Edmonton Elks Thread

[yukoner88]

Presson said last night, they are going to keep the Edmonton Fight Song alive. Really. Very interested how they are going to fit a one syllable name into a song where the 3 syllable name worked perfectly.

Elkimos?

Spell it?? Eeeee-llllll-kkkk's

 

[yukoner88]

The fight song is all about violence anyhow. Shouldn’t have a song that makes the other team uncomfortable. Halftime group hug with oranges at midfield is more appropriate.

If it's a Chinese Mandarin Orange I'd reserve the right to throw it on the field

 

[Stoneman89]

The fight song is all about violence anyhow. Shouldn’t have a song that makes the other team uncomfortable. Halftime group hug with oranges at midfield is more appropriate.

We're gonna hug, hug, hug, hug, Elkimos!
We're dancing down the field for all to see!

 

[yukoner88]

We're gonna hug, hug, hug, hug, Elkimos!
We're dancing down the field for all to see!

Bringing new meanings to northern exposure AND northern hospitality

 

[MoontoScott]

Presson said last night, they are going to keep the Edmonton Fight Song alive. Really. Very interested how they are going to fit a one syllable name into a song where the 3 syllable name worked perfectly.

Elkimos?

Bring in Jagger/Richards-- they have a way of bending the lyrics so it can fit with any melody or riff.

Wild Elkimos--couldn't drag my ball away................Wild, Wild Elkimos-- we'll ride them some day.....

 

[bellagiobob]

If it's a Chinese Mandarin Orange I'd reserve the right to throw it on the field

You can’t prove the orange came from
China!

 

[Samus44]

This is the big thing for me. I think the game experience itself is fine; problem isn't the game, it's the lack of butts in the seats.

If the were to just reduce ticket costs in half and fill the damn stadium the experience gets way better naturally.

No reason to be charging 40 dollars a seat when you have 10000 of them empty. Make a standard seat a competitive family entertainment option vs say a movie theater.

You could half the price or more of all the unsold tickets and anything you sell is pure profit vs currently, not even considering the new fans you're generating or extra consession sales.

It's massive the difference it makes in a packed stadium. One of my favourite sporting experiences of all time was when I was at the game where the Esks shut out the Stamps on the Labour Day rematch and 64'000 (iirc) of us had a Calgary sucks chant going from the far end of the stadium to the LRT. When Winston October ran out a missed field goal in the 4th the house just lost it. Amazing. It hasn't been like that for over a decade. I actually think Esk games were always better live than the Oilers and I converted many of my buddies back in the day when I was a young guy. If they could get more butts in the seats I truly believe that people will realize what they've been missing. I know they don't have the same capacity they used to but it's still an absurd number and there's no reason to be having 25'000 people in the house when you could cut the prices of some seats and have another 10'000 and get it back to the old days of 35'00 plus every night. It simply makes the product better.

The CFL and Elks are more than just football in this town, or at least it used to be. It was about culture and identity. I think for some of us who are a bit older that's why the name change stun so much, we remember what this team meant to the community. Gizmo was as big as nearly anybody on the Oilers in this town because those guys were in the schools and the grocery store parking lots making that connection with the city. Somewhere along the way that connection was lost. Maybe it's just the times but I feel it's more than that. I think the Eskimos got carried away with profits and trying to compensate for the on field product with gimmicks and hooks when it was never about that. The Eskimos for me were more Edmonton than the Oilers as it just felt more human with how much more accessible the league was to attend and interact with.

 

[Samus44]

Edmonton has long focussed on the athleticism of the cheer squad instead of sexuality, and have included a pretty good balance of males and females, so I think they are well positioned to keep theirs going while other teams will likely need to make their cheer squads more "inclusive".

I went to Victoria High School and they had an amazing cheer squad for many years back in the day. I know how talented they are. Oddly enough since we're on the topic of PC i'll have to mention our school moniker was the "Redmen". lol.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

This is the big thing for me. I think the game experience itself is fine; problem isn't the game, it's the lack of butts in the seats.

If the were to just reduce ticket costs in half and fill the damn stadium the experience gets way better naturally.

No reason to be charging 40 dollars a seat when you have 10000 of them empty. Make a standard seat a competitive family entertainment option vs say a movie theater.

You could half the price or more of all the unsold tickets and anything you sell is pure profit vs currently, not even considering the new fans you're generating or extra consession sales.

