Stadiums and Arenas of Canada part 2

[JHikka]

Originally Posted by elly63

Or having an Olympics in Montreal, Calgary or Vancouver. Are you friggin' serious? Do you honestly think Toronto's "cachet" for lack of a better word is so much greater than the other cities.

Yes, I do. Perhaps not Vancouver or Montreal but definitely Edmonton, which was your implication ("nobody outside Canada would care [if it was Edmonton or Toronto]"). I could understand CSA's decision if Vancouver and Montreal received matches over Toronto, but if Regina/Edmonton/Calgary were getting matches at the expense (the key word here, before i'm lynched) of Toronto i'd be a bit concerned.

Originally Posted by elly63

Using your excuse, wouldn't people be wondering why games weren't being played in the capital? Nobody outside Canada cares.

I'm sure people wonder why all the big matches in Brazil were in Rio or Sao Paulo and not in Brasilia, or why all the big matches in the US are in LA instead of DC.

Honestly, if i'm looking to travel for a World Cup in, say, Germany, i'm hoping they have matches in Munich and Köln so I don't have to drag my sorry ass to Freiburg or Leipzig.
If i'm looking to travel for a World Cup in England i'm hoping they have matches in London and Manchester so I don't have to drag my sorry ass to Sheffield or Portsmouth.
If i'm looking to travel for a World Cup in Canada i'm hoping they have matches in Toronto and Vancouver so I don't have to drag my sorry ass to Edmonton or Ottawa.

Originally Posted by bkd

On a global scale. Toronto is pretty underwhelming compared to other world class cities so it's not as if a city like Vancouver or Montreal or others would make a significant difference when it comes to Canadian cities.

If Toronto is underwhelming on a global scale i'd hate to hear what you think Edmonton is on the same global scale.

Besides, we'll be coming off back-to-back World Cups in Russia & Qatar. Toronto (or anywhere in Canada) will seem like paradise compared to either for the traveling WC fan.

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Commonwealth Stadium is just large. I don't understand how BMO (temporarily expanded or permanent) is so far beneath (an embarrassment to Canada) in comparison to Commonwealth.

Commonwealth has more seats than BMO so clearly it should host matches instead

Originally Posted by cjones2451

Elly, its a moot point, Rogers is not going to give up Skydome and send the Blue Jays on a 1 month + road trip, if its in Toronto, its BMO as the only option.

Hasn't Rogers Centre been reconfigured so that a non-baseball setup is essentially impossible? Something about making seats permanently fixed, anyway.