A big factor with the cancelation of the tailgates was cost ie the permits that had to be in place for them. MLSE has also made cuts in the pregame festivities they have been doing with TFC due to the cost of permits. They use to close off a section of Liberty that ran in front of Brazen Head over to Local. It proved to be not worth it for them. One thing to consider is the Ex is municipal property while Ontario place is provincial. There are lots of moving parts when it comes to putting things on like this.

The focus as evident with the lowering of ticket prices has to be on your core product. Toronto is such a competivite market for entertainment dollars they made a choice and to me it makes sense. As we all know every Argos ownership had tried different things over the years and in some ways no one has really figured it out over the long term, who remembers Show Time of 2002. I know it's on a smaller scale at least for now, but the Wolfpack created a buzz with a sport that most of this city did not even know existed prior to last year.