CFL attendance is UP!

Fantasic!

BC is thinking about another Upper bowl opening against Hamilton. Thats double from last year. First few games attendance is up over last.

Oh to go back to those good ole days when 54,000 filled the stadium every game!

average attendance, thu 9 games, is 27 152

last year, thu 9 games, was 25 210

average of 1 942 more fans per game than last year. ( ottawa's attendance is DOWN from last years - and montreal's capacity is ONLY 20 202-which hurts the overall average )

i really hope montreal gets the money they are seeking from the government to add 5 000 more seats to the stadium. but i think they should add 10 000 rather then 5 000, so they arent in this situation again in 5 years!

Compared with average attendance as of this date last year, every team is up except Montreal (even for obvious reasons), Edmonton (down a mere 2%, but still the highest attendance in the league) and...ugh!...Ottawa, who dropped 17%.

This is Ottawa's fourth year in the league, and each year attendance has been worse than it was the year before. This is not the fault of the people of Ottawa, but the fault of the organization. Until they get real owners who know what they're doing and are serious about the CFL, they are going to continue to be the one black eye of the league's renaissance.