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Originally Posted by SilverKast
I completely agree with this. I grew up a CFL fan and had Stamps seasons tickets for 15 years. I still go to Grey Cup every year, but I find I really don't care a whole lot about the games themselves - it's more having a good time with my friends.
I gave up my CFL tickets a couple years ago as I just didn't enjoy it. I fly to a few NFL games every year, (working on seeing every stadium) and after seeing various stadiums across the US I just can't bring myself to go to the travesty of a stadium that McMahon is in comparison.
I'm only 45, but even my friends hardly go anymore. And my teenage kids have absolutely zero interest in CFL football. Not sure what's going to happen with the CFL, but when you see Toronto's attendance it doesn't look good.
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Toronto is just a dead market for the CFL. They only support big league sports (and Leafs related given the Marlies do ok). They need to keep the team there to keep the league on the big media radar but really don't see them ever being popular.
Hamilton is less than an hour away and they fill their stadium pretty well. But just too many options in Toronto and the CFL is way down the list of things to do. Haven't looked at Montreal - but I do wonder if having an MLS team playing at the same time is a big hit on CFL attendence in the market.