[Thunderball]

Originally Posted by browna

I didn't realize having an empty stadium for 6-8 months of the year meant we were not world class.

Vancouver, another Olympic city, population of over 2 million in GVR has a 10K seat stadium.

Calgary would've had a spot (look at Landsdowne Park and its turf) if Edmonton's 50K seat stadium wasn't 3 hours away.

Its taken the better part of 20 years for Toronto (population, 5 million) to get interest/financing/construction done on a modern soccer stadium, and that's only 20K people.

Reason...everwhere except for the west coast, these stadiums sit empty for the 6-8 winter months of the year...and for that matter, other then major sports, not filled in the summer months other then every second weekend..Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, no matter where.

Actually... Calgary was in the running, McMahon was approved (with the forthcoming fieldturf installation)... Calgary decided to drop out. Thats what makes the city bush league.