the impact played its home games at saputo stadium, a soccer-specific stadium which opened in may 2008. as the name suggests, the stadium was funded privately (mainly by the saputo family), and cost $14.1 million cad to build, with one-half of the cost paid by the saputo family, and the rest coming from other private-sector contributions. saputo stadium was also the impact's administrative headquarters and also includes a training field, 20 corporate boxes and full player welfare areas.