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Weekend Wrapup:
Edmonton & Ottawa......CFL.....Commonwealth Stadium....July 14.....36,260 Winnipeg & Toronto.......CFL.....IGF Field.........................July 13.....25,085 Hamilton & BC..............CFL.....Tim Hortons Field.............July 15.....24,135 Montreal & Calgary........CFL.....Molson Stadium...............July 14.....18,610 Toronto & Hemel...........RFL3.....Lamport Stadium............July 15.....7,247 Ottawa & Rochester.....................USL.....TD Place.............July 15.....5,525 Edmonton & New York.................NASL.....Clarke Field........July 15.....4,096 Ottawa & Quebec........................CANAM.....GT Stadium.....July 15.....3,192 Ottawa & Sussex County..............CANAM.....GT Stadium.....July 13.....2,292 Trois-Rivieres & Sussex County.....CANAM.....Stade Stereo+.July 14.....1,633 Trois-Rivieres & New Jersey.....CANAM.....Stade Stereo+.....July 13.....1,403 Ottawa & Quebec....................CANAM.....GT Stadium.........July 14.....958 |
Saturday, July 15, 2017
Hillsboro Hops at Vancouver Canadians - 6413 - Northwest League Medicine Hat Mavericks at Okotoks Dawgs - 4459 - Western Major Baseball League Kansas City T-Bones at Winnipeg Goldeyes - 4413 - American Association Bismarck Larks at Thunder Bay Border Cats - 920 - Northwoods League Wenatchee AppleSox at Kelowna Falcons - 793 - West Coast League Moose Jaw Miller Express at Swift Current 57's - 422 - Western Major Baseball League Melville Millionaires at Weyburn Beavers - 215 - Western Major Baseball League Edmonton Prospects at Yorkton Cardinals - 200 - Western Major Baseball League |
Impressive minor league base-ball attendance in some places.
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Sunday"s Honda Indy Toronto was a "seat sellout" and the contract with the organizers has been renewed until 2020.
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The CANAM League looks a little bit strange to me. 3 Canadian teams competing against 3 American teams, all of which are located within the New York metropolitan area. That would probably make more sense to me if the American teams were located in smaller markets near the border. This reminds me of the CFL expansion in the US. Do the American even care about this league? For some reason I find it hard to believe that people in New Jersey get excited over a game against Trois-Rivières.
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In independent baseball, the opponent does not matter. People only attend the games for the promotions or just a nice evening outside. This is a fact as you can compare any regular season game attendance compared to a playoff game where only the hardcore fans show up.
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Just throwing this out for discussion
We all know the issues in Toronto with the CFL and attendance, however in a Wednesday night game in Ottawa it was jam packed with 24,756 fans hanging from the rafters In MLS last night, NYRB had 17,362, NYCFC had 22,011, LA Galaxy had 17,404 and Montreal 16,660. Granted Toronto, Atlanta, Orlando, Seattle, Portland are strong in attendance, but what gives TFC fans the right to kick the $hit out of the CFL when MLS as a whole is struggling in some pretty big markets I am a fan of both leagues and want both to succeed and I know as a family person, mid week games are a struggle to get crowds... But A) lets give Ottawa, Hamilton, Edmonton, Saskatchewan and Winnipeg credit for being in fans and pushing the CFL average attendance up. And B) TFC fans, yes you have done a great job supporting your team, but it does not give you the right to think MLS is so superior to CFL, when MLS has tons of tons of its own issues. Its not so much on this forum, but on twitter, the TFC trolls are mind numbing!! |
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Anyway, it's not hokey hayseed fun either. In case someone was going to go there. |
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The revamped TD Place allows fans to watch games from many public areas around the stadium. Empty seats mean nothing as you can see hundreds (or more) socializing in both end zones and no doubt in the lower concessions area of the south side stadium, which also overlooks the field.
What is amazing is that a small hill exists in the east end zone that is just outside the stadium where you typically see a few hundred fans who have not paid. I think for PR reasons, the RedBlacks have not blocked access to that hill. The whole idea of creating a fun atmosphere has been a big success at TD Place. With more than 17,000 season ticket holders, it is not hard to sell out every game. OSEG and the RedBlacks has been great at introducing a whole new generation to the CFL. You can see it in the crowd. Every generation is represented. Amazing for a city that has had awful football or no football at all between 1980 and 2014. A lot has gone very well for the RedBlacks with the team and with the design of the stadium and the surrounding area and even with the transportation plan. The surrounding area is designed to allow lots of people to have a good time before and after games. Even the refereeing controversies that have been common at TD Place help by building up crowd interest, even if calls have often gone against the RedBlacks. |
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There's an ongoing Gold Cup CONCACAF going on in the states as well as large-scale European club friendlies also going on. The priority right now is being taken up by Gold Cup. Montreal has no real excuse, although they do have another home match this week (on Saturday). Quote:
In saying that, last night's Ti-Cats game was 23,531. I believe it's technically the lowest attendance at the new Tim Hortons field but i'm probably splitting hairs. 80 less than the previous low. Still, it's near capacity so there's nothing really wrong with this for a Thursday. The 16,660 for the Impact on Wednesday was the lowest of the season and lowest since the penultimate home match last season. Brings their average down to just above 20K. As stated, REDBLACKS crowd on Wednesday was very good. Lions play tonight, tomorrow features three MLS and one CFL, and then the Argos get the pleasure of playing at home on a Monday night. Off week for USL/NASL, Jays are still on a road swing, Wolfpack don't play at home again until mid-August. |
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I would talk more about the CFL's attendance doing well if it was doing well...outside of some occasional sellouts and strong matches its trends have been going down for the better part of a decade now. Show some bright points and we'll talk about them. I guess you skipped over my line supporting Ottawa's strong attendance on a Wednesday. :shrug: |
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How about doing us a favour and mensching up about why you want to kill the CFL. It's not going to affect MLS attendance in any way shape or form so why fear it? Do you really think people are so stupid they can't recognize your constant insidiously negative CFL posts and shots. Why the fear? |
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