Yes... They will finanlly get it
No.... They will screw this up royally
hmmm... not sure? how much money will they make from this?
Not related, but kinda still. Looks like a 35K cricket stadium is being built in the GTA:
http://www.blogto.com/city/2014/07/m...ng_to_the_gta/
How the fuck can't the Argo's get their shit together while everyone else seems to be doing just fine?
the argos have been living in there parents basement for 100 years,its time to get your own place.jezzz
Hockey outside of the Leafs in the GTA struggles, this has been obvious for at least well over a decade now. Doesn't matter if you have a population of 700,000 like Mississauga, a small town/city far enough from the GTA will generally do well, you get in that GTA region area and people seem to only support the pro teams. There is a lot of competition for money and entertainment in the city, and I hate it but its true people are only interested in the big sports. Its not Hockey they love in Toronto, its the NHL they love. I have no doubt a 2nd NHL team would do well in the GTA, but a AHL or OHL team I never have much faith in ever doing well even if its in downtown Toronto, the so called Hockey universe, and that has pretty much been proven already.
Brampton for Cricket is a different story then Hockey. With Brampton's Indian and Pakistan population (where Cricket is huge) it really isn't a surprise that Brampton would be the first choice for a Cricket location. But even so, its just seems crazy to think they could handle a 35k stadium, overall Cricket is a very niche market in the GTA as a whole, In London, England the famous oval ground only fits 23,500 where Cricket is rather popular, the biggest cricket ground in England is 30k, so how the hell would a 35k stadium work in Toronto? Seems like it would be doomed to fail and be an empty building in the long run. Now a 10k Cricket field might make more sense to me.
Last edited by james; 07-09-2014 at 12:47 AM.
Money of that amount comes from sources who can invest anywhere in the world.
If I'm investing $750 million in a cricket stadium, it ain't in Canada.
I don't believe anything about that report.
200,000 South Asian's in Brampton, 150,000 in Mississauga, 125-150,000 in Scarborough. That is 500,000 people. Assume 10% will go just because it is funded buy non-canadians and at least 10% that will go because they really like cricket and miss seeing it live.
It isn't inconceivable you can put 20,000 in on a regular basis. And Max it out for friendlies
However I think it is a dumb idea, as the "league" I don't think has a talent pool to support a 35,000 seat stadium... or the popularity to be successful on the scale that would require sure a stadium.
But hey.. maybe the Argos can play in it.
Nobody is going to watch Canadian T20. And you can't make that much money back on Test matches, 50 Over or T20 neutral games.
My point is that amount of money can buy you a much larger more profitable stadium in India or even a decent sized more profitable one in Australia.
Its not happening.
Don't forget about people from former British colonies (like those from Caribbean) where Cricket is also very popular. I would say there's close to one million people who have ties to cricket in GTA. So having cricket stadium in GTA makes sense (probably more sense than Argos having their own stadium). This stadium isn't only for Canadian cricket, but also to hold major cricket games.
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Because the subject of cricket has been brought up, I just found this online: http://cplt20.ca/
It doesn't look like there's a lot of money behind this, but I bet a Canadian domestic league could see at least some moderate success if they can find the right venues and get good sponsors.
Did the USA , of all countries, just fix soccer? - C. Ronaldo, May 27th commenting on the FBI-led investigations into fraud and corruption throughout FIFA.
I know many people including myself are either from England, or there parents are from England, and none of them play it over here. Same goes for the many people who live here but are originally from the carribean's and India and Pakistan or there parents and exc are, despite many people having routes to Cricket, not that many still play it over here. It is a rather niche market. Not to say there isn't an interest in the sport, but 35k stadium? thats crazy. We don't even have a proper pro league. Also look at it this way.....how many people in the GTA are from a country where Soccer is HUGE....probably millions, now how many people have parents or grandparents who are from a country where Soccer is HUGE!!! I mean its got to be well over half of the entire population in the GTA. Now how many of them watch soccer games such as the premiership on TV? I think it is in the few hundred thousand maybe from stats I saw. Now how many go to TFC games? 20,000 sometimes, sometimes 17,000, We have had as few as 10,000 for Concacaf Champions League games in the passed. How many people watch TFC on TV? I believe less then 100,000 on average, but can get as high as I think 200,000. My point is tho, the way the numbers appear we should get sell outs every games and we should have more then 1million viewers watching soccer every weekend, but we don't. I can't explain it, but the numbers of people vs viewership and attendance never seem to make a whole lot of sense, and this is a world thing not just a Toronto thing. Just a 35k cricket stadium in Toronto sounds more crazy then say Toronto FC building a 35k stadium in 1990...when there was no MLS. MLS was founded in 93, And took many years to get where it is today, I mean the league was taking baby steps in the 90's, and so would a cricket league, you don't go from 0 to 100 in a snap of the fingers. At least I would have some serious doubts anyways.
Last edited by james; 07-09-2014 at 10:02 PM.
It's not $5 each way if you tap on for your return trip less than 3 hours after you tap on for the start of your first trip.
Looking at my Presto Transactions for a return trip from Danforth GO to Exhibition GO. The first trip was $4.82. The return trip home was $0.14. That's a round trip for $4.96 or $2.48 a trip. That's cheaper than TTC or parking.
You do have to time things tightly though ... and tap on as soon as the game is finished, even if you have to wait almost 30 minutes for a train.
My gosh, how is the Gardiner these days on game days? It's nightmare enough at 6:45 AM or 10 PM on a weekday when I've tried driving to Dufferin - times that used to have no congestion.
Wouldn't it be faster just to drive to a side-street just south-west of Danforth station? (personally I hate driving to games - takes away the freedom to have a second beer - fortunately I can walk to Danforth).
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http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1383...ancing-secured
International and local investors continue to be sought to raise the necessary financing for the inaugural season and beyond. Singh is seeking to raise $10 million for a 49 per cent equity stake in the Canadian Premier League T20 (CPLT20), which is structured as a Limited Partnership and has various tax benefits to investors.
If they can't find people to invest $10 million to start their first season how did they get $700 million to build a stadium?
What is equally amazing is that they looked to have secured $700m in funds without a dime of corporate welfare.
I guess MLSE is incapable of raising that amount of cash on their own.
Last edited by backbeat; 07-10-2014 at 10:00 AM. Reason: typo
Keep in mind that I seem to recall a few years ago CBSA or Revenue Canada or who ever it is that handled Immigration, having to start being more through with Applications as people were fubbing their banking records and income levels with the help of brokers. iirc Deportations occurred (though not many). I feel bad saying but everything I have seen when it comes to Financial numbers from that part of the world is there is often a Publicly stated number and an actual number.
For all we know $700 Million is just the net worth of the people involved not what they are actually willing to commit, or any number of things that make that number as useful as Jail made out of Jello Cubes in the summer. It also could be totally accurate. But I can't see spending $700 Million on a 35,000 seat stadium. The New baseball stadium in Miami cost 650 Million.. and that is with a Retractable Roof.
They are talking about a super high end stadium, for a sport that has a limited fan base in Canada, has no television deal, and no real league.
The more you learn about it the less likely it seems and the more it sounds like some form of Insurance fraud or money Laundering deal.