Raise the Hammer

The attendance at the skydome has really dropped over the years for jays games because of their record. I can only imagine how bad attendance would be if they picked downsview off the 401 years ago. I bet it would have resulted in the lose of the blue jays and argos. This is very similar to the debate of where the skydome should be and also to a degree as to whether montreal should make molson stadium it's permanent location. There was a brief time the crowds were basically sold out and im certain at that point despite maybe not even making a profit, bob young was probably content with that. To say people wont go to ivor wynne because of location is simply not true. alot of people aren't going because of the record. That's what happens when you win 30% of your games over a 7 year period, and a 4 yr period of 15-57 (20%) ..its plain common sense. The ticats had 23 losing seasons 1973-2009 . They have won 46% of their games from 1945-2009. Only 10 seasons since 1973 have they won 50% or more of their games. I have a total of 256 wins, 394 losses from 1973-2009 for a winning percentage of 39%. The labor day game proves they could fill the stadium 29-30,000 and it shows it has nothing to do with the location and even the current stadium. I also checked current attendance and if the labor game has 29,000..the ticat average attendance will be 24,827..which is kinda of interesting if this stadium will end up 25,000 seats but anyway. You can't guarantee success no mater where a stadium would be but i personally think with a winning and entertaining team real fans would care less where the stadium is located. If it were to cost 80 millon more at the east mountain, over a 20 year period that works out to 4 million per year. Does bob young really believe the harbor location would make a difference of 4 millon per year for 20 years??...thats around 10,000 per game less for a 20 year period. Is the ticat team barely acceptable to fans, that maybe walking a few blocks for parking or maybe even having a small delay getting in and out of there enough to convince them not to go??...i Just simply can't accept that if that is their major argument..it's pathetic. A 7,000 space parking lot across from a stadium at one spot would result in much more traffic delays then parking lots spread out.