New Stadium Locations

[Neely2005]

The Argos almost cemented a deal to get back into Varsity in 2004. The U of T pulled out. Plenty of articles out there on how it fell through. Here's one: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/C...04/700446.html

And apparently the way that the current Varsity Stadium has been configured it won't allow for significant expansion.

[Neely2005]

This was posted in the other Thread. It looks like it's going to be BMO Field:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014...ansion.bb.html

[argofandave]

Both Rob & Doug Ford were on the Fan590 today around 4:30pm. I didn't hear the whole interview but they were asked about the NFL in Toronto. They both think that it'll happen within 5-10 years because the NFL cannot ignore the 4th largest market in North America anymore. They also said that the best place to build a stadium is at Woodbine since it has the best access and that Downsview won't work because the people that live in that area don't want a stadium there. Doug said that they could easily sell 40,000 seat licences at $20,000 each within the first three days of them going on sale to help pay for the stadium.

[Argo57]

Both Rob & Doug Ford were on the Fan590 today around 4:30pm. I didn't hear the whole interview but they were asked about the NFL in Toronto. They both think that it'll happen within 5-10 years because the NFL cannot ignore the 4th largest market in North America anymore. They also said that the best place to build a stadium is at Woodbine since it has the best access and that Downsview won't work because the people that live in that area don't want a stadium there. Doug said that they could easily sell 40,000 seat licences at $20,000 each within the first three days of them going on sale to help pay for the stadium.

Shocking that the Ford brothers think Woodbine is the best location, right in their backyard.

[Neely2005]

Shocking that the Ford brothers think Woodbine is the best location, right in their backyard.

I thought that they lived in Etobicoke?

[doubleblue]

This is after all an election year. Mayor Ford would know that over 60% of the Argo season ticket holders come from outside Toronto proper in the GTA. We don't have a vote.
However, the name of the game is to tell the gullible voter what they want to hear. The ones that don't pay much attention until voting time. If the message sounds like the Fords are going to have a stadium and a NFL team for those fans and that's all they care about, the Ford's get that vote. Then you blame the lefties on Council when it doesn't happen. lol

[Argo57]

I thought that they lived in Etobicoke?

Etobicoke encompasses a rather large area.

[ArgoRavi]

Doug said that they could easily sell 40,000 seat licences at $20,000 each within the first three days of them going on sale to help pay for the stadium.

Sounds a bit like those claims that Stephen Brunt and others made about the Bills games in Toronto.

[argolio]

They both think that it'll happen within 5-10 years because the NFL cannot ignore the 4th largest market in North America anymore.

If L.A. can be ignored for 20 years, it's pretty easy for Toronto to be completely invisible to the NFL.

Anyway, who cares what the Fords think? Those two fools will both be gone after October.

[argotom]

Both Rob & Doug Ford were on the Fan590 today around 4:30pm. I didn't hear the whole interview but they were asked about the NFL in Toronto. They both think that it'll happen within 5-10 years because the NFL cannot ignore the 4th largest market in North America anymore. They also said that the best place to build a stadium is at Woodbine since it has the best access and that Downsview won't work because the people that live in that area don't want a stadium there. Doug said that they could easily sell 40,000 seat licences at $20,000 each within the first three days of them going on sale to help pay for the stadium.

Yea right for this entire quote.
The one specifically that is more ludicrous is 40k fans each paying $20k licence fees.

[bluto]

Yea right for this entire quote.
The one specifically that is more ludicrous is 40k fans each paying $20k licence fees.

actually for me, that bit about 40k fans each ponying up $20k was the only part of the quote which i found outlandish.

[Deerkeeper]

actually for me, that bit about 40k fans each ponying up $20k was the only part of the quote which i found outlandish.

I was wondering what those two fools were smoking to come up with a figure like that, but then I realized that we all ready know.

Did anyone on the Rogers Broadcasting Network question them on their figures, or better still, laugh in their faces? Oh wait a minute, I think I all ready know the answer to that one as well.

[ArgoRavi]

actually for me, that bit about 40k fans each ponying up $20k was the only part of the quote which i found outlandish.

The assumption on the Fords' part is that the NFL is as ingrained in the Toronto culture as it is in the U.S. That is possibly the only way that you can get 40k people ponying up that kind of money for a freaking seat license for an NFL team. However, I really don't think that the NFL is as ingrained in the Toronto culture as they seem to think it is. You might be able to get 20k people ponying up an insane amount of money for an NHL seat license in Toronto but I can't see it for the NFL.

[argofandave]

The assumption on the Fords' part is that the NFL is as ingrained in the Toronto culture as it is in the U.S. That is possibly the only way that you can get 40k people ponying up that kind of money for a freaking seat license for an NFL team. However, I really don't think that the NFL is as ingrained in the Toronto culture as they seem to think it is. You might be able to get 20k people ponying up an insane amount of money for an NHL seat license in Toronto but I can't see it for the NFL.

Another thing that the Ford's said was that Toronto would get an NFL team before they got a second NHL team.