Hello cat fans, congratulations on the dominant season! Blue bleeder here, very much hoping we see you again in the GC! You crushed us twice so far, hoping we get another chance!
So I’ll be taking my father to the EF on Sunday. First time for us in the donut box, first time at a Ticats game. We’re stoked, but of course, this means we need a place to watch the WF after what I assume will be a dominate Ticats performance.
Where is the best place to take in the Bomber Rider game in Hamilton?!
Or you could just invite yourself into one of the homes of the friendly people surrounding the stadium (especially the ones adorned with TiCat or Stipley flags, and other football-related doodads!).Of course, if you paid top dollar for close-stadium parking, I think they owe it to you!8)
In Hamilton/Gameday for us there will not be a lot of bar traffic heading out specifically to watch the Western Final.
Most establishments will probably even be displaying NFL on most of their TVs. Us CFL fans are generally a minority compared to the other major sports available especially on NFL Sundays.
If it was a Hamilton game being available that is a different story.
The Endzone would probably be one of your best bets but it will be packed with Ticat fans coming back on the buses after the Eastern Final. However, no matter where you go, the NFL games (with lots of NFL fans around) will be dominating the establishments TV screens. For sure there will be no CFL energy/atmosphere anywhere!!! The last time I went to the Endzone after a Ticat game it was on a Saturday and they had U.S. college football plus other sports on all of their TV’s. I asked our server if she could put on the CFL game involving two western teams and she was happy to comply although it was on one of the smaller screens in the corner. Good luck and I hope you are not disappointed. I would suggest that you go back to your hotel room to watch the game to be honest.
Geez, I remember when they first allowed alcohol to be served on Sundays (think it was in the '80’s) that you had to purchase food if you wanted a drink. Had lots of beers with a bag of potato chips.
I remember going into Duffys on a Saturday night, and the “food? was a cheese sandwich, wrapped in cellophane. I don’t recall ever eating it, or even if they charged for it if you didn’t. Come a long way?
Thanks to everyone who took the time to respond! Here’s how it went down last Sunday.
We started at Endzone, but it was way too NFL and they didn’t have any interest in keeping the CFL Playoff Finals on their big screens. Apparently, a meaningless week 11 match between the Eagles and Patriots was more important?
So, we left and went to a brilliant dive bar called Prime Time Sports. They had the WF playing on several of theirTVs, and kept the audio on the main bar pa the entire time.
They served us a great beef stew, and had great deals on drinks! All in all, it ended up being a perfect place to watch a highly entertaining game… and that finish was ridiculous!
Good luck Ticats. Happy one of the droughts will be ending on Sunday. Wanted to leave you with this though, food for thought!
“The two previous longest Grey Cup droughts in Bombers history were ended with victories over the Ticats. The club ended a 17-year drought in 1958 with a 35-28 win over the Ticats and the 1984 victory over Hamilton ended a 22-year absence.”
