto against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Saskatchewan wins 43-40. Photo: Fan with Saskatchewan flag at 77th Grey Cup

25,676 are in attendance.

Photo: October 28, 1979 game against B.C. Lions

At a cost of approximately $9M, the west grandstand gets additional seating on the main level, the addition of the second level, and new offices and dressing room facilities. This expansion adds 8,500 seats, bringing seating capacity to 27,606. Photo: Construction on grandstand, 1978

At a cost of $240,000, the east concrete grandstand gets an addition, adding 1,499 seats, the remainder of Section 24, and the entirety of Sections 22 and 23. Seating capacity is now at almost 21,000.

Playing in Vancouver against the Ottawa Rough Riders, Saskatchewan wins 29-14. Photo: Miss Saskatchewan Roughrider contestants at Taylor Field sometime in the late-1960s

At a cost of $179,000, the east concrete grandstand gets an addition, adding the remainder of Section 26 and the entirety of Sections 27 and 28. Seating capacity is now at 19,195.

At a cost of $160,000, a concrete grandstand is added on the east side, adding 4,600 seats and most of Sections 24, 25, and 26. This means the end of baseball at Taylor Field, and some of the bleacher seating from the east side is moved to Currie Field. Photo: Baseball diamond at Taylor Field, 1959

2,100 new bleacher seats are added on the east side, bringing seating capacity to over 15,000. Photo: Grandstand under construction at Taylor Field, 1978

New wooden bleachers are installed, bringing seating capacity to 13,083. The floodlights are added at a cost of $60,000.

Seats are added in 1950 and 1951. By November, 1951, attendance has risen to 12,363, though this does not indicate the number of seats in Taylor Field as spectators are permitted to sit and stand on the sidelines. Five rows of seats are added to the concrete grandstand in 1952. Photo: Aerial view of Taylor Field, 1951

At a cost of $47,000, a concrete grandstand is added on the west side, bringing capacity to 8,700 seats.

After the clubs in Moose Jaw and Saskatoon fold, the Regina Roughriders become a team that belongs to the province. Around the same time, an executive finds green and white jerseys on sale while in Chicago and the Roughriders adopt Kelly green as their official colour, replacing their previous red and black colours. (Saskatchewan Roughriders: First 100 Years, Calder et. al.) Photo: 18-month old Bobby Kramer sporting the new team name while greeting the team on their way to the 1951 Grey Cup in Toronto

Following the death of Neil J. "Piffles" Taylor, an integral member of the Roughriders for three decades, city council renames Park de Young to "Taylor Field" in his honour. Photo: Taylor, from the Regina Boat Club Rugby Team's 1921 composite

Regina Recreation Board approves seeding the field to improve the playing surface. Before this, the playing surface consisted only of topsoil; when wet, it resembled a “giant custard pudding” and, when dry, fans often had to wait for the dust to settle to see the results of a play. Grandstand at north-east corner and bleachers on south and west sides add seating for 5,000. Baseball continues to be played there, as a baseball diamond is located behind a set of stands. (Saskatchewan Roughriders: First 100 Years, Calder et. al.)

Photo: Float in parade for the first Victory Loan campaign, Regina, May 29, 1941

Park Hughes/Park de Young's updates include new seating to accommodate growing crowds and a new press box with facilities for radio broadcasts of games. Photo: The 1934 Regina Roughrider Football Club team

Photo: July 2, 1935 edition of the Leader-Post

Photo: A typical "Dust Bowl" scene, c. 1930s

Leaving Park Hughes/Park de Young, the Regina Roughrider Football Club resumes playing at the Exhibition Grounds, where they will remain until 1935.

To provide a better venue for players and fans, the fence between the two parks is removed and the field laid diagonally during football games. The rest of the time, the parks are maintained separately. Seating and parking are added.

First mentioned casually in the Leader, “Roughriders” soon becomes the preferred term for the Regina Rugby Club despite a lack of any official decision. The term has several meanings, though it is unclear which was intended in this case. The Ottawa “Rough Riders” referred to the lumberjacks who rode logs down the Ottawa River, “Roosevelt’s Rough Riders” were an American cavalry regiment under the future President’s command, and “rough riders” was a common term in the early west for the horsemen who broke horses. It is most likely that the Regina Roughriders were inspired by this last example, though others have argued that American ex-patriots on the team were paying tribute to their roots by referencing Teddy Roosevelt. (Saskatchewan Roughriders: First 100 Years, Calder et. al.)

Playing in Toronto against Queen’s University, the Regina Rugby Club loses 54-0.

After renovations to enclose the park and add bleachers, the Regina Rugby Club relocates to Park Hughes from the Exhibition Grounds for the 1921 season.

Dominion Park having been torn down in 1918, the Regina Rugby Club plays at the Exhibition Grounds. Photo: The grandstand at the Exhibition Grounds, overlooking where the Regina Rugby Club will play, c. 1910

Photo: HRH, the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) at the Great War Veterans' Association Home, October 8, 1919

These parks, and the land on which they are built, are the forerunners of Taylor Field. Photo: An unidentified Regina baseball team from the early 1900s

Photo: W.M. Graham, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with soldiers from the File Hills who fought in World War I, 1914-1915

Just before 5:00 p.m. green funnel clouds form and one touches down south of the city. Proceeding to travel north, the cyclone grows to 150 meters in width before reaching the city limits, where it rips through southern residential area, the downtown business district, the warehouse district and northern residential area before finally dissipating. Damaging and destroying around 500 buildings and resulting in 28 fatalities, hundreds of injuries, and leaving 2,500 homeless, the cyclone is still today considered the worst in Canadian history. Photo: Men walk past a cyclone-damaged home

In the Sept. 6, 1910 edition of the Morning Leader, a modest piece on the sports page notes that a meeting will be held at City Hall on Sept. 13 with the purpose of forming a rugby club. Though originally planned as a rowing club, this meeting results in the founding of the Regina Rugby Club, who will eventually become the Saskatchewan Roughriders. As teams are made up of amateur players at this time, the club includes farmers, lawyers, engineers, salesmen, construction workers, and even a train engineer with the CPR. The team plays at Dominion Park until 1916, when they take a hiatus during WWI (Saskatchewan Roughriders: First 100 Years, Calder et. al.)

Photo: Mayor Peter McAra travelling to celebration in honour of Regina becoming Saskatchewan's capital

Photo: Military service in Victoria Park to celebrate provincial inauguration

Photo: Laying the cornerstone at City Hall, 1906

Photo: Pile-of-Bones as a tent city during early days of settlement