New Stadium Locations

[Tau Ceti]

Braley himself was still making positive noises about the Dome within the last twelve months IIRC. I hardly think Stintz was out to lunch. She made a very general statement about improving interest in football and bringing more excitement to the Dome. No biggie.

[argos1873]

Braley himself was still making positive noises about the Dome within the last twelve months IIRC. I hardly think Stintz was out to lunch. She made a very general statement about improving interest in football and bringing more excitement to the Dome. No biggie.

I can't speak on what Braley may or may not have said, but up until Rogers announcement a few months ago about grass at the Skydome, it was all just rumours and speculation. Sure it was Rogers based rumours and speculation, but nothing was certain until their announcement. Up until that time anyone hoping to see the Argos remain at Skydome, including Braley, had a valid reason for exploring that option. Now that that option will expire soon, its time to move on.

[argolio]

I can't speak on what Braley may or may not have said, but up until Rogers announcement a few months ago about grass at the Skydome, it was all just rumours and speculation. Sure it was Rogers based rumours and speculation, but nothing was certain until their announcement. Up until that time anyone hoping to see the Argos remain at Skydome, including Braley, had a valid reason for exploring that option. Now that that option will expire soon, its time to move on.

I agree. Before that announcement it was common knowledge they might install natural grass, not that they definitively would.

[Neely2005]

I agree. Before that announcement it was common knowledge they might install natural grass, not that they definitively would.

I disagree. It was common knowledge that the Blue Jays were going to install grass.

[ArgoZ]

I disagree. It was common knowledge that the Blue Jays were going to install grass.

No, I must join the others in saying it was not common knowledge. It was known that they would like to do such, but nothing was made official. It was all talk and essentially still is. I remember when the Jays were in spring training and this is when the topic really took off, but Beeston did not give an official answer. In fact, they want to do it 5 years from now, but until they start hammering the concrete, you just never know for sure. A lot can happen in 5 years.

[Neely2005]

No, I must join the others in saying it was not common knowledge. It was known that they would like to do such, but nothing was made official. It was all talk and essentially still is. I remember when the Jays were in spring training and this is when the topic really took off, but Beeston diBetween the both of us, we attended almost every home game. d not give an official answer. In fact, they want to do it 5 years from now, but until they start hammering the concrete, you just never know for sure. A lot can happen in 5 years.

Except that it was:

It's been common knowledge for years that the Blue Jays are going to put in real grass and kick out the Argonauts:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb...re-grass-turf/

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cfl-55...232200351.html

[ArgoGabe22]

Except that it was:

I'm confused on what's going on here. The titles for the three articles you posted contain the words ‘seriously discussing’, plan and mull. Therefore nothing was official until September of this year (I think).

[Tau Ceti]

We're officially going in circles. Let's agree that there was increasing talk of the change to grass for some months (including clear indications from Beeston in the spring) but that the hammer didn't officially fall until September. It's certainly an exaggeration to call it "common knowledge for years."

[ArgoZ]

Except that it was:

The first two articles talk about the "potential" and "discussing" of grass. The last one is bang on just what I said, in which it didn't start gaining real steam until this last Jays pre-season. Even then, the article quotes sources and not Beeston himself, because there has yet to be an official announcement of such. Your articles just proved what we have been saying. It was common knowledge that they wanted to install grass, it was not that they were going to do so.