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on February 12, 1948. Approximately 2,300 spectators attended the stadium's first event. The official opening of the stadium was on November 22, 1948. An exhibition game was played between two teams from the Maritime Senior Hockey League, the Halifax Crescents and the Halifax St. Mary's.
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The Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company built and owned the Grand Falls Stadium. The town of Grand Falls was incorporated in 1961 and that year bought the stadium from the company.
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native, was hired by the Grand Falls Athletic Association to coach their hockey team and moved to the papertown in December 1949. He died in August 1990 at Grand Falls.
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The first performance at the new stadium was a children's ice carnival followed by a figure skating exhibition by two Murphy sisters from
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was completed, it was the only regulation-size artificial ice surface in Newfoundland and could accommodate 2,500 spectators.
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is a multi-purpose arena located on Jones Street, adjacent to High Street, in
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This article about a building or structure in Newfoundland is a
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On March 22, 1991 the stadium was renamed as a memorial to
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When the stadium first opened, and until late 1954 when
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Grand Falls-Windsor
Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada
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48°55′42″N 55°39′29″W / 48.928197°N 55.657983°W / 48.928197; -55.657983
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Ice hockey
Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts
Joe Byrne Mem. Stadium
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Corner Brook
St. John's Memorial Stadium
Joe Byrne
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