2025 Cavalry FC and CPL thread

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

No one wants to visit Hamilton, visit Hamilton, visit Hamilton.

'Tis a miserable place.

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

No one wants to visit Hamilton, visit Hamilton, visit Hamilton.

This summer I was driving from Toronto to Niagara, and thought I'd slip into Hamilton just to say that I have been. Drove past the stadium as well.

I don't like to dump on places for no reason, but holy smokes it was indeed a bleak place. We did have a nice time seeing the shops on Locke Street which was outside of the downtown area. But... that was about it.

[Muta]

I saw one Cavs/Forge game in Hamilton in May. That's the last time I ever go see a game there. The stadium was fine (although does not have nowhere NEAR the charm and presence of ATCO Field; it's a CFL stadium first and foremost), but the people side-eyed us the entire time (I guess we were the only Cavs fans there really), the area is a hole, the drive in to the city was weird (like a gigantic hybrid of worn down factories, grey haze, abandoned buildings, and poorly maintained street infrastructure) and the drive out was like being in Dawn of the Dead going through the downtown area. I'm sure there are nice places in Hamilton, but I definitely didn't see them.

Had good pizza at an indy pizza place a couple blocks from the stadium, I'll give it at least that.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang

This summer I was driving from Toronto to Niagara, and thought I'd slip into Hamilton just to say that I have been. Drove past the stadium as well.

I don't like to dump on places for no reason, but holy smokes it was indeed a bleak place. We did have a nice time seeing the shops on Locke Street which was outside of the downtown area. But... that was about it.

The first time I saw it I was driving from Toronto to Buffalo at night. When you cut across the corner of the lake on the bridge and see the "skyline", AKA open flames coming out of stacks - it really is something.

Canada's Baghdad.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

The first time I saw it I was driving from Toronto to Buffalo at night. When you cut across the corner of the lake on the bridge and see the "skyline", AKA open flames coming out of stacks - it really is something.

Canada's Baghdad.

This must be incorporated into the chanting next season lol!