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Originally Posted by Zarley
It's unsettling to see this eastern Canadian attitude towards the CFL becoming more prevalent here in Calgary. The CFL gets more respect among American football fans than it does in some areas of Canada, which is unfortunate considering that it's an important cultural institution with a long history in this country.
Regardless, McMahon is in need of replacement and renovating it is a fool's errand. It's likely cheaper to build a new stadium that suits our needs from scratch and it's a better use of funds to construct it in an area the will allow for maximum usage (ie. somewhere that is actually able to host concerts, trade shows etc. in addition to football and expanded soccer/rugby usage).
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Let me clarify as my post was not meant to disparage the CFL.
Are you suggesting that there are players who are going to choose Regina or Winnipeg over Calgary because they have a nicer facility? Or that a player would choose BC over Calgary because BC place is better?
That's ridiculous. Calgary has no problem attracting top talent right now even though Calgary is probably WAY behind a city like Vancouver in terms of where a player would like to live and quality of facilities.
I thought they were suggesting that we were going to be attracting "top talent" from the NFL because we have a nice stadium.