New Stadium Locations

[rdavies]

Another lightning bolt thrust against the Argos. After the U of T president changed and the U of T deal fell through and C and S made the (in hindsight) bad decision to continue at the RC now we have the pro football mayor declaring himself a crackhead (exaggeration) and basically killing his tenure as mayor. Can this team finally get some off the field luck working for them?

[ArgoRavi]

Another lightning bolt thrust against the Argos. After the U of T president changed and the U of T deal fell through and C and S made the (in hindsight) bad decision to continue at the RC now we have the pro football mayor declaring himself a crackhead (exaggeration) and basically killing his tenure as mayor. Can this team finally get some off the field luck working for them?

Has Ford done much for the Argos? We know that he and his brother have been on record about going after an NFL franchise. I am not sure that Roger Goodell will be taking any calls from the Fords anytime soon though, especially after Ford wore an NFL tie for today's big "crack admission" press conference: http://blogs.canoe.ca/slam/sports/ba...poor-judgment/

[Tau Ceti]

Has Ford done much for the Argos? We know that he and his brother have been on record about going after an NFL franchise. I am not sure that Roger Goodell will be taking any calls from the Fords anytime soon though.

Rob Ford has done zilch for the Argos. He talked about the need for a new stadium when he came back from Winnipeg but no one on city council takes his pontificating seriously.

Karen Stintz is on record as an Argo fan, by the way. She tweeted from a game or two last year. Plus she never seems to be high on... aww, too easy.

[AngeloV]

Rob Ford has done zilch for the Argos. He talked about the need for a new stadium when he came back from Winnipeg but no one on city council takes his pontificating seriously.

Karen Stintz is on record as an Argo fan, by the way. She tweeted from a game or two last year. Plus she never seems to be high on... aww, too easy.

I can confirm this. I've seen her in sec 234 at 3 different games this season, and she gets right into the games cheering. Unlike Ford who went to the pre season game just to be seen.

[Neely2005]

I can confirm this. I've seen her in sec 234 at 3 different games this season, and she gets right into the games cheering. Unlike Ford who went to the pre season game just to be seen.

She also said:

Councillor Karen Stintz, who attends many Argonauts games as well as the past two Grey Cups and the upcoming one in Regina, said it would be more economical and her preference to make going to the Rogers Centre a better experience, instead of building something new.
“I would find it interesting to work on how we fill the existing stadium,” Stintz said. “My preference. Would be to get people interested in football again in Toronto (at the current home). The spirit in Saskatchewan, Winnipeg and even B.C. is so amazing, it would be great to get that kind of spirit in Toronto.”

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/07/26...rgos-play-next

So she's obviously out to lunch as she didn't even seem to be aware that the Rogers Centre is putting in grass and kicking out the Argonauts.

[AngeloV]

She also said:

Councillor Karen Stintz, who attends many Argonauts games as well as the past two Grey Cups and the upcoming one in Regina, said it would be more economical and her preference to make going to the Rogers Centre a better experience, instead of building something new.
“I would find it interesting to work on how we fill the existing stadium,” Stintz said. “My preference. Would be to get people interested in football again in Toronto (at the current home). The spirit in Saskatchewan, Winnipeg and even B.C. is so amazing, it would be great to get that kind of spirit in Toronto.”

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/07/26...rgos-play-next

So she's obviously out to lunch as she didn't even seem to be aware that the Rogers Centre is putting in grass and kicking out the Argonauts.

Kind of an unfair posting on your part. The Article which you quoted her on was from July, and the Argos announce in September that they were entering their final lease with Skydome. Without being a part of the negotiations, how would she have known what the plans for the future of the dome were? Seeing as how they are both privately run, it cetainly isn't anything that should have been on the agenda of city council.

[Neely2005]

Kind of an unfair posting on your part. The Article which you quoted her on was from July, and the Argos announce in September that they were entering their final lease with Skydome. Without being a part of the negotiations, how would she have known what the plans for the future of the dome were? Seeing as how they are both privately run, it cetainly isn't anything that should have been on the agenda of city council.

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

[rdavies]

Has Ford done much for the Argos? We know that he and his brother have been on record about going after an NFL franchise. I am not sure that Roger Goodell will be taking any calls from the Fords anytime soon though, especially after Ford wore an NFL tie for today's big "crack admission" press conference: http://blogs.canoe.ca/slam/sports/ba...poor-judgment/

I think where we would have seen some influence would have been when MLSE came looking for building permits and the like for BMO. I would have thought that the mayor would have asked the question about a city owned stadium not making itself available to a team that would be without a home.

After I posted, I saw the "tie" article. Thinking of it now, that may have been his greatest service to Argo and CFL fans.

[paulwoods13]

I think where we would have seen some influence would have been when MLSE came looking for building permits and the like for BMO. I would have thought that the mayor would have asked the question about a city owned stadium not making itself available to a team that would be without a home.

The mayor has had almost no influence on government in Toronto for many, many months. He is a one-man band on a council of 45. The notion that he could influence council is based on how thing are supposed to work in a normal city.