Quote Originally Posted by Downtownfan View Post
I remember so clearly the second game ever at BMO against the ORBs in 2016: After the excitement of the stadium opener, even with the crappy loss, I was so looking forward to "getting into" things at BMO. Walking towards the stadium having to get around all the barricades because of the Indy made me a little uneasy. But when I got to the stadium, a bit late, and realized that it was barely half full, my heart really sank. I felt like I had been truly mislead by all the positive assurances of Copeland (who I like), et al. It was clear that things were not rosy for the team in terms of ticket sales/attendance, and in fact, we were worse off than in the dome.

Throughout the game, I kept thinking to myself, "how do you go from the opener to this? Where is everybody?" All the positives from the hype, the promises, the new ownership, the positive press (including an astoundingly good article from Sportsnet on the home opener), were quickly washed away, and I knew that the franchise was in deep trouble. We have not really ever "gotten back" to where we were "supposed" to be with the new place (yes, the EF in 2017 was fantastic), but we have so much work to do. And it starts with winning consistently, something this franchise has not done all decade, really.
I believe that we were looking at the ticketmaster chart on here and coming to the sad realization that things weren't going to go as smoothly as we hoped.