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Originally Posted by Nathan
They didn't bother trying. They are saying the demand wouldn't be/isn't there (which is of course bullshit). I think we are seeing a bit of the Montreal theory at play though, i.e. artificially limiting capacity in the hopes that a shortage makes demand/perception bigger (which I still think has a limited return and backfires in the end).
They also put in corporate boxes, which you can see ringing the stadium between the first and second decks. This has limited how much they could add in terms of expansion seating. There was a blocked off a street in '95 as well, something they didn't want to do this year.
A photo from '95 off of the city of Regina Website (55k capacity):
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True. ( . . . . and for other reasons as mentioned above.)
In '95, that game was the 'trial run' game for organizers to iron out any deficiencies in advance to the Grey Cup - for it was the first Grey Cup ever held in Regina. (Attendance was 55,438 for the trial run game; and the '95 Grey Cup's attendance was 52,564.)
After the '95 Grey Cup, the temporary bleachers were sent to Atlanta for the '96 Olympics.
The 2003's Grey Cup had 50,909 attendees.
44,910 is still pretty good - considering the reduced Grey Cup expansion potential at Mosaic.
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