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Jarry Park (known in French as Le Parc Jarry) is a stadium in Montreal, Quebec. It was the home of the Montreal Expos from 1969- 1976.

When Montreal was awarded major league baseball's first Canadian franchise in 1968, the city was quickly forced to find a suitable temporary home until a domed stadium could be built. After some hesitation on the part of Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau, the decision was made to convert a 3,000 seat baseball stadium at Jarry Park in the North End into a nearly 30,000 seat venue.

The stadium consisted of a single unroofed grandstand stretching from the left-field foul pole to the right-field foul pole and a large bleacher stand in left field. Beyond right field was a swimming pool in the city park, which long home runs occasionally were hit into. The element was later replicated in Bank One Ballpark. The stadium was rather sparse, given that it was intended to be only a temporary home - though it took far longer to build the Olympic StadiumOlympic Stadium Stade Olympique The Big O Location Montreal, Quebec Opened July 17, 1976 (Olympics) April 15, 1977 (Baseball) Capacity 43,739 (Baseball)56,245 (Football) Owned By Regie des installations olympiques (Government of Quebec) Architect: Roger T than was initially anticipated, so much so that there was talk of moving the franchise - and the stadium was very open to the elements, which was a particular problem at the beginning and end of the season.

The stadium was used for various civic events in the years after the Expos moved out. It was gradually converted into a tennis stadium, with one corner of the court located at the old backstop. The stadium was renamed in honor of Pope John Paul IIJohn Paul II ne Karol Jozef Wojtyla (born May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland), is the incumbent pope ( 1978 present), the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and the first ever from a Slavic country. His crusades against political oppression have been widel to mark his visit to Montreal and the park on September 11September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years). There are 111 days remaining. It is usually the first day of the Coptic calendar (in the period 1900 to 2099 A. The terms "September 11" and "9/11" have been widely used in the Western media, 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe; it was renamed du Maurier Stadium in 19871987 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 Nunavut's capital changes it name to Iqaluit from Frobisher Bay. January 3 Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. January 4 An Amtrak train.