Bill Manning Named New Argos President

[paulwoods13]

Hard to see how putting someone who is a player within MLSE in charge of the Argos could be a bad thing. If Rogers agreed to buy in just to keep Tanenbaum happy or some other ulterior motive, maybe they'd be unenthusiastic about the whole thing, but it seems pretty clear MLSE sees the Argos as a brand worth nurturing. And as I've written before, even Richard Peddie, who opposed MLSE buying the Argos, believed the team could make a $1M profit as part of the conglomerate. I have to believe MLSE has now figured out that an extra $1M profit is not a bad thing to go after.

[rdavies]

And as I've written before, even Richard Peddie, who opposed MLSE buying the Argos, believed the team could make a $1M profit as part of the conglomerate. I have to believe MLSE has now figured out that an extra $1M profit is not a bad thing to go after.

And as I've written before, that was before the new TV contract (which took a much bigger chunk out of expenses) thus making that million or so projected profit likely to be much larger.

[paulwoods13]

And as I've written before, that was before the new TV contract (which took a much bigger chunk out of expenses) thus making that million or so projected profit likely to be much larger.

The other thing that's changed, of course, is the stadium. Depending on how much rent was being paid to Rogers and how much is paid now, there's further potential for better financials. It totally makes sense for Rogers to want to be part of this.

[Flutie]

The other thing that's changed, of course, is the stadium. Depending on how much rent was being paid to Rogers and how much is paid now, there's further potential for better financials. It totally makes sense for Rogers to want to be part of this.

Don't forget that BMO is run and maintained by the city not MLSE. The city workers demanded more money with the addition of the Argos and the city demanded a hefty increase in "rent" due to the additional work of converting the field 9 or times to the CFL configuration and another 9 or 10 times to convert it back to soccer.
When it was soccer only it was just about maintain the grass. With the Argos it's about removing the seats at the north end and removing the first 10 rows of the south end, putting in CFL goal posts, marking the field for CFL lines and the CFL signage.

[dmont]

Don't forget that BMO is run and maintained by the city not MLSE. The city workers demanded more money with the addition of the Argos and the city demanded a hefty increase in "rent" due to the additional work of converting the field 9 or times to the CFL configuration and another 9 or 10 times to convert it back to soccer.
When it was soccer only it was just about maintain the grass. With the Argos it's about removing the seats at the north end and removing the first 10 rows of the south end, putting in CFL goal posts, marking the field for CFL lines and the CFL signage.

That doesn't sound right. Source? Provide source or I no believa ya face.

[DoubleBlue_Red]

Don't forget that BMO is run and maintained by the city not MLSE. The city workers demanded more money with the addition of the Argos and the city demanded a hefty increase in "rent" due to the additional work of converting the field 9 or times to the CFL configuration and another 9 or 10 times to convert it back to soccer.
When it was soccer only it was just about maintain the grass. With the Argos it's about removing the seats at the north end and removing the first 10 rows of the south end, putting in CFL goal posts, marking the field for CFL lines and the CFL signage.

BMO is OWNED by the city and has been operated by MLSE since the grounds construction. The initial stadium was paid for with federal and provincial tax dollars + plus some MLSE money. The roof was constructed after a large investment by MLSE.