OPENING OF THE OUTDOOR COURTS

We would like to inform you that we will be opening our outdoor pitches from this Friday, April 12, 2024.

Please find below our calendar to follow the opening hours of our outdoor courts.

Our booking policy and rates are available here: https: / https://stadeiga.com/en/playing-tennis/

To accompany the opening of our outdoor courts, we would like to remind you that we offer our users the possibility of purchasing a Accès Montréal Summer Pass at the Stade IGA reception desk.

When you check in, before your playing time, if one of the two registered players has the Package, the court will be at 50% of the Accès Montréal rate on our price list.

If both players have the package, the court fee will be $0.

Please note that this package is valid and usable only if an Accès Montréal card is associated with your profile on our reservation site. If your card has expired, the benefits of the package will not be offered despite its purchase.

To update your Accès Montréal card, you must present it to us directly at the reception desk or e-mail a photo to receptionstadeiga@tenniscanada.com.

If players fail to check in with our reception team, the price of the pitch will remain at the basic rate, as will the cancellation fee.

This package is only available for outdoor court reservations.

We thank you for your patience and wish you a great summer on our outdoor courts.

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 IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE IGA STADIUM

Dear users,

Please take note of this important update regarding the indoor tennis courts at IGA Stadium.

As you might have seen in the news, starting in 2025, the National Bank Open will become one of the seven biggest tournaments on the ATP and WTA Tours. Previously a seven-day main draw event, the tournament will expand to a 12-day format and will therefore grow from a 56-player field to a draw size of 96 players. This is fantastic news for Canadian tennis, particularly for the cities of Toronto and Montreal who get to host this terrific event.  

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE: EXCITING CHANGES AHEAD AT IGA STADIUM

As a result of having more players and staff on-site as of 2025, the ATP and WTA Tours have made it a requirement for us to add more space to our indoor facility at the stadium in order to accommodate the players’ needs during the event. To comply with this directive and optimize the Jacqueline L. Boutet Pavillion’s layout at IGA Stadium, the operations team at Tennis Canada found a creative way to add the newly required space: by building a mezzanine with two levels above Court 1. 

While the addition of the mezzanine creates an extra 15,000 square feet, it will come at the cost of the removal of an indoor tennis court. We are aware that we are losing a valuable resource, however, we want to reassure our users that the space beneath the mezzanine will still be accessible to the public. We are currently exploring creating mini-tennis courts with the objective of engaging more deeply with the racquet sport community and giving more people the opportunity to enjoy the facility all year long. 

We can expect some challenges with regard to court availability over the next few months, but we will monitor the situation closely and make sure we maximise the use of all courts. Also, outdoor courts will remain open for as long as possible until winter weather arrives. Construction of the mezzanine will begin on August 28.

The construction of the mezzanine will be possible thanks to a major fund of $10 million that Tennis Canada received for the National Bank Open in Montreal from the Government of Canada’s Major Festivals and Events Support Initiative (MFESI), specifically through the Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED). This investment, announced on the eve of the 2022 National Bank Open, will prove crucial in supporting various tournament enhancements over the coming years, such as infrastructure upgrades to accommodate more fans and improvements to product offerings. 

A FEW PHOTOS OF THE MEZZANINE – A PREVIEW!

 IGA Stadium can provide you with free used tennis balls. Write at receptionstadeiga@tenniscanada.com and specify what quantity is needed.

IGA Stadium is proud to be a member of the Accès Montréal program and a partner of the City of Montreal.