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Originally Posted by baseball 23
The only way a CFL team would work in any city in the Martimes is if it was Martime promoted as a Maritime team. Can’t be the Halifax ….or the Moncton… It would have to be the Maritime Marauders for example.Calling it “Moncton’s team” or “Halifax’s team” won’t work, no local market that small would have enough to support.
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No local market that small? Regina (194,971) and Saskatchewan (1,020,847) are that small. Moncton (126,000) and New Brunswick (734,000) is only marginally smaller and comprises a far smaller geographic area. Not very many people make the trek to Regina from Saskatoon (233,923) due to distance. Most New Brunswickers are within a 2 hour drive of Moncton. Halifax (372,858) is almost double the size of Regina while Nova Scotia (938,310) is of similar size to Saskatchewan. No local market that small would have enough to support? The Roughriders would take great exception to that claim. So would the CFL.
Want another example? Lincoln (292,219) and Nebraska (1,783,432). They've had 297 consecutive sellouts. Memorial Stadium in Lincoln currently holds 85,831 people or roughly 5% of the entire state population.
Lincoln, Nebraska
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Originally Posted by StormShadow
The Moncton stadium under construction has been designed to be expanded. I honestly don't know what Husky stadium is like? This is something where each province and city has to rally the business community and EVERY one come together in a meeting of the minds.
You would choose between a City A or B package. Incentives could be included to purchase FULL season tickets, maybe a discount or a travel incentive. Exclusive deals on Hotels, buses, and whatever. The sky's the limit here, guys.
The CFL is looking for a solution like this to minimize their risk, because frankly, they're the ones with the most at stake.
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Splitting a team between Halifax and Moncton is not a big obstacle to over come. In the grand scheme of things, it's a fairly minor problem that just requires some planning. The issue is always the stadium. Like you mentioned, Moncton is half way there. They're building a stadium and they can expand it to 28,000.
It's a Halifax stadium that needs to get built. It's not like a CFL team would be the only tenant either. All that exists now is Huskies Stadium. I posted this in another thread, but as you can see, it's far from adeqate. This stadium holds more people than actually go to this school.