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Originally Posted by The S'toon Goon
I wonder if there is any appetite for 20,000 seat stadium in London, Ontario. It is roughly the same size as Halifax so it could arguably use the same type of infastructure that we say Halifax could use.
I think Western has roughly a 9 or 10,000 seat facility so maybe that's just fine, but perhaps not? London isn't shrinking either!
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As a life long Londoner, I would have to say that there would have to be something driving the need for a 20,000 seat stadium. In reality there would be no real reason to build a stadium of that size, except maybe for concerts and even for that it would be difficult to justify the cost for that. Budweiser Gardens had to be built for the Knights, but what team is there to play in a 20,000 seat stadium?
The reality is that we are so close to Toronto, Hamilton, Detroit and Buffalo that we can easily see a CFL/NFL game if we want to. And I really don't think there are that many people interested in CFL in coming to London. I could see a smaller soccer stadium built and I hope we get a CanPL team, but we would be talking 4000-5000 seats maximum for that.