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Originally Posted by stephan.richard
Why not bring it to Moncton while Halifax gets their act together. Plus we have a stadium in Moncton with a few key upgrades could easily host a CFL team full time. Plus Moncton is way more central.
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I think a lot of the goodwill they had with CFL fans in Moncton was killed off the last time they were here. Charging way over 2x normal CFL ticket prices then blaming Moncton for low ticket sales until prices were slashed, and on top of it sticking taxpayers with the bill for field modifications. Wasn't there one end of the stadium that was pretty much all free tickets given away by one of the radio stations?
IMO the strong turnouts the first couple of games was largely due to Moncton being sold the line that they would likely become the team's permanent home. Once Halifax actually got serious about building a stadium, interest dropped off a cliff.
They'd be better off doing the same thing all over again in Saint John to buy Halifax more time.