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Originally Posted by thurmas
Canada is similar to Scandinavia where we have no practical use for large stadiums. Ideally they should all be between 23,000 and 35,000 seats like we had in the 50s and 60s when they were appropriately sized with the big ones in Vancouver Toronto and Montreal around 33 to 39 k and the mid sized cities around 20 or 25 k.
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Again, people can't predict the future, in the 70s the CFL was attracting 50k+ crowds in some markets. The Eskimos had a season ticket base of over 50k.
As for Scandinavia, in or near Stockholm there are several large stadiums (two of which have retractable roofs 50k and 30k)