July 18, 2014: Toronto Argonauts vs. Ottawa RedBlacks

[1argoholic]

My prediction is that the Argos will play in front of people and not empty blue seats.

[ArgoZ]

My prediction is that the Argos will play in front of people and not empty blue seats.

What is interesting about that statement is more often then not, the Argonaut players get just as fired up playing in front of a good hostile crowd. I wouldn't be surprised to see them bounce back and incredibly, oddly enough, feed off Ottawa's crowd for the win.

[Will]

Driving up to Ottawa for this one. Looking forward to it.

[Neely2005]

A good article on the concessions at TD Place Stadium:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Joanne+...221/story.html

Driving up to Ottawa for this one. Looking forward to it.

We'll be there too. We bought a 3 Pack of tickets in order to get this game.

[doubleblue]

A good article on the concessions at TD Place Stadium:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Joanne+...221/story.html



We'll be there too. We bought a 3 Pack of tickets in order to get this game.

Sounds like Ottawa is going to have some REAL food at TD Place. It will be a welcome relief after trying to choke down the overpriced "concessions" at the Sky Dome.
Doesn't sound like there is much parking close to the Stadium anymore. Not looking forward to that. I heard people were put on the wrong buses after the open house last week.

[ArgoRavi]

Sounds like Ottawa is going to have some REAL food at TD Place. It will be a welcome relief after trying to choke down the overpriced "concessions" at the Sky Dome.
Doesn't sound like there is much parking close to the Stadium anymore. Not looking forward to that. I heard people were put on the wrong buses after the open house last week.

I believe that you can just park at Carleton University and walk the 15 minutes to the stadium. There are probably buses going from there too. BTW, OC Transpo will be free for anyone with a ticket.

With Owens and Barnes out and if the O & D line plays the same we are in deep trouble against the RB's who will be fired up big time.

What if the offensive and defensive lines play like they did against Saskatchewan? Yes, the RedBlacks will be fired up but the Argos are a much better team. In watching the RedBlacks against Edmonton, I was thinking that Henry Burris is going to have trouble generating a lot of offence with the receiving corps that they have. Ottawa's receiving corps seems quite underwhelming to me though I have always liked Kierrie Johnson.

[argotom]

I believe that you can just park at Carleton University and walk the 15 minutes to the stadium. There are probably buses going from there too. BTW, OC Transpo will be free for anyone with a ticket.



What if the offensive and defensive lines play like they did against Saskatchewan? Yes, the RedBlacks will be fired up but the Argos are a much better team. In watching the RedBlacks against Edmonton, I was thinking that Henry Burris is going to have trouble generating a lot of offence with the receiving corps that they have. Ottawa's receiving corps seems quite underwhelming to me though I have always liked Kierrie Johnson.

Granted if the team that smoked the Riders shows up then we are looking good.
However with the key injuries, laying an egg two out of the three games and with a somewhat short practice week dare I say it does not look good.

[Neely2005]

REDBLACKS home opener the hottest ticket in town

Read more: http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/redblacks-h...#ixzz37YPnRhjd

Sounds like Ottawa is going to have some REAL food at TD Place. It will be a welcome relief after trying to choke down the overpriced "concessions" at the Sky Dome.
Doesn't sound like there is much parking close to the Stadium anymore. Not looking forward to that. I heard people were put on the wrong buses after the open house last week.

Good food and reasonably priced food and beer.

There's some good information on getting to the game in This Thread:

http://www.argofans.com/showthread.p...game-in-Ottawa

Apparently you can use you Ticket to get on a Bus / Shuttle for free, back to a Parking Lot with free parking.

[T-Bone]

There's some good information on getting to the game in This Thread:

More info here: The Game Plan to Get Down to Lansdowne

[shayman]

Sounds like Ottawa is going to have some REAL food at TD Place. It will be a welcome relief after trying to choke down the overpriced "concessions" at the Sky Dome.

Interestingly, I think it's the same company providing food service at both TD Place and Rogers Centre - Compass Group.

Er, wait, I'm wrong. It used to be Compass Group at Skydome, now it's Aramark. Sorry. Hard to keep these huge multinationals straight.

[1argoholic]

I'm very excited for the football fans in Ottawa. I wouldn't be surprised if we crap this one.

I'm very envious and feel like we're heading down the path Ottawa just came out of.

[ArgoZ]

Interestingly, I think it's the same company providing food service at both TD Place and Rogers Centre - Compass Group.

Er, wait, I'm wrong. It used to be Compass Group at Skydome, now it's Aramark. Sorry. Hard to keep these huge multinationals straight.

Remember when it was all McDonalds at the dome? I still have my McDonalds Argonaut cups with pictures of Pinball, Flutie and even Andre Ware, LOL. Overpriced McDonalds, those were the days.

[ArgoRavi]

What is interesting about that statement is more often then not, the Argonaut players get just as fired up playing in front of a good hostile crowd. I wouldn't be surprised to see them bounce back and incredibly, oddly enough, feed off Ottawa's crowd for the win.

The Argos have played better on the road and have had a better road record over the last six years or so. Other teams' fans would be worried about their team going on a three game road trip early in the season but I think that is a godsend for the Argos.