Argo Hype

[Neely2005]

Question: for RedBlacks games in Ottawa - transportation to the game is free via OC Transpo to all ticket holders (and the drivers don't even check to see if you do have a ticket) - lots of buses leaving well before and up to game time from some of the big bus stations in Ottawa - easy & free for fans to get to Lansdowne - bus drops you off right outside the stadium. Do the Argos have any such deals with public transit in the GTA? - and if not, why or could they?

Also - is it possible to move & roam all over BMO stadium - to go on tour for different sight lines or to get food/beer or to visit friends ? This is IMO a nice feature of the new TD Place set-up at Lansdowne and a lot of people take advantage - creates atmosphere/fan friendly.

With the bureaucracies at the TTC and GO good luck. And if you did it for the Argonauts then you'd have to do it for the Jays, Leafs, Raptors, TFC...

This is Toronto where you can't even build a set of stairs for less than $65,000...
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[OV Argo]

With the bureaucracies at the TTC and GO good luck. And if you did it for the Argonauts then you'd have to do it for the Jays, Leafs, Raptors, TFC...

This is Toronto where you can't even build a set of stairs for less than $65,000...

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??? - last i checked, Ottawa was in Ontario too. ;o)

I don't believe the Senators have any such deals to get fans out to their arena way in the Burbs (but i might be wrong there) - Melnyk would rather get to gouge fans even further with parking charges.

I'm just saying that maybe the Argos could learn from some of the stuff the OSEG guys did to get the RedBlacks going and so successful. Ottawa gets 24K or so crowds for every CFL game, yet Toronnawannabe land - with around 7x the population / demographic to draw from - can barely get 15 K , if they're lucky, to attend CFL games. Sorry, there is just something very pathetic, sad and wrong with that picture, and I hope all efforts are being made to change this ?

[Neely2005]

??? - last i checked, Ottawa was in Ontario too. ;o)

I don't believe the Senators have any such deals to get fans out to their arena way in the Burbs (but i might be wrong there) - Melnyk would rather get to gouge fans even further with parking charges.

I'm just saying that maybe the Argos could learn from some of the stuff the OSEG guys did to get the RedBlacks going and so successful. Ottawa gets 24K or so crowds for every CFL game, yet Toronnawannabe land - with around 7x the population / demographic to draw from - can barely get 15 K , if they're lucky, to attend CFL games. Sorry, there is just something very pathetic, sad and wrong with that picture, and I hope all efforts are being made to change this ?

Ottawa is not Toronto. Toronto municipal government has a level of disfunction all of its own. The TTC can't even roll out Presto on time or on budget.

Unfortunately Toronto just isn't a good football / sports town. Toronto is a leafs town and whoever else is winning and/or cool.

[argolio]

With the bureaucracies at the TTC and GO good luck. And if you did it for the Argonauts then you'd have to do it for the Jays, Leafs, Raptors, TFC...

This is Toronto where you can't even build a set of stairs for less than $65,000...
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They had TTC express buses from subway stations until Blue Jays mania killed Argo crowds in the mid-80s. Nothing to do with bureaucracy, everything to do with no longer drawing 40,000 per game.

Don't tell me you actually bought that stairs story. Naturally Sue-Ann Levy milked it strictly for populist effect. The Star wasn't much better.

Also, the province bungled Presto, not the city.

[Neely2005]

They had TTC express buses from subway stations until Blue Jays mania killed Argo crowds in the mid-80s. Nothing to do with bureaucracy, everything to do with no longer drawing 40,000 per game.

Don't tell me you actually bought that stairs story. Naturally Sue-Ann Levy milked it strictly for populist effect. The Star wasn't much better.

Also, the province bungled Presto, not the city.

What's not to buy? Even John Tory admitted that the original $65,000 estimate was outlandish. They've been trying to get those stairs built for a decade.

They both bungled Presto. The TTC was part of the process and is taking years to roll out the Presto readers. But hey at least sole souring Bombardier contract is working well for the City and the TTC.

[Shatto]

Since I tuned into the CFTO news hour mid way tonight, I must have missed the item re Flutie and Bubblehead Night. Though, I do recall such an item, on CFTO sometime last week. If, it was repeated again tonight, I stand corrected.

However, it still seems strange that no mention of the game was made during the sports broadcast, considering the importance of the game and the fact that Bell, which owns CFTO, also co-owns the Argos. Considering, just about every other sport imaginable was featured, failure to at least mention the game tomorrow, raises some interesting questions.

[Neely2005]

Since I tuned into the CFTO news hour mid way tonight, I must have missed the item re Flutie and Bubblehead Night. Though, I do recall such an item, on CFTO sometime last week. If, it was repeated again tonight, I stand corrected.

However, it still seems strange that no mention of the game was made during the sports broadcast, considering the importance of the game and the fact that Bell, which owns CFTO, also co-owns the Argos. Considering, just about every other sport imaginable was featured, failure to at least mention the game tomorrow, raises some interesting questions.

Just to clarify they ran it a few days ago. I don't know if they mentioned it again today or not.

[Scooter McCray]

Since I tuned into the CFTO news hour mid way tonight, I must have missed the item re Flutie and Bubblehead Night. Though, I do recall such an item, on CFTO sometime last week. If, it was repeated again tonight, I stand corrected.

However, it still seems strange that no mention of the game was made during the sports broadcast, considering the importance of the game and the fact that Bell, which owns CFTO, also co-owns the Argos. Considering, just about every other sport imaginable was featured, failure to at least mention the game tomorrow, raises some interesting questions.

Agree with this 100%. I heard that tsn 1050 overdrive show at 4 pm will be on location at BMO Field and Doug Flutie will be on at 5 pm. With the blue jays season now done and hockey 3 months away Bell should discuss the Argos on all of their sports platforms. If they do not then I really want to know what their agenda is in owning this team.