sabremike
Friend To All Giraffes
Re: that last part: they took place in smaller stadiums. They easily could've done those bigger numbers in big stadiums. Hamilton and Ottawa both used to struggle to draw (Ottawa even folded before they came back with the RedBlacks, Hamilton came very close to doing likewise), Montreal drew before the team completely imploded into a sea of shit the past few years.Ottawa went from a 30k stadium to a 24k stadium, the same for Hamilton. Edmonton went from 40k average 10 years ago to probably under 30k now. Calgary never sells out and Winnipeg this year had many games with 10 000 empty seats. Montreal is in danger and for many years now have trouble getting 20k in a perfect downtown setting. The league is in a huge decline. Just look at the Grey Cups attendances for the last few years.
Ottawa had 50k in 2004 and barely 36k this year.
Toronto went from 53K to 31k last year.