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Originally Posted by Jammon
It is for the WC. It seats 60,000 for soccer games. When you are showcasing Canada to the world and have a huge soccer following in Montreal, there is no chance that stadium won't be used. I've been to BMO field and am inclined to agree with some of the other posters that it's not a great stadium. If you had a choice between BMO and Skydome, what would you pick?
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The fascination with capacity and stadium sizes is a bit concerning. Even if Canada has Olympic and Rogers hosting for maximum crowd they're still dwarfed by many of the American stadia. Canada should be focusing its efforts on stadiums tailor-made for the event/sport, not ones that are simply large for the sake of being large.
The thing with Montreal is that they've been a bit lacklustre in supporting past FIFA events. Their capacity% was below that of a number of other host cities for the WWC, including Ottawa. Montreal's a big event town but I'm not sold on Olympic being the best venue for a multitude of reasons. Having it host
just because isn't good enough.
I still stand by my assertion that BMO is the best soccer stadium in Canada with the best current situation for expansion. BMO today isn't ready but nothing is stopping it from being upgraded within reach. It's going to be the primary soccer stadium in Canada for decades to come...neglecting it for 2026 would be a foolish mistake.