# Shell Place

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{{Short description|Sports complex in Fort McMurray, Alberta}}
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thumb|upright=1.4|Shell Place and SMS Equipment Stadium at MacDonald Island in Fort McMurray
'''SMS Equipment Place''' is a sports, recreation and mixed use complex in [Fort McMurray](/source/Fort_McMurray), [Alberta](/source/Alberta), which includes '''SMS Equipment Stadium at Shell Place''', a multi-purpose stadium and performance venue, '''Legacy Dodge Field''', a softball and baseball tournament facility, as well as a field house, badminton centre, non-profit and meeting spaces, and recreation trail.

Shell Place is a $127 million addition to the preexisting MacDonald Island Park. SMS Equipment Stadium has close to 5,000 fixed seats.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.yourmcmurraymagazine.com/features/176-inside-shell-place-2013-08 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141109170924/http://www.yourmcmurraymagazine.com/features/176-inside-shell-place-2013-08 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 9, 2014 |title=Inside Shell Place |last=Wells |first=Theresa |magazine=Your McMurray Magazine |access-date=9 November 2014 |date=22 August 2013}}</ref>

The stadium hosted "[Northern Kickoff](/source/List_of_neutral_site_Canadian_Football_League_games)", a June 13, 2015 season-opening exhibition game between the [Canadian Football League](/source/Canadian_Football_League) teams [Edmonton Eskimos](/source/Edmonton_Eskimos) and the [Saskatchewan Roughriders](/source/Saskatchewan_Roughriders), the first major sporting event held at the new facility as well as the most northerly outdoor professional football game in history.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2014/10/19/turf-installed-at-shell-place |title=Turf installed at Shell Place |date=19 October 2014 |work=[Fort McMurray Today](/source/Fort_McMurray_Today) |access-date=9 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109184951/http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2014/10/19/turf-installed-at-shell-place |archive-date=9 November 2014}}</ref> In a last-minute addition to the [2015 CFL schedule](/source/2015_CFL_season), the [Toronto Argonauts](/source/Toronto_Argonauts) hosted a regular season home game against the Eskimos at Shell Place on June 27 of the same year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2015/02/13/no-joke-cfl-schedule-takes-turn-for-bizarre-in-2015 |title=No joke, CFL schedule takes turn for bizarre in 2015 |date=13 February 2015 |first=Kirk |last=Penton |newspaper=[Winnipeg Sun](/source/Winnipeg_Sun) |via=[Toronto Sun](/source/Toronto_Sun) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214060939/http://www.torontosun.com/2015/02/13/no-joke-cfl-schedule-takes-turn-for-bizarre-in-2015 |archive-date=14 February 2015}}</ref>

The [North American Soccer League](/source/North_American_Soccer_League_(2011%E2%80%932017))'s [FC Edmonton](/source/FC_Edmonton) played two regular season games at Shell Place during the [2015 NASL season](/source/2015_North_American_Soccer_League_season). On July 5, the host Eddies faced the [San Antonio Scorpions](/source/San_Antonio_Scorpions) for the Wood Buffalo Cup, named for the [Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo](/source/Regional_Municipality_of_Wood_Buffalo). On August 2, FC Edmonton played Canadian rivals [Ottawa Fury FC](/source/Ottawa_Fury_FC).<ref>{{cite press release |title=FC Edmonton To Play Two NASL League Games At Fort McMurray |url=http://www.nasl.com/news/2015/01/28/eddies-to-play-two-league-games-at-fort-mcmurray |website=www.nasl.com |publisher=[North American Soccer League](/source/North_American_Soccer_League_(2011%E2%80%932017)) |access-date=3 February 2020 |date=28 January 2015}}</ref>

Due to the [2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire](/source/2016_Fort_McMurray_Wildfire), the [Fort McMurray Giants](/source/Fort_McMurray_Giants) played their inaugural home games in Edmonton, and returned to Shell Place on June 29.<ref>{{cite press release |title=GIANTS ARE {{sic|CO|MMING|nolink=y}} HOME!!!!!! |url=https://fortmcmurraygiants.ca/giants-are-comming-home/ |website=fortmcmurraygiants.ca |publisher=Fort McMurray Giants |access-date=3 February 2020 |date=22 June 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.macdonaldisland.ca/shell-place}}

{{FC Edmonton}}

Category:Buildings and structures in Fort McMurray
Category:FC Edmonton sports facilities
Category:North American Soccer League (2011–2017) stadiums
Category:Soccer venues in Alberta
Category:Baseball venues in Alberta
Category:Canadian football venues

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