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Originally Posted by Nicko999
The big O can be renovated to have 80,000 seats. Remember the attendance record is 76,433 for the 1976 opening and closing ceremonies and that's WITH the track field.
I agree it would cost a LOT but a men World Cup ain't cheap. We would also have approximately 8-10 years from the moment the announcement is made to the actual start of the World Cup.
This is just fantasy though, even if the big O was renovated to 80k, Canada would need to build several other stadiums because the CFL sized stadiums would likely not be enough.
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Oh is that right? pretty sure 8 of Brazil's stadiums were under 45,000 seats, 5 of those 8 being under 40,000 seats. We have CFL stadiums in this country able to expand to that 40,000 mark no problem
We also have 4 Stadiums in this country ready to accommodate big crowds over 50k and depending on what Calgary does maybe 5. Which would match what Brazil brought to the table. and way more than what russia is providing Good try though
FIFA requires 8 host cities Technically we could do it in 2026 no problem for under a billion in Stadium infrastructure costs.
TD PLACE would need 20M in upgrades Nothing too fancy. New scoreboard, paint ect. Some work on the endzones for temp seating at the same time you would want to have something permanent in place for the Redblacks if it wasn't done by then...its all about responsible legacy spending in Canada
THF 10-20M same thing Not much to be said the stadium would Need a facelift (scoreboard, paint nothing to crazy)
BMO Hard to say But Im going to peg it around the same price point 10-20M
IGF and mosiac again temp seats and updated technology nothing too over the top these venues would still be fairly new
BC place. 30M The cloth on the roof will be discoloured may be time to replace it, Jumbotron will be outdated. but either than that it's a ready to go venue
New Calgary stadium wont need much as it will be barley approaching its second decade
Commonwealth 100M- 250M...this is where it gets interesting. If this is 2030... Commonwealth is gonna be getting up there, if Edmonton has the chance to acquire a new stadium, will they do it instead of just renovating commonwealth that will no doubt need it at this point?. regardless this is the time for Edmonton to dig down that field and close in those end zones. I don't feel like the womans world cup configuration will make the cut. It looked good but I just cant see it happening 15 years later in the mens. 100M renovation or a new 250M stadium
Then we have the BIG O....Let's not get started on this. I can't stand the thought of a reno to the big O That will serve no purpose in Montreal. They Should build a brand new 30,000 seat stadium in Montreal instead, leave the roof open in the BIG O,slap some new seats in it new jumbtron some paint and done. 30M max Montreal should focus on a baseball stadium. Give the final match to Toronto and between the CSA,MLSE,T.O.,Ontario and the federal government build a 70,000 Soccer Stadium and design it to be torn down to 40,000 seats for TFC after the fact. (this wont happen) but still the big O will be the only non legacy dollars that canada will spend on WC . That would be 9 cities I feel like Halifax would take get one built as well. 9-10 Canadian cities.
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huge for Moncton
) as the structure is already there. An open air, Olympic configuration, major facelifted Olympic stadium will totally be a worthy World Cup final venue. The sight lines for football or soccer are great.
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