2013, 2014 and 2015 pre-season games have all been at Varsity Stadium - not Rogers CentreOriginally Posted by Kaz
2013, 2014 and 2015 pre-season games have all been at Varsity Stadium - not Rogers Centre
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The Argos will never recapture their glory days in this city, but they don't have to attract 45,000 fans anymore either.
I think they have a decent chance at averaging 20,000 fans a game playing at BMO Field, which should be enough for the franchise to stay afloat.
I meant those were the last 5 years that the Argos played in Rogers. (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 5 years)
to be honest they only need to 30k for what 8 games a year? i think Argos will do well at BMO field. Don't under estimate there ticket sales. TFC have to sell 30k for about 17 home games, more games you have often mean harder to fill all the seats.
Just an FYI - Argo capacity is 25K.
Perfect for a weaker attended CFL team. Not ideal but enough to float. They've done it with so much less.
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Interesting bit of lack of news:
BMO Field Ops was all over making sure people saw them taking off the soccer lines right after the last TFC game in prep for the Argo game.
No pics only this tweet after Argo game
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/TFC_GroundsDept/status/742093123854209029
Anybody got a drone?
I'm sure someone will be taking a stroll around BMO at some point in the next day or two.Interesting bit of lack of news:
BMO Field Ops was all over making sure people saw them taking off the soccer lines right after the last TFC game in prep for the Argo game.
No pics only this tweet after Argo game
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/TFC_GroundsDept/status/742093123854209029
Anybody got a drone?
The BMO Pitch will be getting a real workout begining on Saturday. Will be interesting to see how it holds up.
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doesn't really matter this time of year. The grass is very healthy, field is very dry and can withstand alot.
Its this volume in october/november that would be a concern.
And...we have some info from the ground crew
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/TFC_GroundsDept/status/742852744906579969
From a first hand look the field looks good.
After one game in dry weather, ya, it's probably fine but we'd know more if we could see the condition of the grass between the hash marks.
Was in the building for a meeting yesterday from about 15 rows up on the west side it had no visible wear.
This thread is going to get pretty awesome..
Grass checks after every game but ours.
The Argos/etc. Grass Check Thread.
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My mid week grass checking days are few and far between lol
As I was leaving BMO yesterday i did happen to see a couple people on roller blades, maybe we can assemble a mid week roller blade grass checking team?
Grass looked fine. The lines on the field, not so much.
There's a pic on my Twitter feed. I'd post it here but I keep forgetting how from my phone.
Check out this tweet at [URL]https://twitter.com/Yagbod/status/742919809403396098[/URL]
Also, is the metal detector and no re-entry stuff 100% for next year or something they are considering?
It is possible that is from the spraying of them off leaving a grass mark. Once the pitch is preped for the game on saturday I would suspect it wouldn't be there.
enh, that's well inside the margin for error.
If the field gets wrecked or paint gets left on, that's when we should get angry.
My impression was 100%, but you never know. Apparently the league gives them a years lead time on security measures. TFC knew about wanding and such a year in advance as well.
Thanks for sharing (with Area's help of course)
This will be "good enough" for many.
I still stand on the side of "it never had to be less than it was".
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I had a question about the revised capacity of BMO now that the north stands are gone. What is the official capacity for soccer now? I thought around 30k. I am curious as I am seeing various articles that state the Argos capacity is between 25k and 27k. How do they lose between 3 and 5k seats? The North end patio can't be that many? Are they tarping over sections?
i think its 28,122? and then you lose a few hundred across the front of the south as well for the blue guys.
The patio apparently has tickets being sold for it too so they can officially claim a higher capacity. Argos have an official capacity of 26-27k TFC has 30k.
First 5-6 rows of the south end are removed (7 sections = 750-1250 seats approx.)
North end Premium seats (250-500) plus patio (500-1000)
Gets pretty close to the change from TFC to Argos.
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FWIW
TFC MLS game Attendance so far (wiki)
30,025
24,748
30,262
26,252
Cup
22,143
^^^
That's not bad for the league games considering there was a re-scheduled kick-off in there, a mid-week game and a game on a Saturday of a long weekend.
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Honestly, I really had to look at the picture to see the lines. It's fine, IMO.
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