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Originally Posted by curves2000
It's kind of a shame how often the CFL in recent years kind of screwed up the host city for the Grey Cup. The league is obviously quite strong in the prairies but how many times did the Stamps host during their 10-15 years of being arguably the #1 or #2 team? How often did Edmonton or Regina host? Fewer times than what would have made logical sense.
Far too many Grey Cups were played in Toronto and Vancouver to try and drum up support for corporate sponsors and try and play in warmer weather locations. I think it was a missed opportunity for Calgary and the CFL with how few times the league title game was not played in the prairie provinces.
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They don’t host the grey cup based on team record. As much as I like local grey cup it just makes more sense from virtually every perspective to host it in bigger cities with better weather and more amenities.
Vancouver and Toronto get the grey cup more because their stadiums are more suitable, the weather is better, the cities can handle large events better, they have more hotels etc.
It’s the same reason the Super Bowl will never be played in Cleveland or Buffalo.
I think the league has done an excellent job at throwing the smaller markets a bone and letting them host every once in a while.
I also don’t have a problem with Calgary hosting. McMahon sucks but not nearly as bad as people like to think. They still have bathroom lineups in Regina, Winnipeg,Ottawa and Hamilton. Concourses get busy. It happens.
Honestly it’s probably better than 2/3 of FCS ncaa football schools. Not every stadium can be luxury. It has good sight lines, is easy to get to with transit.