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The Familia said:
I have an inside scoop from someone directly involved that turning the Grandstand into the new home of the Stampeders is surprisingly closer and more realistic than we think…..
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Sorry for resurrecting this off-topic, but I like that idea, and I'm a Stamps season ticket holder that lives a 10 minute bike or 35 minute walk away from McMahon. The Stampeders at the Stampede Grandstand could work well. CSEC would probably like to bring the games closer to Scotia Place since their in-house video at McMahon for Stampeders games is produced from the Saddledome's control room anyways (yes, camera feeds from McMahon get sent to the Saddledome to be switched, have graphics added, etc, and then sent back to be displayed on the video screen).

Challenge is the current dimensions: seems like a waste to build these premium infield suites only to remove them in a few years as it would get in the way of the CFL field...even the infield stands are too close to the main grandstand to fit the CFL field...need at least 70m of clearance while only 63m exists between the stands at their narrowest point. From a broadcast video production standpoint, the cameras are most ideally situated on the west stands (better lighting at evening hours), so with the current tiny east side infield stands, the broadcast would look terribly empty unless the infield stands are rebuilt bigger.

There is also enough space on the current Saddledome site for a football or even MLB-sized baseball stadium (if the Stampede's headquarters are relocated), but figuring out a way to utilize the Stampede grandstands for the Stampeders would be an awesome way to go. Freeing 17 hectares at the current McMahon Stadium site would be a huge housing win with at least 15k people all next to the existing Banff Trail station. The Stampeders prior to this year have always been away or on bye for 2-3 weeks around Stampede, McMahon's parking lot stores the RVs of the rodeo contestants, and a lot of the production people that work the Stampeders games also work the Stampede, so there's no reality in which a Stampeders game happens during the 10 days of Stampede regardless.
 
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