I keep reminding myself of the Keith Pelly, C&S era. I realize things were not all they seemed and the owners had other issues, but there were constantly 26000+ there every night despite whatever circumstances. It was a great time to be a fan and the dome had a decent, sometimes great atmosphere at that time. I heard of the papering that went on, however I did not find any abundance of freebies, so they were gave to the right people and those people showed up. I believed they were on a verge of making the team a stronghold in the community, but it came unglued.
What did they do so well though? I remember the Argos were much better represented in the media at the time. McCowen had Argos players or his owner buds on the radio every week. Of The Record on TSN featured Argonauts every other day it seemed. Getting 20000 at BMO would be satisfactory now, but that seems an enormous challenge.
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