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.
Just an FYI - Argo capacity is 25K.
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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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.
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?
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.
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?
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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.