Stadium Updates

[R.J]

Ottawa planning to unveil new drawings this afternoon.
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/La...788/story.html

Also found some news on the potential Halifax Stadium.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/editori...RY8Qwg.twitter
http://thechronicleherald.ca/busines...JN6Eak.twitter

New Lansdowne planned unveiled. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technol...545/story.html

Here are the new photos for the Lansdowne plan. http://ottawa.ca/en/city_hall/planni...plan/index.htm

another url for the detailed Lansdowne Park pictures. http://www.obj.ca/Slideshow/5887/Det...k-site-plans/1

[matchuk]

great to see the stadium updates for the argos!

[T-Bone]

Can't wait to go to the first Ottawa vs. Argos game when Ottawa returns to the CFL. That's going t0 be a great road trip.

[DanTheFan]

Can't wait to go to the first Ottawa vs. Argos game when Ottawa returns to the CFL. That's going t0 be a great road trip.

I wonder if the Argos would organize a bus trip to help some of the Toronto-based fans commute. Maybe they could make some sort of "Ultimate Road Trip Experience", setting up other Ottawa-based events for Argos fans attending.

[R.J]

According to this article, new Frank Clair Stadium will only expand to 40,000 seats, not the previously mentioned 45,000.

Should also bring up that the Gee Gee's will not be playing at the redeveloped Lansdowne and will be building there own stadium.http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/11/09/...football-field

Carleton University will be using Frank Clair though.

[ArgoRavi]

Should also bring up that the Gee Gee's will not be playing at the redeveloped Lansdowne and will be building there own stadium.http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/11/09/...football-field

Carleton University will be using Frank Clair though.

I am pretty sure that Carleton will be playing their games on campus rather than at Lansdowne.

[R.J]

You are correct Ravi, only the Panda Game will continue at Lansdowne.

[1argoholic]

Yah that'll be great when I'm living near Peterborough and we want to drive to Ottawa for a game. Do we park outside city limits and take a bus. DUMB IDEA!! Some politicians are taking this green think a bit over the top.

[ArgoRavi]

This new Ottawa franchise will be around long after we are all gone. They have always had a decent fan base there but now they have solid, connected, local ownership for the first time since the 1970s and will have a beautiful new stadium. There never has been a large amount of parking there and I don't see that as being a huge factor considering that Montreal does just fine without any parking. Just allow people to park nearby like at Carleton and walk the ten minutes from there and have additional OC Transpo buses running. As long as you make that new stadium a place to be - and I am confident that they will do just that - people will find their way there without much trouble and the franchise will thrive. Traffic in that area is nothing like it is in southern Ontario.

I lived in Ottawa for over a decade and it is still my favourite place to live in so I am very partial to that city (although the Argos have always been #1 to me). As I said before, the fans have always been there - I believed that Ottawa was a much better market than Hamilton was during the 1980s and 1990s - but lousy ownership sunk the previous two franchises along with a run down stadium. Both of those problems will be rectified by the time that they take to the field in 2014.

[jerrym]

This new Ottawa franchise will be around long after we are all gone. They have always had a decent fan base there but now they have solid, connected, local ownership for the first time since the 1970s and will have a beautiful new stadium.

Having lived in Ottawa for 7 years in the distant past, I agree with ArgoRavi. I also agree that they are going overboard with their proposals to have little or no parking.

[R.J]

Ottawa approves new updates........ and a bit more about the parking. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technol...899/story.html
"Friends" of Lansdowne appeals still might not be over, have one more ace in the hole. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/...736/story.html

[ArgoRavi]

Ottawa approves new updates........ and a bit more about the parking. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technol...899/story.html
"Friends" of Lansdowne appeals still might not be over, have one more ace in the hole. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technol...899/story.html

Here is the link to the column about the Friends of Lansdowne potentially delaying things further: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/...736/story.html

[1argoholic]

I'm so sick of this!! It must just piss Ottawa CFL fans off bigtime.

[Mulder]

Good News!


Friends of Lansdowne is going to release a statement at 2. Should be a funny read

[1argoholic]

I could understand if this area was a beautiful heritage park that the city all of a sudden wanted to turn into a stadium. However it's an old broken down stadium that has been around forever. These friends of landsdowne folks are fools. They wouldn't complain if the city was putting in an opera house or playhouse. Time for them to get their heads out of the clouds or out of their asses and move on with life.

[ArgoRavi]

Things are looking bleak for the Friends of Lansdowne: http://www.cfra.com/?cat=1&nid=85951

[argolio]

Winnipeg stadium officially won't open until September:
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/C.../19708816.html

[T-Bone]

Bombers to play entire 2012 season at Canad Inns

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers announced today that due to continued weather related delays in the construction progress of Investors Group Field, the team will play the entire 2012 CFL season at Canad Inns Stadium.

Investors Group Field will open its doors for the beginning of the 2013 CFL season. Blue Bombers President and CEO Garth Buchko issued the following statement:

"It is with great disappointment that we are making this announcement today, however we feel it is in the best interest of our fans, sponsors and entire organization to come to this decision. The reality is that unpredictable weather at a critical stage of construction, has made it difficult to pin down the ultimate completion date," he said.

"Endeavoring to accelerate work to overcome weather disruptions, beyond what is reasonable and safe, will only create further delays along the way, potentially compromising worker safety and the ultimate fan experience. To open Investors Group Field prior to a state of total completion would not be fair to our fans as their first experience must be a positive one."

"The citizens of our city and province have waited a long time for a new stadium and it will be well worth the wait to have it opened properly. This decision will most importantly provide stability and certainty for our loyal and passionate fans, the football team and the entire Blue Bomber organization."

[argolio]

Switching to north-south, interesting. And that obviously means it will be a complete rebuild.

Hopefully Bob Young will throw in a few extra bucks at the last minute to make it a 25,000 stadium.

[KCargosfan]

Switching to north-south, interesting. And that obviously means it will be a complete rebuild.

Hopefully Bob Young will throw in a few extra bucks at the last minute to make it a 25,000 stadium.

Kind of surprised only 22,500? Would think Young would want around a 27-28K stadium.