Raise the Hammer

MALEX, I'm a BY supporter and anything offered with my seasons for the TigerCats might get me to go and check it out. I find soccer and ice skating both rather boring to watch but if it might help the bottom line of my cherished TigerCats, I might check it out. It's like the Raptors deal with Leafs seasons.

I have lived in Hamilton a long time and I'm a bit skeptical about parking in some areas near downtown Hamilton that aren't well lit lots. Imagine out of towners with this city's image problem out there! Something to consider for anyone. When I've been to concerts at Hamilton Place, you see lots of people lining up for the direct onsite parking there even though there is a wait. They don't want to park a few blocks away is dimly lit lot and some can't walk that far perhaps. The way it is.

CP Longwood will be sketchy in terms of providing enough onsite parking to make it profitable for the TigerCats but they are willing to work with the site given other conditions in the deal. That works for me and I hope this comes to fruition for a true pro-feel stadium in an excellent location for the city and the TigerCats.

And speaking of the product, if it's your team you stick with your team through thick and thin. We have a CFL team, in a league that has sold out Grey Cups a few years in a row now well before the actual game. This year we are looking at a soldout Commonwealth Stadium, 60,000 (in Hamilton's dreams) that has been soldout for months now. Canadian football is an exciting brand of football dating back to it's origins in the 1800's. The Grey Cup will be celebrating it's, ours, 100th anniversary in 2012 in Toronto and I will be paying $500 a ticket, maybe more actually, for 2 the minute they go on sale. No questions asked to be part of Canadian sports history.

Comment edited by HamiltonFan on 2010-10-13 15:49:57