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Originally Posted by Berklon
^ That would still be a total waste of money.
Why would Montreal need a 37,000 seat stadium... or a new stadium in general? The Al's and Impact are settled and don't need more than 20,000 seats anyway. And renovating/building a new stadium isn't worth it just to be able to host the Grey Cup every 5 years or so.
If Montreal were to get a new stadium, it would be for a MLB team... and that's still idle chit-chat right now.
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Nope. The Big O is getting renovated, that's already been established. It's a matter of when and how much but I can tell you It's gonna be at least on par with BC place but most likely more. I'm Just saying If they are going to sink a half billion or more into the place they might as well make it a more friendly configuration. You guys are asking what Montreal needs a 40k seat stadium for?.....I'm asking what they need a 60k seat stadium for? How often do they Host events where it brings in 40,000+? Very Rarely! 1-2 times a year. They would be better off to literally gut the stands and Start over You have this massive space I'm sure they could design it to convert for the CFL or MLS playoffs/ Grey cups and also have retractable seat for floor space. They could easily have the best Stadium in Canada. wider concourse that's for sure And i'm sure the als would move back there in a heart beat if it was a stadium on par with the rest of Canada and offered a CFL specific setting. It doesn't matter if you throw a billion dollars at that stadium in its current seating configuration you will never bring that place back to life Its way to big, The seats are way to far back. This way They would basically be starting with a blank canvas so even if they wanted to keep the big seat stadium they could design it to have a 40k capacity for everyday use and exapnde to 55-60k with less work then putting up scaffolding. nothing's impossible these days with modern engineering. They just need to do it right that's all.
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