According to Herb in Alsinsideout, 50,000+ tickets have been sold, and they will add 2,000 field-level seats to bring the total capacity to 57,000. He did say, however, that tickets in every section are still available so we don't yet have a crowd of 57,000 but there should be 50,000+ on hand. Hopefully we will sell out. I read that the Argos chartered 11 buses, so there will be some blue and white among us. I hope they have nothing to cheer about on Sunday!
Great news on the ticket front. Obviously if they are adding 2,000 more seats there is a reason and they must be pretty sure the demand is there. I hope it's a sell-out no matter what the capacity ends up at (57,000 - 60,000) but regardless this is already a huge success and testament to the success of the organization. So tell me why 1 regular season game couldn't be played at the Big O like they used to? Fan interest certainly seems to be there. I'd suggest it is a mid-season game that would still mean something and also allow for enough time to sell a large number of tickets to be sold again if needed for the playoffs. I think they used to play their last home game of the season at the Big O before?
Je crois que les Alouettes pourraient remplir le Stade Olympique 3 fois durant la saison régulière. Cependant, je ne sais pas si les règlements de la LCF le permettraient. Je crois que les règlements exigent que les équipes disputent toutes leurs parties régulières dans le même stade.
Perhaps they could play a Labor Day game at the Big O against BC, they play each other each year on that week-end anyways as all the other teams have their own traditional matchups. Promote it like crazy, perhaps have the re-match in BC the following week. There may not be much of a geographical rivalry between these 2 teams but they do have a pretty good rivalry going.
While we're on the subject of selling out large stadia, and I'm sorry if I'm repeating myself, but 3 CFL teams play in stadia with capacities exceeding 50,000 and never sell out - why?
RDI announced this morning that more than 52,000 tickets have been sold. So, we're not far away from a sellout and we'll probably need them all this weekend.
I remain cautiously optimistic about this one, but not overly confident. We have to stay away from those PIs and other hair-brained penalties. A defending GC team is the most penalized in the league - those two statements don't make any sense! Giving up all that yardage means giving the Argos field position and extending drives. With a team that doesn't rack up many O points, that's precisely what they're looking for.
So, among many other things the Als have to prepare for, they need discipline, discipline, DISCIPLINE!!!!
No one likes to go to the BIg O and by the end of the Fan games at the big O they were getting 35 000 a game, not worth it.
If Quebec City gets a team i would like to see the Labour Game played at the Big O though
Parmi ces 3 équipes, il y a Montréal et Toronto. Or, l’offre de divertissement dans ces deux centres est très importante, ce qui limite la capacité des Alouettes de remplir le Stade Olympique à tous les match. L’autre stade est à Edmonton, où les raisons de l’incapacité de remplir le stade se trouvent sur le terrain.
For hg - a lot of that, though, had to do with the fact that the Als' organization kept jacking up the prices for 3 consecutive years! The first year, 1977, when the Als played all of their home games in the Big Owe, they were drawing an average of 55,000+ per game which rivalled the NFL at the time.
I agree that the Big Owe is extremely noisy and has about the lousiest PA system in the world, but the sight lines were just made for football and soccer; not a bad seat in the house, really. Too bad the Quebec government can't get its act together and fix the problems once and for all, or blow it up and build a new one!
Im as big of a fan of the Big O as you get. but Molson Stadium is amazing.
At the Big O you feel so far from the field. I think a playoff game is good enough its a novelty, but I would not be happy if they played another game at the Big O. Keep in mind in the 1977s it was a brand new stadium now its old and decrepit. Also its to expensive to blow it up, althought im a fan of this plan:
[url=http://mtest.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100917/mtl_retractable_roof_100917/20100917/The%20Mentalist]http://mtest.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CT ... 0Mentalist[/url]Trestman, Milanovich, and Burke will have had two weeks to prepare for this game. We're pretty healthy. The crowd will be loud, large, and hostile to the Argos. Like jkm, I am cautiously optimistic that we'll come out on the right side of the scoring ledger.
I give full respect to the Argos, and to Barker in particular for manufacturing a 9-9 season and a berth in the division final, but we aren't the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. We defend our turf and we have coaches in whom I trust. We know what it takes to win close games: we won the ultimate close game last season -- the 2009 Grey Cup game. I won't be shocked if we lose -- part of the thrill of playing a competitive playoff game is the knowledge that your opponent can beat you. But I will be very surprised if we beat ourselves the way Hamilton did in the semifinal.
