Guesstimate for attendance at Monday's game

[Gill The Thrill]

I'm with you, the ticket reps will put a positive spin on anything.
We're the phones ringing in the background??

I remember being able to hear a pin drop when I chose my season tickets at the Argos offices. I'm not stating this to gloat or ridicule, but stating it as fact and it was after lunch on a Friday. On the plus side, they were cordial and answered all my question efficiently.

[Invader]

18,218

[Neely2005]

I definitely would not take a reps word about Grey Cup tickets, they just want all of us to run and get our Grey Cup tickets. I'm not going to pay $170 to sit in a portable grandstand. The seats probably aren't bad but they're in the end zone, and I don't want to pay $300 a seat for my season ticket. I'll take my chances that some fans will want to be getting rid of tickets and that the game won't be sold out, if I really want to pay the over-inflated prices at the box office.

Not one friggin penny off for season ticket holders...I guess that would take away from the overhead of giving the STH those lanyards in our season ticket package.Yah, new ownership really values their season ticket holders. As for selling more than 15,000 tickets for Grey Cup in week one of selling...what's the celebration. This game used to be sold out already when they played the game in a 50,000 seat venue. It's not my fault or SSH fault that they decided to scale back capacity but charge more for tickets. I can't justify it, and I love the CFL.

On a football note, I got to admit it may be more enticing should the Argos get to the game, but I see the same inconsistencies this year that I saw last year. Poor Secondary, inconsistent tackling by the entire defense and special teams and a boring offence that can't get on rhythm consistently. The Argos have done great showcasing these imperfections at BMO Field especially. I hope that changes tonight.

Grey Cup tickets don't go on sale to the general public until August 15th.

[larz-7]

so what was the attendance, was hard to tell on tv

[PullTogether73]

so what was the attendance, was hard to tell on tv

16,048 according to the game recap on CFL.ca

[Will]

16,048 according to the game recap on CFL.ca

Definitely looked better than last game.

[Double Dare]

I was off by a thou.

[PullTogether73]

Definitely looked better than last game.

And a good atmosphere.
The crowd was definitely loud and involved in the game.
Nice!

[ArgoGabe22]

calling it now
there will be exactly 16,739 fans in attendance.
call me nostradamus.

You were pretty close.

It was still a great atmosphere for only 16k. It was dead when we had 16k in the dome.

[doubleblue]

You were pretty close.

It was still a great atmosphere for only 16k. It was dead when we had 16k in the dome.

Almost 17,000 which leaves them pretty close to the break even number, (we were told) of 18,000 after 3 games.

[Double Dare]

Almost 17,000 which leaves them pretty close to the break even number, (we were told) of 18,000 after 3 games.

16,048 ... closer to 16 thousand.

[R.J]

East side looked consideraby fuller than last game, but the West Stands looked more empty than last game. Great Atmosphere though and pretty loud considering we didn't even hit 20k.


I think next season I'm going to the West Side; I'm not liking the sun and heat.

[Will]

Almost 17,000 which leaves them pretty close to the break even number, (we were told) of 18,000 after 3 games.

How many tickets were comped yesterday though?

[ArgoGabe22]

For the record, I did not see anyone playing Pokemon. That being said I guess all it takes is a second to catch it so it's hard to tell who was doing it or who was just being on their phone.

[R.J]

http://www.tsn.ca/radio/toronto-1050...field-1.532419

[Jayahre]

The next game August 12th will be the first Friday night game, it will be interesting to see how much of an increase

[Kenners]

I had a helluva lotta fun yesterday and it did seem a lot fuller than what i saw on tv for the last game (gave my tix to some associates) which surprised me considering it was a Monday but people had fun. Great to see the a home win too!

for the record, i couldn't find any pokemon other than a squirrel in the endzone....and yes i looked between quarters lol

[Ron]

Argos getting 16+ on a night that the Jays got 41+ is not bad all things considered

[Downtownfan]

The vibe was actually pretty good last night, especially for a Monday night. I think we have passed through the toughest part of the sked, and in fact, what may have been the most challenging dates for some time to come.

The rest of the season looks like this:
Friday Aug. 12, 7:30: WPG-- should get a good nighttime crowd for the only FNF at BMO this season. Will be a bit of a party atmosphere on a Friday, and with nearly a month between games, should sell well. I'm going to say 18-20K
Saturday Aug. 20, 4:00: EDM-- not a great draw, but perfect for full on tail-gating for the first time this season-- weekend daytime, should be lots of young ones at this game too, especially with the Ex on (Argos tix get you into the Ex). Hopefully 20K+
Wednesday Aug. 31, 7:30: BC-- Usually one of the worst draws, and on a Wednesday to boot, which does not bode well. However, this will also be during the Ex, which might boost sales, though in cutting down parking, it makes it tough for further away people. Could be the one other problem on the sked. 18K
Sunday, Sept. 11, 4:30: HAM-- Labour Day return game, the first one at the new Stadium, with full on tail-gating on a Sunday. If Argos and Ham are duking it out, this one will do well. 23K
Monday, Oct. 10, 4:00: CAL--a month after the last game, on Monday, and against a tough opponent, but on Thanksgiving. Early enough that this one will be tail-gate primo, and if the weather is still holding out (it should), a good crowd would be at least 20K.
Saturday Oct. 15, 4:00: SASK--short week turnaround, but on a Saturday, which is good. Let's see if SASK really does travel well. 22K.

Next year, with no compacting of the TFC sked, we can look forward to hopefully much better dates, which will make a difference. I was really down after the Ottawa game, but was fairly happy with last night, both in terms of the result, and the crowd. Its a long build, but I think we are going in the right direction. At some point, people won't talk about attendance, as we will hit a pretty good norm. That's when we will have permanently moved the goalposts in a positive direction.

[ArgoGabe22]

Was the Argos EX game in the past just one game? I'm seeing two this year and maybe this was done to expose the Argos to as much people as possible. Do the schedulers even think this?