https://www.argonauts.ca/schedule/
Argos are off Week 1.
Home Opener is June 22, 2018 versus Hamilton.
Labour Day is back to 1 PM.
https://www.argonauts.ca/schedule/
Argos are off Week 1.
Home Opener is June 22, 2018 versus Hamilton.
Labour Day is back to 1 PM.
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As is tradition an Argos home game will be played not at home.
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Also, we pay same price for Season Tickets but yet only get 8 games instead of 9 this year? (Forget the "early bird" pricing)
Preseason home game is 11AM on a Thursday?
Nice, two CNE games.
I suspect that the preseason game will be a school day event, which is why it is at 11. May be a very good turn out with lots of kids, likely the largest we have had I preseason at BMO.
If we have to lose a game, I love the idea of at least being played in Moncton and it is for a good league wide cause I guess.
I attended at the TD Atlantic a few years ago for a game involving the Argos.
The place was packed and the atmosphere was awesome.
I also hope the new owners do end up playing in Moncton for what now looks like 2 years before the Halifax stadium is ready.
A regional team, even though based in Halifax, needs the Atlantic provinces like the Saskatchewan example to be successful.
While I agree the touchdown atlantic is a good idea, considering the hoped for Halifax expansion, it is unfair to Toronto fans (the best fans in the league and I am a ticat fan saying that) that they lose a home game (again!). The argos need as much exposure in TO as possible and losing a home game doesn't help with that. Other teams can lose a home game for a change.
BTW, when I hit through the link to the schedule, provided here by Will, I can access tickets to all the road games but not Argo home games. I get a 'page not found' message from the Argo site. WTF?
The email clearly explained we will get a refund for that game in Moncton. I clicked on the PDF so I could print it out and they still have the 2018 schedule up. Confused me a little as none of the dates lined up for 2019.
Yikes -- not a spectacular schedule; only one afternoon game to take kids to (and it's the last one of the year (not during the summer), and when it might be meaningless) --- and the "make-up" for that is what? - a preseason game at 11:00AM on a weekday which is likely a write-off for most people who have jobs and who cannot take their kids out of school accordingly....(edited)......
No return match after Labour Day (always nice to build the "hate" for Hamilton in that second game 5-6 days later), no Als visit to Toronto this season which may have attracted a few people due to a certain QB who plays for Mtl (why not send an opponent like WPG to Moncton as they never draw well here - it's not like the people in Moncton care about the Als anymore than anyone else - send them a traditional East-West game), yet two visits from Ottawa in a 2 week span....
One game during the Ex and its on the opening night of the Ex, which means it will be a zoo down there trying to get down to the Ex that evening -- and again making it harder for a family who have jobs during the week to make a day of it at the Ex which is kind of the fun part of the Ex game....
I know this seems harsh but if we want to build the next generation of fans (which to me is the key!), having a few more games that are conducive to families attending is important (like Jr. Jays afternoons) --- I have made many suggestions about on the field after game promotions with kids getting to meet players, and catch a ball in the endzone after the game etc. -- doing that kind of stuff at 10:00pm-11:00pm is just not going to happen..... (when are other adults going to an after game meet and greet in Liberty Village - at 11pm?),
Maybe other like this schedule - but it's not great for extending interest to families in my opinion......
Last edited by Argos1983; 12-20-2018 at 07:57 PM.
Think this schedule misses the mark in a few places where the 3018 schedule nailed it.
No afternoon Saturday home games until that last one. I like night games too but they involve the rushing home afterward part - e.g. gotta make that 1013 train or next thing I’m getting home at 1am. Anyhow, not the end of the world.
The CNE game is on a Friday night - miss the optics of a game while people wander around on a CNE weekend. That Sunday afternoon game vs the alouettes would’ve been ideal.
No labour day rematch.
I actually enjoy the heightened intensity of a few visiting fans, with that said I think having the one Ottawa home game on a Friday is a bit of a miss too.
That said, still not too bad - lots of Saturday games - still much better than other years gone by.
^My Bad (I’ve edited my original post) - you are correct, at least the STH aren’t paying for a preseason game that most of them likely wouldn’t attend.......
There are pros and cons to the Argo schedule and previous posters have out lined those pros/cons very well. One issue not mentioned is the fact that between July 6 and Sept 20 there will be only 2 games at BMO. Two home game in 11 weeks (one day shy) is not beneficial in building up community support for the team. The media and general public pay scant enough attention to the team as it is. This could well exacerbate that problem to even a greater extent.
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