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Originally Posted by HOWITZER
I think there has been a steady decline year over year right?
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It looks pretty consistent with recent years. In fact, against the same opponents, this year looks like it's up a bit over the last couple.
The Eastern teams don't draw as well as the Western (and Winnipeg was in the East for most of recent history). The Lions don't draw as well as the Esks and Riders. After this week, all of their remaining games are against the three traditional Western teams, so the numbers should be pretty good the rest of the way.
The CFL's website has attendance numbers going back to 2005, and in that entire time, the Stamps haven't had a regular season game with attendance below 25,000. In that same time, they've had numerous games over 30,000 and many over 35,000.
I'll be very surprised if the new building isn't a 35,000 base capacity, expandable to 50,000 (like McMahon is now).