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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
That's fair enough, though I'm not sure the stamps games are the only reason for having a stadium.
How much older/crappier does it have to get before it's worth replacing in your eyes? Old like the corral? Never - as long as it's not going to collapse and they keep up basic maintenance and improvements?
For me it's already past the point where I have no interest in going to McMahon. But you go more than I suspect I ever will, so I'm curious your take on it.
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I go a decent amount too. A new stadium for the stamps would be nice, but I honestly don't know if it would impact if I go more or not. My complaints about McMahon are usually more about how hard it is to actually spend money there (cash only for most food, 2 ATMs, limited food options, etc.) if there were more options to spend money that would just benefit the owners but in terms of the actual football that usually depends on if I have other plans or not. There is maybe 10% of games I miss on purely weather reasons (early season game and it's pissing rain and I don't care enough to go) but again that's not generally going to massively change with a closed stadium.
Honestly if the Flames would just do some renos to McMahon to improve the concourse and refurb the washrooms and update the payment systems to 20th century technology, they'd extract a lot more money from me each game. That's on them. I have no idea why they don't seem to understand how much money they are leaving on the table from fans each game. Do that stuff and I don't see why you couldn't get at least another 15 years from that place. It will never be a destination stadium, but it's totally serviceable for the CFL with a few updates.