"Seagram Stadium" was built for the University of Waterloo in 1957 with a $250,000 donation from
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons Ltd. and additional contributions from
Ontario Hydro and the City of Waterloo. It formally opened on May 7, 1958. The Waterloo College Mules played the first football game on October 5 of that year. Initially owned by
Waterloo College, the stadium was sold to UW which sold it to the City of Waterloo on August 12, 1974 for $1 million, after leasing it to the city from 1968 to 1974. At that time, the stadium was in need of extensive repairs. In July 1992, the city sold the facility to
Wilfrid Laurier University, also for $1 million.
Artificial turf was installed in 1994 at a cost of $1.7 million. The stadium was renamed University Stadium and Sports Centre in March 1995. ==References==