[i]The Als were a modest 4-3 over their final seven games, while suffering three of their most debilitating defeats under Trestman - 46-21 at Calgary; 40-3 at Hamilton and 30-4 against the Argos in the season-finale, during which many regulars were rested. So alarmed at what he was witnessing defensively, Trestman at one point took it upon himself to sit in on defensive meetings, something uncharacteristic for an offensive coach renowned for tutoring quarterbacks.
“You never want your head coach in defensive meetings,? defensive-tackle Eric Wilson suggested. “I’m not proud of our last three games. One-hundred points scored against us ... are you kidding me? That’s mind-boggling. We were outscored and outplayed schematically.?[/i]
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/A ... z15edz1HjN
I'll tell you one thing: if the defense can't get the job done this Sunday, Burke's job could be on the line in the offseason.
That article was a good one by Herb.
I'm not a big fan of "trash talk" before a big game. That may sometimes be just what the doctor ordered - for the other team! Ferri & co. - keep your big yap shut! Do your trash talk after you've won the East Final! Better yet - let a blowout score in our favour do all the trash talk for you! GC defenders - a bit a class!
Possible, mais il faut regarder l’ensemble de la saison. Jusqu’à l’avant-dernière partie, les Alouettes avaient la 2ième meilleure défensive de la ligue, et la défensive a gagné quelques parties au cours de la saison, tant l’attaque était alors embourbée. Il faut croire qu’il y a aussi quelque chose de bien qui s’est fait là.
Notre équipe a terminé avec une fiche de 12-6. Ce n’est pas rien non plus.
C’est certain que si la défensive se fait marcher dessus par l’attaque de Toronto, Burke aura des comptes à rendre et Popp aura des décisions à prendre. Mais changer pour changer est rarement la bonne décision. Il est mieux de considérer un changement lorsqu’on a un idée des candidats possibles pour prendre la place, sinon, on peut se retrouver à changer pour pire.
À mesure que les autres équipes s’améliorent, on ne peut s’attendre à ce que notre équipe taisent continuellement les offensives adverses comme ne 2008 et en 2009. Ce à quoi on doit s’attendre, c’est que notre équipe demeure parmi les meilleures de la ligue, offensivement et défensivement. Personnellement, avant de jeter Burke aux poubelles, je préférerais voir ce qu’il pourrait nous apporter comme redressement l’an prochain, parce qu’il a fait un très bon boulot en 2008 et 2009. 2010 n’est pas une si mauvaise année, et si la tertiaire avait été plus disciplinée et plus efficace, on ne serait pas là à évoquer le congédiement de Burke.
La première question à se poser est de savoir si Parker, Brown et surtout Dix sont les joueurs dont notre équipe a besoin. Considérant le nombre croissant de gros et grands receveurs, je crois que l’équipe devrait essayer de trouver des demis plus grands et plus robustes que nos petits lièvres, des gars comme Browner, Isaac et Lysack. Parce si on regarde l’ensemble de la saison, c’est contre la longue passe que notre défensive est le plus vulnérable.
I completely agree with you.
I have seen one Alouettes game, and 2 Grey Cups at the Big O and it feels like you are miles away from the actual field.
And those were in lower bowl seats.
I find the place awful for football.
Ferri et al need to keep their mouths shut. Unfortunately Ferri's arrogant comments are the ones that made headlines in the Gazette.
Diamond, do you not think maybe the Argos are "just a little angry", too??????
Show some class.
Elfrid Payton used to mouth off all the time like this, and then when it was time for the big game he didn't show up.
Lets hope Ferri can back up the big talk. When it comes to him though, I have my doubts.
I agree.
Just get out there and play your best game and no trash talk in the meantime.
After all, what does it accomplish? Again, it just proves lack of class.
Don’t know what I missed …but the only “trash talk” I can see is Ferri saying,
“To me, they’re a good team. But I don’t know if they’re a dominant team,?Ooooo...call the burn unit!!! And if he doesn't play "angry"...he shouldn't be a linebacker
Must be a “slow news week” or something…
So Belli says he can't wait to lay Calvillo on his back and not a peep but Ferri makes a mild passing comment ans its a lack of class. Roflmao. Come on, reach down and check.