[blueandgoldguy]

No surprise. It's been clear for some time that Halifax would not be viable for a CFL expansion team. Even if the $60 million of funding that was being bandied about a few years ago was still on the table, it wouldn't even be enough to build a 10,000 seat grandstand similar to the one in Hamilton. That doesn't even factor in the millions of dollars in costs for the field and infrastructure at field level nor the temp stands that would have to be constructed on the opposite side.

Of more immediate concern are the dilapidated stadium in Calgary which other than the dressing room, has seen no substantial infrastructure improvements in nearly 40 years and Montreal's cramped Percival Molson stadium. The owner there has expressed interest in making improvements, but talk is cheap. We will see if he actually follows through with any of his own money.