Winnipeg stadium officially won't open until September:
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/C.../19708816.html
Winnipeg stadium officially won't open until September:
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/C.../19708816.html
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."
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.
I figured the new Hamilton stadium was going to be North South. Ivor Wynne is just too cramped to fit a 21st century 20 thousand seater. People seem to be bitching that they are losing the soccer field.
The original plan was to completely replace the south stands and refurbish and north stands and have 25,000 seats. When they discovered that the north stands could not be refurbished and had to be rebuilt and thus cost more money, they decided to reduce the seating capacity to 22,500 and save some money that way. I'm sure it'll be designed to be expanded easily. Bob Young has stated that he wants two Grey Cup games there during the first ten years of the new stadium.
http://www.guelphmercury.com/sports/...it-off-kendall
Looks like Guelph has said no.
Also should bring up that Scott Mitchell has brought up that the Pan Am games Stadium seats 22,500, but once the games are done, there's nothing stopping the TiCats from adding to the seat total.
Last edited by R.J; 07-13-2012 at 12:38 PM.
That's too bad about Guelph. I live in Milton and would have gone to any games played there. London's too far away for me.
This is awesome news for the CFL, but I'll only believe it when I see it. Sorry, I've been disappointed too many times. But this is still very positive news.
Just imagine if the Argos got the support from the province and city like the Riders just did. But you just know that that won't happen. And I bet we could build a decent stadium for half that cost and that it would help the Argos twice as much as it helps the Riders.
They just put a bunch of cash into Mosaic and now $200 plus mil on a new stadium. BC pretty much new stadium, Edmonton nice stadium with new killer indoor field training facility. Calgary still has a fairly decent stadium. Winnipeg, Hamilton and Ottawa will be new. Montreal refurbished. TO playing in a nice facility owned by jackasses.
Some more on Sask's new stadium
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TYQu...ature=youtu.be
http://blogs.leaderpost.com/2012/07/...ger-brandvold/
and a little on Lansdowne in Ottawa
http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/Si...ostId=34805331
http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/07/13/...lansdowne-work
New concept art for Sask's new stadium
http://www.riderville.com/article/co...or-new-stadium
"• A “spectator roof” that protects fans and maintains the option to fully enclose the stadium at a later date
Nice! I'm all for football outdoors provided the rain is kept off of my own personal head.
Faster + Louder = Better
Too bad we couldn't post pics of Argoville.
Sask's looks nice, not sure if a paper mache stadium will work with all that wind.
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