Saskatoon Construction

[Migs]

Originally Posted by midnightrambler

I think that this province would have no trouble supporting two teams.

I never went to a game last year because I didn't want or have the desire to blow 500 bucks on a ticket, booze, hotel room, meals... in Regina... Let's face it, most of the people that attend games in Regina are from the Southern areas of the province and places like Moose Jaw, Estevan and Swift Current, as well as, say maybe 10% of fans from Saskatoon and north. I think Saskatoon would be able to have a team on its own, if the Roughriders get less attendence so be it. But I think it might work the other way where you see people from Saskatoon make the trip to see the rivalry. You could market that in a way that would be unbelievable. I mean I like going to rider games, but I can only do it once a year with time constraints and such. If a team was in my own backyard it would be more likely... hell I bet if Saskatoon had their own CFL team you would see season ticket holders in the 15-20,000 range whether we draw from Battleford, Prince Albert, etc...

Hopson is wrong, the Roughriders do not have the support of the whole province. Many Saskatoonians have been looking for an excuse to cheer for another team for years. I am frankly getting deathly sick of all the Sasktel commercials. The Roughriders are a Regina centric team, they will always be. I can imagine a league in 10 years where the football games between the Regina and Saskatoon are so intense and overcrowded with people that they'll need to be thinking of adding seats instead of worrying about a loss of revenue.

On another note, I have found that it is just as easy to drive from Saskatoon to Edmonton to watch a football game as it is to drive to Regina, you still have to stay over night, the drive is a tad longer, and you don't ever have to worry about getting those crappy seats in taylor field's endzone on labor day.

On another note, lets build a fricken dome and do it right.

So I would assume you have no problem if we change the name back to Regina Roughriders??