TORONTO — The CFL unveiled its 2013 regular-season schedule Tuesday, announcing the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will make their home debut at Investor Group Field on June 27, kicking off the 2013 CFL regular season hosting the Montreal Alouettes.
The 2013 season will culminate with the Grey Cup game in Regina on Nov. 24.
The Bombers were scheduled to move into the new facility last year located on the campus of the University of Manitoba. However, construction and bad weather delayed the opening of the facility until the 2013 campaign.
The Bombers will play an exhibition game at Investors Group Field on June 12 versus the Toronto Argonauts.
The defending Grey Cup-champion Argos will begin their title defence at Rogers Centre on June 28, hosting their arch rivals, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Also that night, the B.C. Lions visit the Calgary Stampeders in a rematch of last year’s West Division final while the Saskatchewan Roughriders will close out the opening week of the regular season at Commonwealth Stadium against the Edmonton Eskimos.
Toronto will play its home exhibition game at Varsity Stadium on June 20 against Montreal, the first CFL game there in 55 years.
The Ticats will play their first regular-season home game at the University of Guelph on July 7 against Edmonton.
Hamilton will call Guelph home this season while a new facility is being built to replace Ivor Wynne Stadium, which was demolished in December.
The Ticats are scheduled to move into their new stadium in time for the 2014 season.
The Ticats’ will also play an exhibition game at Guelph on June 20th against Winnipeg.
The Ticats and Argos won’t meet in their annual Labour Day showdown this year for the second time in three seasons.
Guelph’s stadium is unavailable for Monday Sept. 2 as the Gryphons host the Windsor Lancers that day.
The Toronto Blue Jays conclude a series against the Kansas City Royals with an afternoon game Sept. 1 but the turf at Rogers Centre can’t be reconfigured to football in time to stage the CFL contest.
B.C. will host Hamilton on Aug. 30 with the two teams meeting in a rematch at Guelph on Sept. 7 while Toronto will host Montreal on Sept. 3, then the two teams will play again Molson Stadium on Sept. 8.
But the Ticats will host the Argos in a Thanksgiving Day showdown Oct. 14.
Edmonton will again visit Calgary on Labour Day, with the two teams meeting Sept. 6 at Commonwealth Stadium.
The CFL will again hold a regular-season game in Moncton, with Hamilton hosting Montreal on Sept. 21.
Edmonton will host the annual Hall of Fame game Oct. 5 against Montreal.
