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lemongrab said:
Am I the only one who thinks the current grandstand is totally fine? It's got a climate controlled concourse, a lot of the seats are covered and it has its back to the prevailing wind, and it has upper decks which puts a lot of those seats closer to the action.
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You have 3 choices if you want to see the rodeo:
* Buy $45 tickets when sales open in October, and hope nothing comes up in the next 9 months that keeps you from using those tickets.
* Closer to Stampede time, buy the tickets you want after-market for $250+ due to demand.
* The day you're actually at the stampede, grab rush tickets for $30 when the box office opens at 10.

The third option sounds great until you realize that none of those seats have a view of the rodeo. Seriously, you can't see anything and need to look at the big screens. It's hard to describe how bad those seats on the edge are.

So, the problem, to me, is that there aren't enough seats, and some of the seats we do have are worthless for views of the rodeo.
 
CalgaryTiger said:
Uh... this is perfect for football.

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Also from the article:

“It doesn’t matter if it’s football or F1, premium space is in demand, and we have corporate partners that really want to provide that space, either to their employees or to their clients, and we don’t have enough premium space.”

The new suites would have the potential to attract other sporting events to GMC Stadium outside of the 10 days of the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.

Nothing I read in the article makes me think they're against a Stampeder's move to the Grandstand. Populous wouldn't be doing their job if they don't reach out to CSEC. Outside of Stampeder games a sports field in the City Centre has potential to host Canadian National Team Soccer, Rugby, not to mention Concerts.
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I took his comments to speak generally about sports and events and the desire for premium spaces.

I see this less as I "boy would it be neat" idea of having the Stampeders play there, it actually would be a great use of a relatively unused building...and more of a "how would it even be possible" physically. How would the field be orientated with the infield and grandstand being immoveable? Would it be a natural field on a tray that would move to the infield? Artificial turf is very cumbersome to remove, it cant be just rolled up and out of the way, is that then on a tray? Would the stampeders be ok never having a home game from late june to early july?
 
haltcatchfire said:
Since the CFL is making significant changes to the rules anyways, why not get rid of turf all together and put players on horseback. That would get the young crowd, and it might differentiate the CFL from the NFL a little bit.
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