Halifax Stadium Discussion

[halifaxboyns]

I think the goal should be to aim for 20,000 seat base with expansion to greater (say in the 35,000 seat range) as the market conditions and demand warrent. I suspect that if a team landed in either Moncton or Halifax, there would be tremendous support, but I wonder just how often the place would sell out at first. Let's face it, whenever a team starts up - the support is high at first (because everyone wants them to do well); but if the team does badly - the support drops off until it does better. The only exception to this that I know of is Sask fans - they go because they are nuts (I mean devoted lol).

Here, I think we'd be a little bit more rational. There would always be those die hards that would support the team no matter what - but it may not be the same level of support at the begining - it would take time to reach a Sask level of fans, regardless the location.

If you have a stadium taht starts at 20,000 it would probably do well at first depending on the team. If the team did really well; the support would stay. It would also depend on how the club did in marketing the team and events - one thing which Sask does very well (which could be something to look at).

Considering my lack of understanding - I'm going to ask (probably) a dumb question. Could not a stadium be built that functions both as a soccer field and a football field with the same turf?