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Originally Posted by EnvisionSaintJohn
I really think a CFL expansion to the maritimes will never work if it's going to be Halifax only.
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Well, it's all hypothetical, but I don't know about this logic. Most people view the CFL-ready stadium as the biggest hurdle and you're proposing a plan that requires 2 stadiums in a region with 0.
I wonder how much more excited, really, people in Halifax would be about a rivalry with Moncton. It tends to be more one-sided with people in other towns around the region wishing to beat Halifax as "underdogs". Traditionally, rightly or wrongly, NB doesn't get a ton of attention in Halifax (maybe not much more than PEI, which is not a rival place but a spot people visit for fun). In the CPL, the Halifax team has one of the highest levels of attendance and there is no NB team.
I even think the "you have to call it Atlantic ___" folks tend to overemphasize the role the rest of the region would have. Most ticket sales will be local, and the local catchment area of a stadium in Halifax (where people can get to a game after work for example) is something like 700,000 people and amounts to a very substantial portion of the economy in the region. It was a bit different in the 70's and earlier but after this last spurt of growth especially, NS is a lot like most other provinces in terms of concentration and urbanization.
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