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

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    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."

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    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.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by argolio View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KCargosfan View Post
    Kind of surprised only 22,500? Would think Young would want around a 27-28K stadium.
    Maybe if the winning bid is low enough, they can increase the number of seats.

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    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.

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    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.
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SnowRogue View Post
    http://www.guelphmercury.com/news/lo...er-cats-option

    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.
    Did I miss something there? The article states that Guelph is interested. Or is there an updated article that you didn't post the link to?
    It's us vs the rest of the country

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    Quote Originally Posted by AngeloV View Post
    Did I miss something there? The article states that Guelph is interested. Or is there an updated article that you didn't post the link to?
    Sorry AngeloV, I posted the wrong link, fixed it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SnowRogue View Post
    Sorry AngeloV, I posted the wrong link, fixed it.
    Thanks. It's too bad. I think Guelph would have been great.
    It's us vs the rest of the country

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    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.

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    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.

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    New concept art for Sask's new stadium
    http://www.riderville.com/article/co...or-new-stadium

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    "• 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

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    Too bad we couldn't post pics of Argoville.

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    Sask's looks nice, not sure if a paper mache stadium will work with all that wind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ArgoRavi View Post
    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.

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