CFL and Argos looking at solution for BMO end zone turf and attendance problems

[halifaxguy]

https://nationalpost.com/sports/foot...n-some-markets

While CFL has traditionally been a gate driven league, that has changed in the last five years with TSN. Attendance has plummeted to almost all time lows in some markets were if the revenue was primarily gate driven those franchises would have folded long ago. Argos averaged 13000 fans last season, worst in its post war history! Attendance is dropping to dangerous levels as well in Vancouver and Montreal where CFL talk, like Toronto, is nearly non-existent now. Tfc, whitecaps and the Impact are the cool kids on the block now in summer/fall now making it even more difficult for the CFL in those markets. 2021 could honestly be armageddon for the CFL when the TSN contract expires (they in essence own the league now with that TV contract). The league may look a whole lot different in 5 years. Hopefully they can get franchises in Halifax and Quebec City. Would help a lot.

I agree, attendance has dropped to dangerous levels in Vancouver and Montreal too, they are losing money big time and only surviving because of dedicated owners like Braley and Wetenhall who are absorbing the losses. It has not changed in the last five years with TSN, CFL teams were collecting $4 million a year from TSN 5 seasons ago and still collecting the same $4M today and that hasn't changed and will not change until after 2021

Here are the numbers for the Riders, and as you can see the TSN contract represents only 11% of revenues.
Gate Receipts 45% and related to gate receipts are concessions at 4% and merchandise at 18%, in stadium sponsors 17%

https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.ne...rt1718_web.pdf