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Originally Posted by JHikka
Please god no.
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The shared team idea is weird because the stadium itself is the main thing holding back the CFL in the Maritimes. It's been hard to get 1 stadium built and that plan requires 2.
The long-term demographics to be honest are not very favourable to Moncton either because it has a relatively small population. The outlying areas that would be more important for a team there than a Halifax team are stagnant or declining. In 1950 these markets were dominated by rural areas; in 2000 this was marginal and in 2050 the rural areas will not be very important at all unless something dramatic changes. Over the past 3 years, Halifax added 15,000 people, Moncton added 5,000 people, and Saint John was -300. Many rural counties lost population. This pattern has persisted for decades. In the future I think economic development in the Maritimes is increasingly going to be concentrated in areas near the Halifax-Moncton corridor, with the two (small) exceptions being Fredericton and Charlottetown because they are capitals. Saint John and Sydney have been the unfortunate losers in this arrangement.