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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
But it's fans as a whole, not just Toronto fans although Toronto fans are a terrible example (though to be fair they packed BMO Field for the MLS Cup). Live football is right up there with baseball as the worst live sport to go to. It's a made for TV sport, you spend 3 hours at a live sport to see the equivalent of 15 minutes of actual game action. Most people spend more time in their commute to the game then they do watching actual game action occur. The rest is huddles, pre and post snap stuff, and commercials. Nevermind being able to buy a 12 pack at home for the equivalent of 3 beers at McMahon. Even the infallible NFL is seeing swaths of empty seats at its games now, something you wouldn't see a decade ago. A CFL stadium isn't worth it, and going with CalgaryNEXT makes no sense from a city perspective. They can spend $200 million on their own for 24/7/365 public access facility, or they can give the Stamps $200 million and turn that public access facility into more of a 24/6/310 situation. Seems kinda obvious from a city perspective which one is better for the benefit of the entire general public.
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Are you sure that these are facts, or your opinions? Football has done quite well in the States, and most cities other than Toronto.
I know for myself and many people I know the biggest reason not to go to Stamps games is the stadium. Parking is brutal, the C-Train access creates a massive line up to go home, and if you have a 2nd beer you had better have a bladder buddy because bathrooms are tough.
Having said that I don't think you build a new stadium unless you can partner up and find other uses for it than football. And I'm fine with that.