Stadiums & Arenas of Canada, Part 3

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Originally Posted by thurmas

The promo was really good for boosting esky attendance and I hope it is done league wide or at least in BC and Toronto where they need to get kids into the stands.

Saw this at another site

In other news, it seemed like there were way more than 12 000 fans at the game yesterday. Assuming I'm right, then paid attendance was supplemented with a number of freebies. If so, I'm glad they did that. For a meaningless late October game the atmosphere was pretty good. I saw junior football teams out in groups. I also saw the most diverse audience I remember seeing at an Argos game. This is key to building for the future. The Raptors have built a strong base amongst well-heeled first and second generation Canadians. The Argos best opportunity to rebuild the fan base is to continue reaching out to new Canadians looking for economical family entertainment.

Even though gear was 40% off it was still great to see young fans wearing what looked like their first piece of Argo gear. They start wearing that to school and the mall and visibility increases.

The fan appreciation seemed to work really well too. My son got a free cap and scarf and he's been wearing the scarf around the house since last night. He's a baseball player and likes going to Jays games, but when we arrived at BMO yesterday he said seeing the Argos is still his favourite thing. By the end of the game when he received a signed player's glove I felt like I was looking at an Argos fan for life.