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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
I'm curious whether a CFL team would actually get a lot of support in this region as it appears to me that football is one of the less popular sports in the Maritimes.
Also, if we are going to spend a bunch of money on a stadium how about one that can be used 12 months of the year, given our typically bad weather for about 8 months of it. How about a replacement for the Metro Centre - hockey is still king here plus it can be used for wintertime concerts, etc.
Admittedly I'm not well-versed on the perceived public need for a stadium, but I keep seeing CFL being thrown into the mix and I really don't know anybody around here who is pumped up over the CFL...  |
I think football seems unpopular in the Maritimes simply because there is no major league team there. Football is very popular in Halifax and most of NS, and I believe in NB as well.
A lot of people don't seem to realize this, but a "stadium" generally means a turf field, and can have a roof, a partial roof, or no roof at all. Huskies stadium would be the best local example, but the SkyDome and Montreal's "Big O" are both stadiums as well, they just have roofs. Hockey is played in an
arena like the Metro Centre or Halifax Forum, which have a concrete/ice playing surface, not turf, and I can't think of any arena that does not have a roof They are used for entirely different sports and most touring musical acts usually plan their tours for either stadiums,
or arenas, but not both (except in very large, multi-leg, year+ long tours). The only sport I can think of that is played in both arenas and stadia is lacrosse, and even then it is different versions of the sport. Technically football can also be played in an arena but this is extremely rare in Canada.
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