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Inside Mosaic Stadium: A tour of Riderville's futuristic new home

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have opened their doors to give the public its first view of Ridervilles futuristic new home.

1st glimpse of the Saskatchewan Roughriders' new digs

A tour of the new Mosaic Stadium in Regina

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A tour of the new Mosaic Stadium in Regina

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have opened their doors to give the public its first view of Riderville's futuristic new home.

The CFL team gave members of themedia a tour of its$278-million new digs on the weekend.

From green-lit helmet boxes to a barber shop, the new facility aims to give the Roughriders a first-class facility that stacks up against the big schools and colleges where many of the playershoned their skills.
Each player's locker includes a "jewel box" to store their helmet in vivid Rider green. (CBC News)

Jeremy O'Day, the assistant vice-president for the team, helped design the self-described "opulent" home for the players.

According to the Roughriders' website, O'Dayvisited pro and college football programs across North America to pick and choose ideas for the Saskatchewan stadium.

Features of the new stadium include aa 2,200 square-foot auditorium with 120 theatre-style seats. They facetwo projectors and a front wall that's also awhiteboard.

The 2,200 square-foot auditorium with 120 theatre-style seats, which face two projectors and a front wall thats also a whiteboard. (CBC News)

The building also has three hydrotherapy pools, a 4,450-square-foot locker room, indoor turf, doctors' offices, an X-ray room and a barber shop for players to cut each others' hair.The training facility spans 5,400 square feet.

The facility has three hydrotherapy tubs: a hot tub, a cold tub and one with an underwater treadmill for rehabilitation. (CBC News)

Riders of the past also live on at the stadium, looking down from the walls of separatemeeting rooms for offence, defence and other positional groups.

The Riders play their first regular season game in the new venue on July 1.

Roughriders players immortalized at the new Mosaic Stadium. (CBC News)
The field where all the action will happen when the new $278-million Mosaic Stadium opens in Regina. (CBC News)
The new Saskatchewan Roughriders locker room complete with "jewel boxes" for each player's helmet. The lockers even have a system to help eliminate odours from the shoulder pad and shoe boxes. (CBC News)
Rider pride is larger than life at the new facility. (CBC News)
Artificial turf inside the Roughriders' equipment room at the new Mosaic Stadium. (CBC News)