New Brunswick FC? Group Eyes Pro Soccer Team for Moncton
Tom Bateman
Times & Transcript
March 26th 2017
https://www.telegraphjournal.com/telegra...-bouida-halifax-canadian-premier-league-
This article is about a push by Soccer NB to have a franchise in the nascent Canadian Premier League, alongside such cities as Victoria, Hamilton, Ottawa, Quebec City and possibly Halifax.
If the league gets underway, they would likely start playing in about two-three years. The annual cost of running such a team would be $3-5M/yr, and they would need about 7,000 fans per game to make it profitable. They would play at the 10,000 seat Moncton stadium at U de M.
It would actually be good to have teams in both Moncton & Halifax for this league. The cities are close enough (2.5 hours) that there would be a natural rivalry between the two.
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