Quote Originally Posted by Invader View Post
I projected the cost of a 20,000-seat temporary grandstand at Downsview at $10M (the Lions built a 27,500-seat temp. stadium for $14.4M which included FieldTurf and locker rooms, which are already in place at Downsview).
Since you keep raising this, let me keep raising my response. The temporary stadium the Lions used was not even remotely close to CFL-calibre. Fully half of the seats -- yes, half -- were BEHIND THE GOAL LINES. And of course washrooms were in portables, few concession stands, etc. It was a useful short-term measure that was needed during a stadium reno, but if anyone tried to build that as a permanent home for the Argos, the franchise would be dead three years later.