1. Victoria 2. Vancouver 3. Edmonton 4. Calgary 5. Saskatoon 6. Winnipeg 7. Toronto 8. Hamilton 9. London 10. Ottawa 11. Montreal 12. Quebec City 13. Halifax 14. St. John's
Oh yeah, I forgot, as per Canadian tradition after stadiums are used for their original purpose, they remove seats. Well if they're really skinny it could seat 3500! Anyway given the popularity of Canadian soccer 1800 seats is more than enough, not to mention with standing room they could fit in more than 5000.
Maybe an "MLS-lite" approach is the best option to kick-start a pro soccer league here in Canada. Basically put teams in all of the CFL cities and have them share the stadia with the CFL teams.
Only one CFL team plays on real grass. You can't have a proper league playing on astroturf. Plus any new Canadian league wouldn't need stadia as big as CFL stadia.
Yes I did, as an exception to the rule. Theres no problem with one team playing out of a huge stadium since it's grass and there is no other decent stadium available. However there are other acceptable stadia in the other CFL cities that the person suggested we have as soccer cities. Vancouver-Swangard 7100 Calgary-Foothills 3500 Saskatchewan-Gordie Howe Bowl 3954 Winnipeg-Soccer Complex 5000+ Montreal-Claude Robillard 8000 or so Hamilton-Brian Timmis 5000 Ottawa-Frank Clair 26000+ (CFL stadium) Toronto-Centennial 3500+
We should gauge how good some of these cities are by looking at how they support their other sports teams. -CFL -Hockey (NHL, Minor League, Junior) -Baseball (MLB and Minor League clubs)
Ottawa (estimates) Ottawa Renegades: not sure, but probably over 22,000 a game Ottawa 67's: usually get over 7500 a game at the civic center Ottawa Lynx: probably draw under 3000 now... the team is as good as gone... Ottawa Senators: around 16000 (if that) average... tickets are too expensive. Ottawa Rebel (NLL): no idea, but probably 3000 a game... just moved to the Civic center for this year, should get a better crowd Ottawa Wizards: about 600 a game... Ottawa Fury: I heard they get around 300-500 a game... Hull Olympique: Over 2000 a game... not Ottawa, but close enough...
Gordie Howe Bowl is in Saskatoon and is Operatored by the City of Saskatoon Parks and Rec. Giffiths is the University Stadium in Saskatoon. Junior Football giants, the Saskatoon Hilltops are the major tennant in Gordie Howe bowl, which can be configured to fit a FIFA size soccer field. Indeed, it was the planned venue for the Canada-China women's games that were canceled last year as a result of the Sept 11 attacks and is the propsed site of the soccer competition in Saskatoon's World University Games bid. Seating is attrocious, but is,in the words of a Park's and Rec Supervisor, the cheapest lowest maintenance option available. Hopefully the World University games will be awrded to Saskatoon and the seating expanded and upgraded.
Edmonton Sports Attendance Figures Oilers (NHL)- Approx. 16000/game Either they succeed or they are toast. Trapper (PCL Baseball)- 5,360 Don't knwo how mcuh longer they will be around. Eskimos (CFL)- 38,161 Kings of the city.