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Originally Posted by q12
After seeing some Uteck Bowl on TSN in Moncton, it looks like a big failure. I'd be surprised if there are 3,000 in the stands, because the bigger side looks empty. The only thing this Uteck Bowl move accomplished was to fire up HRM into to going after a new stadium for Halifax.
Can't really fault Moncton though, since they don't have a team in the game
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The final announced attendance for the game (on TSN) was 3,726. They seemed pleased. The west grandstand was nearly full (I know - I was sitting there with my son).
The east grandstand was mostly empty for a reason. It was a cold night (-2C) with a westerly breeze. It was damn cold enough where we were sitting. I can't imagine what it was like in the other grandstand!
When I purchased our tickets, I did so with the weather in mind. I'm sure a lot of people did. The west grandstand is sheltered from a cold westerly breeze. Attendance would have been a lot higher if the game had been played on a Saturday afternoon. The weather today in Moncton is supposed to be sunny and 8C. That would have definitely made a difference.
If you guys wanted to see an empty stadium, you should have watched the other semi final game from Calgary. McMahon Stadium was nearly completely empty!!! TSN announced the attendance at that game was only 1,584, so there were more than twice as many people at the game in Moncton!!! Of course, the fact it was -18C at gametime in Calgary probably had something to do with it......
As for the comment about Moncton not having "a team in the game", it seems to me that Halifax would not have had a team in the game either.
. In any event, there are six Monctonians on the Axemen team, four of whom just happen to be graduates from my sons high school (BMHS). MacNaughton High just captured the NB provincial high school football championship last week for the fifth time in eight years. My son is a safety on the BMHS Highlanders, and the championship game (at Moncton's Rocky Stone Field) was played before nearly 4,500 fans.
There is a football culture in Moncton no matter how much you guys want to deny it.......