 The stadium was additionally home to the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1946 to 1953.Delorimier Downs, as it was originally called, was built by former Major League Baseball manager George Stallings, Montreal lawyer and politician Athanase David, and Montreal businessman Ernest Savard.Among the stadium's other local affluent financiers were close friends Lucien Beauregard, Romeo Gauvreau, Hector H. Racine, and Charles E. Trudeau.