ChesterCopperpot
Senior Member
It’s going to be unbelievably embarrassing to show BMO to the rest of the world.
Oh no - the 5 times it will be shown that will be forgotten about 3 weeks after the tournament ends.
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Toronto BMO Field Renovations | ?m | ?s | MLSE | Gensler
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Oh no - the 5 times it will be shown that will be forgotten about 3 weeks after the tournament ends.
Woodbridge_Heights
Senior Member
If Chicago the once second largest city in the USA has never hosted a super bowl. I have doubts Toronto ever has a chance at hosting one.
In fact I'm willing to be that mexico city or London hosts a super bowl before Toronto does
Civdis
Active Member
Very simple reason for that, Chicago does not have a dome. Detroit, Indianapolis, Minneapolis and NJ have all hosted Super Bowls, some of them twice. Other than NJ, they all have domes. I would assume if we build an NFL stadium here, it will be domed.
rdaner
Senior Member
^There will never be an NFL anything in Toronto.
ChesterCopperpot
Senior Member
fixed that
Northern Light
Superstar
Wow there's some wacky posting going on here.......that seems to have remarkably little to do with the thread..
Some weird obsession w/the NFL and the Super Bore appears to have cropped up, even though it's entirely off topic.
The NFL has nothing to offer Toronto, and based on the level of fan interest for the Bills here.....(in terms of tickets sold) I would say Toronto has little to offer back.
Plenty of Torontonians would watch, (though I would not be among them), if the tickets prices were more in line with Buffalo's in Buffalo.
But at the price required here to offset a stadium and expansion/transfer fee......I don't think so.
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming..........anyone have updates on the stadium? LOL
Some weird obsession w/the NFL and the Super Bore appears to have cropped up, even though it's entirely off topic.
The NFL has nothing to offer Toronto, and based on the level of fan interest for the Bills here.....(in terms of tickets sold) I would say Toronto has little to offer back.
Plenty of Torontonians would watch, (though I would not be among them), if the tickets prices were more in line with Buffalo's in Buffalo.
But at the price required here to offset a stadium and expansion/transfer fee......I don't think so.
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming..........anyone have updates on the stadium? LOL
ImmenselyMental
Active Member
After the initial post comparing BMO Field to Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam, I could tell this thread was going to devolve into a discussion about whether Toronto is suitable as an NFL market. I noticed something similar in the thread for the new Rogers Stadium concert venue at Downsview Park, even though it is a concert-specific venue.
I felt like this conversation, along with the previous one in the Rogers Stadium thread, would be best suited for a separate thread (possibly in the General Discussions section), even though I personally believe you are underestimating the league's popularity in the region.
Although I don't have updates on the temporary expansion of BMO Field for the World Cup, I will presume preparatory work will get underway soon if it is not yet already.
Northern Light
Superstar
Different threads..........hmmm
More recent:
MLSE & Bon Jovi to Pursue NFL/Buffalo Bills
http://www.thestar.com/sports/football/2013/11/24/jon_bon_jovi_mlse_give_toronto_inside_track_on_buffalo_bills_kelly.html
urbantoronto.ca
Been there, done that.......... maybe due for round 3, LOL
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
^How about a Broncos vs. Steelers thread? Since their brands end up all over our city whenever ImmensleyMental-san takes a pic... 
Tyrang
Active Member
Well back to the stadium, they need to upgrade the parking areas and walkways immediately around the stadium. The place is super bare bone - it is some markings and some temporary bars on the ground when I walked around early winter. Didn't we have the proposal for The Next Place and Festival Plaza for a while? Felt like the whole thing went quiet.
I felt like the city kept talking about the plans for making Exhibition Place more year-round and improved, then CNE complained about the said plan, and nothing happens EVERYTIME.
URGH.
I felt like the city kept talking about the plans for making Exhibition Place more year-round and improved, then CNE complained about the said plan, and nothing happens EVERYTIME.
URGH.
Woodbridge_Heights
Senior Member
At least Exhibition GO Station construction will be complete, hopefully. That tunnel under the tracks was a death trap.
Tyrang
Active Member
They have been floating the idea of an elevated walkway from the stations, across the empty area of Exhibition Place, to Ontario Place more than a few times. It just never goes through. Maybe it is a budget issues, but I think there are worries that the events that they host yearly will not renew contracts if they start building stuff. CNE is pretty vocal about it to my understanding. They feel that they are getting less space every year.
Mihairokov
Active Member
There's a number of stadiums in England alone that are piecemeal like BMO, where the stands are built individually and improved individually.
Craven Cottage (Fulham)
Ewood Park (Blackburn)
Fratton Park (Portsmouth)
Bosuilstadion (Antwerp)
Millerntor (St. Pauli)
Unfortunately the boys don't be posting about Utrecht:
BMO is fine.
Ewood Park (Blackburn)
Fratton Park (Portsmouth)
Bosuilstadion (Antwerp)
Millerntor (St. Pauli)
Unfortunately the boys don't be posting about Utrecht:
BMO is fine.
Blixtein
Active Member
It’s definitely on brand.
Red October
Senior Member
The Jays have just (and still are) spending millions to make the Skydome a better venue for baseball. They aren't going to undo that considering it was never a good football stadium in the first place.