CFL in the Maritimes

[someone123]

Originally Posted by elly63

I wouldn't say not much is changing year to year if there is a truly interested potential owner. In this whole 40 year saga that hasn't been true for most of that time.

We will have to wait and see if it is confirmed and if they move forward.

I think it's obvious that if the team is established they will have a good fanbase (the various one-off events and Wanderers being about as good a proof of concept as you can get) and the stadium probably isn't a huge issue as long as they focus on the minimum requirements.

[felip_ars]

*Charlottetown has enter the chat* hehe

https://www.saltwire.com/prince-edwa...nse-100955126/ behind paywall

https://atlanticmoose.ca/

[MonctonRad]

Wow, we're really grasping at straws now!!!!

There aren't even any moose on PEI!

It will be interesting to get q12's take on this one.

[Bishop2047]

https://www.cfl.ca/2023/11/29/touchdown-pacific-2024/

Touchdown Pacific sold out in only a few hours. Though it looks like the venue only houses about 10-14 thousand.

[Monctoncore]

I think this is a joke… or an attempt by someone to get a game here just to make some money.

Here is what’s written on their webpage about both Moncton and Halifax.

“ Halifax and Moncton in Atlantic Canada suffer from a pervasive socio-economic malaise which has resulted to persistent of relatively high rates of crime. Their local governments are essentially is disarray and have unsurprisingly have lacked the will to commit to the development of a new CFL team.

PEI in sharp contrast is characterized by unified communities which have very low rates of crime and both provincial and municipal governments highly oriented toward tourism.”

[Bishop2047]

Originally Posted by Monctoncore

I think this is a joke… or an attempt by someone to get a game here just to make some money.

Here is what’s written on their webpage about both Moncton and Halifax.

“ Halifax and Moncton in Atlantic Canada suffer from a pervasive socio-economic malaise which has resulted to persistent of relatively high rates of crime. Their local governments are essentially is disarray and have unsurprisingly have lacked the will to commit to the development of a new CFL team.

PEI in sharp contrast is characterized by unified communities which have very low rates of crime and both provincial and municipal governments highly oriented toward tourism.”

Woof. What a dumb take.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...a-by-province/

Seems Alberta, SK, and Manitoba have the highest Crime Severity Indexes and those are the CFLs best markets. Maybe they should reconsider NS and NB seeing as how we are a wretched hive of scum and villainy (per this uniformed opinion).

[drewber]

They have a Quebec contact number and a head office in Ottawa. Seems like an ownership group that is just looking for any place to put a team.

[drewber]

https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/cfl-e...nomic-malaise/

Some more details on how amateur and non serious this website is

[elly63]

Originally Posted by drewber

They have a Quebec contact number and a head office in Ottawa. Seems like an ownership group that is just looking for any place to put a team.

Some of the other shenanigans in this hoax:

Elections Ontario
People's Progressive Common Front of Ontario - Ontario People's Front

President Raymond Samuels
Leader Raymond Samuels
Registered May 04 2022
Address 325-207 Bank Street Ottawa ON K2P 2N2
Telephone (514) 712-7516
Email raycosmopolite@gmail.com
Web Site http://www.ontariopeoplesfront.ca

[q12]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Wow, we're really grasping at straws now!!!!

There aren't even any moose on PEI!

It will be interesting to get q12's take on this one.

They can build the Stadium in Toronto, P.E.I. and then the Toronto Argonauts can move to Toronto, P.E.I.!



https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=246900

[MonctonRad]

I've always liked that road sign.

[Bishop2047]

I have always thought that the idea of there being enough interest in Moncton or Halifax to support a CFL team was farfetched. It is truly wild to think that a population of 175,000 could support a 25,000 person stadium. That is nearly 15% of your whole province needing to be in a seat to watch a football game, for a sellout. PEI would also benefit the least from a regional pull standpoint as even fewer Maritimers are going to make the jaunt to PEI for a football game (bridge fee) compared to Moncton/Halifax.

