Quote:
Originally Posted by isaidso
BC Place, Olympic Stadium, and Commonwealth Stadium are the obvious top 3 in the country. Mosaic and IGF are very nice but too small. It wouldn't be worth spending the money to add the extra 7000 seats either.
The 4th? I suppose Toronto will try to land it but Skydome is the only viable venue. If it's 3 cities Vancouver, Edmonton, and Montreal make the most sense. We here in Toronto like to think BMO is the country's premier soccer stadium but it's not even in the top 5.
|
It's the only CSA friendly facility with natural grass...
Canada got spoiled with the Woman's World Cup which is a rounding error to FIFA in size and scope, BC Place looked impressive dressed up for it but that set up with turf will never fly for the MWC.
Places like NMS and IGF are Canadian football palaces but would turn into lackluster soccer facilities. They are well suited for CFL and are top quality for THAT sport, both are goofy soccer facilities due to the fact of such large CFL field dimensions among their seats versus a soccer pitch.
As mentioned, the truth is the truth, and simply points to the lackluster facilities present in Canada all around. I can't think of any G8 nation with as poor outdoor facilities as us, we would be ideal to have a fancy national stadium that could be used in situations like this bid. Canada regionalism would never stand for a single national stadium (especially in Toronto), but one central world class facility would do wonders for national sport here.
There isn't one elite level outdoor facility in Canada. Not even one.
With that, BMO Field is indeed our best soccer facility, even if it looks like a garden shed and cost a nickle to build.
If BC Place had grass it would easily be number one. Why can't we ask why that grass never explored? I know likely the reasons why but I wonder if others may know (Answer: 'Canadian Cheapness' as grass costs much more to maintain).
A fun game is to look at the adequacy/inadequacy of USA facilities and markets. Lowly Indianapolis for example would likely get cut in a USA rotation but that facility and market is better equipped than any Canadian market, even Vancouver and Toronto. Quite sad. It shouldn't be this way.
Prev
) the Argos' existing fanbase in mostly in the 'burbs, the key demographic for Toronto sports (young, upper middle class) is already in the other four sports in town, and the once-underserved Toronto media market is becoming increasing saturated with the Leafs become good, Raptors continuing to be pretty good, TFC dominating all of MLS, and Jays having their best attendance in 20 years.
Just curious how many games have they sold out this year? The Green Riders have sold out most of their games this year haven't they? But would I recommend increasing capacity to 40k, hell no. Create ticket scarcity, which is hopefully what will save the woeful on field TiCats this year.
Linear Mode
