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Originally Posted by elly63
If we had to rank the top five stadiums in which to represent our country would BMO be on that list? Personally my answer would be no (my opinion only).
The TFC people are saying that BMO is the best soccer specific stadium in the country. A few points on that, one, is it the best in a race of what, two horses (Saputo)? Is BMO actually now still classified as soccer specific, whatever that means.
I'm finding my definition of soccer specific seems to be coming down to a few thousand zealots who want to sit close behind the goal. What other definition is there to soccer specific? Every new stadium built in Canada is up to FIFA "standards".
Will the Americans be using soccer specific stadiums, I can't think of any at the moment.
Edmonton should be a player for its past success with big events but the decision will likely go to the big three cities.
What I would really like to see is the movers and shakers in Calgary get their shit together and make a run for this. They need a new stadium, and the question arises if they can win an Olympic bid where will the opening and closing ceremonies be held, in a 20k seat hockey arena or 30k seat stadium
They can get fed money for this. If this was involving the university they qualify for fed money for educational infrastructure and also for an international sporting event, the two things that the feds will give money towards.
Unfortunately I can't see anyone having that kind of foresight in Calgary right now which is a real shame.
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It's quite simple. The stands were designed and are still designed around a soccer pitch; not baseball or football.
Have you considered how many millions would have to dumped in Skydome to make it work for world cup soccer? It's much easier to expand BMO to 40,000 and harmonize the exterior to make it look prettier and impressive for the 1 minute of airtime. I've watched my share of international sporting events on TV as well. The irony is Skydome will get more coverage just because it's fromt and centre to the ubiquitous CN Tower skyline shot.
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