Toronto’s BMO Field Is Getting a Makeover for the 2026 FIFA World Cup

After the announcement that Toronto and Vancouver will be hosting some of the FIFA World Cup games in 2026, the stadium where the games will take place in hogtown has wasted no time in sharing their plan for expansion.

A sizeable chunk of the $290 million that Toronto is spending to host the World Cup is going towards renovating BMO Field to fit FIFA’s seating requirements—expanding the venue from 17,756 seats to 45,736. At present, FIFA requires host venues to seat 45,000 fans.

BMO Field has shared renderings of what the stadium will look like after it’s renovations, which will begin in 2024. The seating will be expanded on the north and south sides of the venue, though the newly-added seats won’t be covered by the canopies that were installed during the field’s last renovations in 2016.