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Originally Posted by heep223
McMahon is a #### hole and a terrible fan experience. It's embarrassing for the city. That's why tickets are so cheap.
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The Argos play in Rogers Centre, and their tickets are cheaper than Stamps tickets.
The Stamps actually have some of the more expensive tickets in the league based on the last time I was looking at tickets.
Tickets are cheap to the Stamps because the CFL doesn't draw crowds any more and in most markets they can't be priced any higher than they are now without it drastically impacting sales.
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Toronto, where the corporate money is? Booted from Rogers Centre by the Pan-Am Games and then the Blue Jays, the Argos were barely a blip on the city’s radar.
Saskatchewan, where the fans care the most? A 3-15 disaster.
Winnipeg, host city of the Grey Cup? The Bombers went 5-13.
Wednesday, when the CFL’s winningest coach ever, B.C. Lions GM Wally Buono, held his season post-mortem, he was defending an operation that drew just 21,290 fans on average, far below the capacity of even the scaled-down, 27,500-seat lower bowl configuration at B.C. Place.
His 7-11 team lost 35-9 in Sunday’s West semifinal at Calgary, a game that drew only 26,000 and change in 36,000-seat McMahon Stadium, home of a 14-4 Stampeders team that won last year’s Grey Cup and has averaged 13 wins per season for the eight years John Hufnagel has been its head coach.
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The stadium has precious little to do with why fans aren't going to Stamps games.
If you can't attract more than 65% capacity in warm weather, during a winning season for the most important game of the year, do you really a roof (complete with more expensive tickets) is going to seal the deal?