I bought my seasons tickets for 99 dollars in which I have yet to use. It's on the first row of upper level near the scoreboard. Section N. The next isle from my seat is the bronze level which is around 300 dollars. The 99 dollars were for a numbers of sections and those sold out within hours. I agree with what you're saying but the team risks pissing off their higher tier season ticket holders that pay hundreds of dollars for their seats.

 

[North Cole]

Edmonton Bulletin Newspaper :October 17, 1922 . Eskimos change their name to ELKS. Thanks @oilers'72 . More to follow. Full clippings ahead.
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Does that mean we get a "100 years Elks" celebration next year in October? Haha that's cool, good find.

 

[Del Preston]

Change that thread title. This is an Elk town now.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

Does that mean we get a "100 years Elks" celebration next year in October? Haha that's cool, good find.

I was thinking the same thing. Sure why not.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

Change that thread title. This is an Elk town now.

@The Nuge doesn't feel like it at the moment.

 

[K1984]

It's massive the difference it makes in a packed stadium. One of my favourite sporting experiences of all time was when I was at the game where the Esks shut out the Stamps on the Labour Day rematch and 64'000 (iirc) of us had a Calgary sucks chant going from the far end of the stadium to the LRT. When Winston October ran out a missed field goal in the 4th the house just lost it. Amazing. It hasn't been like that for over a decade. I actually think Esk games were always better live than the Oilers and I converted many of my buddies back in the day when I was a young guy. If they could get more butts in the seats I truly believe that people will realize what they've been missing. I know they don't have the same capacity they used to but it's still an absurd number and there's no reason to be having 25'000 people in the house when you could cut the prices of some seats and have another 10'000 and get it back to the old days of 35'00 plus every night. It simply makes the product better.

The CFL and Elks are more than just football in this town, or at least it used to be. It was about culture and identity. I think for some of us who are a bit older that's why the name change stun so much, we remember what this team meant to the community. Gizmo was as big as nearly anybody on the Oilers in this town because those guys were in the schools and the grocery store parking lots making that connection with the city. Somewhere along the way that connection was lost. Maybe it's just the times but I feel it's more than that. I think the Eskimos got carried away with profits and trying to compensate for the on field product with gimmicks and hooks when it was never about that. The Eskimos for me were more Edmonton than the Oilers as it just felt more human with how much more accessible the league was to attend and interact with.

When I was younger (and I'm only in my early 30's) there would be a buzz ahead of really big games and the Eskimos would be water cooler talk.

Now even when they won the Grey Cup you barely heard about it. It's just way off everyone's radar under 50 years old.

 

[MoontoScott]

I went to Victoria High School and they had an amazing cheer squad for many years back in the day. I know how talented they are. Oddly enough since we're on the topic of PC i'll have to mention our school moniker was the "Redmen". lol.

I think you have to be in very good shape and be very disciplined to do something like this. It takes much more talent than people realize.

 

[Samus44]

I think you have to be in very good shape and be very disciplined to do something like this. It takes much more talent than people realize.

They were more talented than my bum ass playing football.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

Edmonton Edmontonians just rolls off the tongue. I like it. Need to keep this in mind for the next time we’re forced to change our name.

Maybe they'll find out that Sir Edmonton was a plantation owner and the entire city would have to change their name to Nisku . So would Edmonton, Kentucky and Edmonton, UK

 

[Captain Fantastic]

A few more to read. 10th Grey Cup vs Queen's and the full article on the name change.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

Toronto (Queen's) was salty back then too. Some things never change.

 

[rboomercat90]

Back when they were the CHQT Cuties. Nice.

I vaguely remember the CHQT cuties. Can you offer a time frame on that? Early 90’s?

 

[rboomercat90]

Interesting to read Jone's column today and the comments of Ian Murray, the new Board Chair of the Eskimos.

He said that they absolutely did not want to do this but in the end had no choice given the relentless pressure that was applied. I am paraphrasing what he said so read it yourself. His comments about "re-branding" were also of interest.

And looking at "President" Presson yesterday-- he seems to have aged 50 years in the last 12 months. Such are the rigors of life at the top.

Jones referred to the team, early in the article, as the Eximos. They should have just gone with that.

 

[bellagiobob]

I vaguely remember the CHQT cuties. Can you offer a time frame on that? Early 90’s?

I started going to games in about 1970, and they were around already at that time. So not sure how much before then that they started up.

 

[bellagiobob]

Eskimo cheerleaders through the years | Edmonton Sun

 

[rboomercat90]

I started going to games in about 1970, and they were around already at that time. So not sure how much before then that they started up.

Yeah that makes more sense. I remember relatives much older than me talking about them.

 

[bellagiobob]