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Originally Posted by mykalberta
I was under the impression that matches have to be played on grass surfaces which is why Edmonton is the stadium of choice. Is BMO stadium in TO grass? Why no play there and then nationally televise it on TSN2 
Also, if its directy flights from England the routing isnt that much longer (90 minutes max) because they can take a more polar route). Coming back its longer because of currents but... |
No it is field-turf. If they wanted funding from the City of Toronto, they were required to put in a field that could be used by the city in the off season, which apparently meant field-turf (they put a bubble over the stadium in the winter).
There was an article (I can't find right now) that was talking about how, with the transfer money Toronto FC was getting (one of their players was signed to a European team), they were considering using the money to convert to natural grass and then build another field-turf field to satisfy their obligations.
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