The NASL commissioner was in Edmonton last week to discuss the football lines at Clarke Stadium. Expansion bids that permanently rely on a stadium with football lines won't be considered.
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Peterson also said that the league won’t look at expansion bids that include pitches that have football lines on them. He said they are OK as a temporary solution, a new team can play on them for a year or two while it waits for new turf or a facility of its own. But it can’t float a football-lined surface as a permanent solution.
That may be an issue for the Calgary bid, where McMahon Stadium, home of the CFL Stampeders, is being floated as a stadium possibility. Peterson said Calgary, Winnipeg and Hamilton remain in the mix as potential expansion cities, even though the league has now made getting franchises into the western United States as a priority.
“We could possibly include Calgary as a new team with those western cities,” said Peterson.
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Also, building on the Calgary Puck Supporters Group comment, I've thought of a name: McGrath and Sons. Perhaps I should wait until there's actually a team first...