Obviously this is a farce, and does not warrant discussion... Oh crap i fell for it.

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

I'd rather get more Canadian Premier League soccer teams than the CFL. No one really cares about the CFL east of Manitoba.

[SevenSquared]

Originally Posted by EnvisionSaintJohn

I'd rather get more Canadian Premier League soccer teams than the CFL. No one really cares about the CFL east of Manitoba.

That seems to be the consensus these days.

I feel that out of the top potential locations for CPL teams in Canada, 2 of them, arguably 3, are in Atlantic Canada.

They're in that rare sweet spot of being both isolated enough to be the only real (pro) sports show in the entire province, while having a sufficiently large local population to still get decent crowds on colder spring/fall nights.

Finding capable and dedicated ownership groups will always be the biggest hurdle though. I'd love to see more ownership arrangements with foreign clubs like what Atlético Madrid have with Ottawa.

[MonctonRad]

So, Touchdown Pacific in Victoria was apparently a great success.

https://www.timescolonist.com/sports...th-win-9462067

They recreated a "mini-Grey Cup atmosphere" like the first one they held here in Moncton. Ambrosie was so enthusiastic they said they would definitely be back.

Meanwhile, in Halifax - <crickets><crickets><crickets>.

Will the CFL now pivot and aggressively explore a second west coast team??? I think they might.

The dream of a Halifax franchise is dead, dead, dead.

There is only so many times you can flog a dead horse without spattering the surrounding paddock with bits of rotten flesh.

I think VI is probably more fertile territory.

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

So, Touchdown Pacific in Victoria was apparently a great success.

https://www.timescolonist.com/sports...th-win-9462067

They recreated a "mini-Grey Cup atmosphere" like the first one they held here in Moncton. Ambrosie was so enthusiastic they said they would definitely be back.

Meanwhile, in Halifax - <crickets><crickets><crickets>.

Will the CFL now pivot and aggressively explore a second west coast team??? I think they might.

The dream of a Halifax franchise is dead, dead, dead.

There is only so many times you can flog a dead horse without spattering the surrounding paddock with bits of rotten flesh.

I think VI is probably more fertile territory.

Honestly, from day one I never thought a CFL franchise in the Maritimes would be a profitable venture. I can't see how revenue would be greater than the expenses. I could be wrong, but just my gut instinct.

[lirette]

Originally Posted by jonny golden

Honestly, from day one I never thought a CFL franchise in the Maritimes would be a profitable venture. I can't see how revenue would be greater than the expenses. I could be wrong, but just my gut instinct.

We have a much greater chance of seeing a second CPL team in the maritimes in the next 5 years than a CFL team.

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by lirette

We have a much greater chance of seeing a second CPL team in the maritimes in the next 5 years than a CFL team.

I didn't even know there was a Canadian Pickleball League.

[elly63]

Originally Posted by jonny golden

Honestly, from day one I never thought a CFL franchise in the Maritimes would be a profitable venture. I can't see how revenue would be greater than the expenses. I could be wrong, but just my gut instinct.

The place is no different than any other in that regard. I've said it a million times in regards to the CFL, never say never.

Things like the stadium boom, no one saw that coming. This is what we were looking at once upon a time. It was a feasibility study from 2000 looking at a 2010 World Cup for Canada. It was pretty sad but what happened later was pretty good.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by Monctoncore

I think this is a joke… or an attempt by someone to get a game here just to make some money.

Here is what’s written on their webpage about both Moncton and Halifax.

“ Halifax and Moncton in Atlantic Canada suffer from a pervasive socio-economic malaise which has resulted to persistent of relatively high rates of crime. Their local governments are essentially is disarray and have unsurprisingly have lacked the will to commit to the development of a new CFL team.

PEI in sharp contrast is characterized by unified communities which have very low rates of crime and both provincial and municipal governments highly oriented toward tourism.”

Regina dreams of Halifax's or Moncton's crime rate.