Quebec Stadium Gets New Name

Municipal Stadium, home of the Québec Capitales (Independent Professional, Can-Am League), will now be known as CANAC Stadium, as part of a 10-year agreement between the stadium’s operator CBV and the hardware chain.  Read more here.  Click here for an online translator.

Ballpark Visit ALERT: Stade Municipal (Québec City, QC) and Stade Fernand-Bédard (Trois-Rivières, QC)

Charles O’Reilly from CharliesBallparks.com recently visited Stade Municipal (38 photos), home of the Québec Capitales (Indy Pro, Can-Am League), and Stade Fernand-Bédard (46 photos), home of the Trois-Rivières Aigles (Indy Pro, Can-Am League).  View photo galleries here and here.

Baseball Returning to Trois-Rivières with MLB, NHL Connection

A press conference was held this week to announce the return of professional baseball to Stade Fernand-Bédard (formerly known as Stade Municipal) in Trois-Rivières (QC).  The Trois-Rivières Eagles will become a reality, when the indy pro Can-Am League approves the franchise on October 2.

Can-Am League Expanding to Trois Rivieres?

A press conference has reportedly been scheduled for Friday, Sept. 7, to announce that the indy pro Can-Am League is expanding to Trois Rivieres (QC).  The “Eagles” will apparently begin play at Stade Fernand-Bédard (formerly known as Stade Municipal) next season.  Read more here and here.  Use the free translation tool here, if you (like us) don’t know French.  Thanks to John Cerone for the story links.

Using the same logo as the Elite Junior Baseball Eagles?

Trois-Rivieres Still on Can-Am League Radar

A group of area businessmen are exploring the opportunity to bring a Can-Am League team to Le Stade Municipal in Trois-Rivieres (QC).  They have initiated a feasibility study that they do not expect to be completed before March 2011.  The stadium in Trois-Rivieres mirrors the home of the Can-Am League’s Quebec Capitales.  Read more here.  Use the free translation tool here, if you don’t know French.