Califax Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Just silly. They put Honduras inside in november? Man it's hard to like this team. Cal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Why not outside vs a Central American team in November? Winnipeg, Ottawa, St John's? We still havent got serious about winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 What's Swangard capacity? I'd rather have small, full, and outside than large, half-full (really mostly empty, but half of soccer capacity) and climate-controlled for a Central American opponent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 There was, it got modified to a percantage of revenue or something - no longer exists as a minimum hosting thing anymore I think... Reason its not being held at bmo is because construction starts up in november and mlse wont guarantee the date to be free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Im ok with vancouver. Theres still possibility the march date is played in ottawa winnipeg etc. With the womens world cup getting 50k plus i can see the men getting at least 25k. Lets not forget the curtain system makes 25k look like a sellout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Reason its not being held at bmo is because construction starts up in november and mlse wont guarantee the date to be free We all knew this awhile back; just saying that before this (and the deal with the Argos), the CSA did have some other deal with BMO Field that eventually got cancelled or modified I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 We all knew this awhile back; just saying that before this (and the deal with the Argos), the CSA did have some other deal with BMO Field that eventaully got cancelled or modified I think. By the sounds of RJBs post, he didnt know it. So i just meant to inform him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartlikefox Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 What in the blue hell will I complain about now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Oh hey the one HFA we have is cold weather nah lets play indoors in November Meanwhile El Salvador/Honduras will play us in the middle of the day probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 What in the blue hell will I complain about now? This game would be on a Friday the 13th (of Nov). Games against Honduras are cursed! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_CONCACAF_Fourth_Round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDub Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I could be wrong but I think the deal with the CSA and BMO goes by ticket sales. I think there are 3 or 4 targets to hit. The more tickets sold the higher percentage of $$ they get. So it makes sense to hold more games at BMO to hit the highest target and get the most $$ Again, I may be wrong. I read about this quite awhile ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1zzurri Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Play Honduras OUTSIDDDDDDDDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDub Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 For selfish reasons I would like it in Ottawa so I could hopefully make the trip but at the very least it has to be outdoors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Just silly. They put Honduras inside in november? Man it's hard to like this team. Cal I don't know who makes these decisions. I would freeze them out in Edmonton or Winnipeg if it were me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerHoota Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 BC place is still cold in November. Also, as long as skies as clear the roof will be open. Been to a few October matches there when they have had the roof open. Its pretty chilly. Its a good venue if the team wants to build a bigger fanbase, which is something we all want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 What in the blue hell will I complain about now? Perhaps that they are playing on astroturf. Maybe someone should sue CONCACAF and CSA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I could be wrong but I think the deal with the CSA and BMO goes by ticket sales. I think there are 3 or 4 targets to hit. The more tickets sold the higher percentage of $$ they get. So it makes sense to hold more games at BMO to hit the highest target and get the most $$ Again, I may be wrong. I read about this quite awhile ago. It's something like that. CSA can fulfill the contract by having 0 games at BMO. The contract is on the Exhibition Place website for all to read, if they want. But where's the fun in that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 The average historic temp. for Vancouver on Nov. 13th is 9C/4C. That is NOT cold. We played Mexico in Edmonton in Nov. 1997 and the temp. was -2C. We played Mexico in Toronto in Nov. 2000 and it was 0C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 The average historic temp. for Vancouver on Nov. 13th is 9C/4C. That is NOT cold. We played Mexico in Edmonton in Nov. 1997 and the temp. was -2C. We played Mexico in Toronto in Nov. 2000 and it was 0C. Agreed. If wikipedia can be trusted, the daily mean for Vancouver in November is 6.3 Celsius. For Ottawa it's 1.5 Celsius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 This has nothing to do with Vancouver's ability to draw a good pro Canadian crowd and I wouldn't mind doing a road trip there but I think it is ridiculous we are not going to play these Central American teams in the cold weather, we have to use every advantage we have and that is just throwing away a big one, I hope WTR is wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1zzurri Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 This has nothing to do with Vancouver's ability to draw a good pro Canadian crowd and I wouldn't mind doing a road trip there but I think it is ridiculous we are not going to play these Central American teams in the cold weather, we have to use every advantage we have and that is just throwing away a big one, I hope WTR is wrong! Agreed!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto Ruffrider Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 This has nothing to do with Vancouver's ability to draw a good pro Canadian crowd and I wouldn't mind doing a road trip there but I think it is ridiculous we are not going to play these Central American teams in the cold weather, we have to use every advantage we have and that is just throwing away a big one, I hope WTR is wrong! Same here. Hosting WCQs in cities such as Ottawa in November made me cautiously optimistic about the next round. In my opinion the March qualifier should be in Vancouver, because by that point the rest of the country will be too cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heepster Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 What's Swangard capacity? I'd rather have small, full, and outside than large, half-full (really mostly empty, but half of soccer capacity) and climate-controlled for a Central American opponent. 5288 according to wikipedia. I'm not too concerned about where in the country it will be, or whether or not it will be indoors or outdoors, grass or artificial turf, or at a half-full stadium. The one thing that bothers me most is the prospect of it again being mishandled in a manner that results in 'home' games being played in front of large crowds supporting the opposition, which is a distinct possibility if playing against Mexico or Honduras in a big stadium. It's difficult enough to get a pro-Canadian crowd even at a smaller stadium (like Swangard), and next to impossible at a big stadium -- (unless they try the thing I've mentioned here before, a weekday afternoon game with cheap ticket prices and getting local school boards to make it a field trip for 50,000 kids). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Same here. Hosting WCQs in cities such as Ottawa in November made me cautiously optimistic about the next round. In my opinion the March qualifier should be in Vancouver, because by that point the rest of the country will be too cold. Anyone get the feeling they are going to stick all 3 games in Vancouver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pint Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I'm fairly certain that csa still has a deal with bmo field, just from things I've heard about how priority scheduling works at bmo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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