If I owned the team we'd have one big stadium donut fight.
If I owned the team we'd have one big stadium donut fight.
It's true about BC fans being fairweather, but Vancouver has basically become the Western Toronto or Montreal when it comes to sports watching. The Football, soccer and whatever other teams they have may have the bandwagon up and down attendance but that has, nor will it ever apply to their NHL team and their Canucks and has not for 20 years.....The Canucks in Vancouver, like the Leafs in TO or the Habs in Montreal will always sell now that the team has been established for over 40 years in their marketplace.
It's true the Canucks did have crowds of 10-11k sometimes for the first 15-20 years of thier existence because they were a new franchise marketing to a generation of older fans with money that were still Leaf fans (like many westerners) from the original 6 days. Today, the majority of Vancouver and BC hockey fans grew up with Canucks and with some franchise players that have given that team an identity like Trevor Linden, Pavel Bure, and even Roberto Loungo, Markus Naslund over the years....The team was mostly awful and had no identity from 1970-1990. The days of 10k crowds, or crowds under a sellout are extremely rare. The NHL has become just as hard a ticket in Van City as it has in Toronto and Montreal, and the league generally is a tough ticket and sells really well in all its Canadian Market. It's why 40% of league revenues are generated by the 7 teams in Canada.
I remember coming to Vancouver for Grey Cup 86 and staying with my cousin and his girlfriend at the time who's his wife now. Anyhow we went to two Canucks games and walked up like you'd be walking into a Provincial Jr A game and buying great seats. We got seats right against the glass an hour before the game.
The Canucks...YUK....my Fav Canuck of all time was "Dunc Wilson"
MakeArgonautsGreatAgain, 2021
My favourite Canucks are John Gould, Dennis Kearns, Rick Blight, Ron Sedlbauer and of course Harold Snepsts...lol. Can't forget Cesare Maniago. I remember those old Canuck players from the 70's because I kept getting their trading cards. It was tough to always get the star players or multiple traders of Lafleur, Dionne and Trottier, but boy did I have a collection of Don Lever, Chris Oddliefson, and Curt Ridley cards....my trade proposal of "I'll take your Bossy rookie card for Dennis Vervegaert", never went too well.
I know I've partaked in taking this thread a little off-topic...but those 70's Canuck teams were always in great brawls
Check this gem from 1977, Harold Snepsts taking on Dave "The Hammer" Schultz...gotta love the banana look LA Kings...LOL
Younger folks who cant't remember hockey from the 70's wouldn't believe how crazy it was. Ledgendary brawls. I remember a few doozies with the Leafs and both the Flyers and NYR.
I say a huge Canuck YUK as well. My fave Canuck of all time would have to be Oh I'd have to dig out my old Esso Power Play Album to refresh my memory. The only stamp I'm missing is a Canuck, Rosaire Paimount I believe was the spelling.
Brother of #99 Wilf Paiement
Cameron Dukes + Dan Adeboboye + Kevin Mital + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
I once took a sign and hung it along the wall near Harold Ballards lair at Maple Leaf Gardens. It was an Oilers/Leafs game. My sign Read The Great Number 99, Paiement that is.
The Leafs one 7-1 Gretz was stopped on a penalty shot and my buddy tossed an M and M's down Waynes tucked in shirt while he was on the bench. No glass between players and fans back then. The next day my sign was written about in The Star. Great memories I'll never forget.
I had a blast hanging out with Rosaire Paiment and a bunch of retired Montreal Canadians at the hotel bar he owns (I think he still owns it) in Fort Lauderdale in '95, the Penalty Box lounge. I was there in March and needed my Hockey fix, and he had all the games on. Really nice guy.
It's us vs the rest of the country
If I owened the Argos I'd allow Ping to toss Mr. Freezies again. Who remembers those days when Ping would buy a whole bunch of them and get up and get everyone pumped and start tossing them around. All fun and games until someone gets a Ping tossed freezie in the eye. haha.
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Ania that is too funny. No way you wanted to get a Ping fast freezie to the head. hahaha. Perfect shot, thanks.
Cameron Dukes + Dan Adeboboye + Kevin Mital + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
Rogers has had their chance before. The marketing could have been great with both the Jays and Argos under their ownership.
I don't see Rogers having any interest.
Maybe Justin Bieber is an Argo fan and at this point could afford them with all his coin. He'd bring in a younger crowd.
Why do we need a corporate faceless entity to own a CFL team. The expenses are nowhere near those of MLB, NHL, NBA or NFL. Do you really think Bell/Rogers would pony up a dime for a stadium which is what is needed for self-survival.
I could see Bell/ Rogers buying the Argos, but in much the same manner that Harry Ornest did. To have the football rights to the dome, and to make sure that those football dates will be filled at the dome...I don't think this would necessarily be better than having a group that really wanted to own a CFL team. If the team can get help building a stadium or having other sources of revenue making them have a chance at being profitable, then other people or companies would be interested.
In 5 to 10 years, Justin Bieber may be as popular as Debbie Gibson, or Tiffany.....you may ask who are they?...my point exactly. The boy bands of 10-15 years ago are just as dated....New Kids...what was that other crap...that came after....see I already forgot their name....Bieber is next...lol.
Now there's an idea Gill The Thrill lol, can't stand Bieber's music and his alter ego, but he has the coin .
Eddy
The only yardstick for success in our society, is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.
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