At owners' meetings in Philadelphia this week, the NFL directed that an assessment of the Minnesota stadium situation be done before the end of the year, and the league plans to send representatives to Minneapolis to evaluate the viability and timeline for a new stadium. The Vikings are bound by lease to play in the Metrodome through the 2011 season.</p> While in Minnesota, NFL officials are expected to meet with political, business and community leaders, then report the Vikings stadium status to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.</p> Toronto could become a bigger threat for a possible relocation site of the Vikings than Los Angeles.</p> </p> sports.yahoo.com/nfl/rumors/post/Could-they-soon-be-called-the-Toronto-Vikings-</p>
I wonder how the Buffalo Bills feel about this. They were just discussing the possibility of playing a few games in Toronto to help get Toronto businesses to invest in luxury suites at Ralph Wilson Stadium. This seems like two conflicting ideas.</p> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_...n_bills_toronto</p>
The city would be able to (although it might kill off the CFL in the process). However, first they'd have to build a new stadium and then there's some problems when it comes to TV contracts.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> The city would be able to (although it might kill off the CFL in the process). However, first they'd have to build a new stadium and then there's some problems when it comes to TV contracts.</p> </div></p> How's the attendance at those CFL games?</p> </p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticKing)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> Why can't Toronto have its own team without another one relocating there?</p> </div></p> The NFL already has too many teams. The talent pool is too thin to expand more and expect the quality of the game to go right down the tubes.</p> </p>
I've said it before, but I'll say it again... If an NFL team is going to move, it should be the Jaguars. They never sell out. They have terrible TV ratings. They don't sell season tickets. They are, seriously, one of the sorriest teams in the league when it comes to the question of "who should we move?"</p> As a Packers fan, I hope the Vikings disband and nothing replaces them. But that's not going to happen... New stadium or not, they'll stay in Minny/St. Paul.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (shapecity)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> The city would be able to (although it might kill off the CFL in the process). However, first they'd have to build a new stadium and then there's some problems when it comes to TV contracts.</p> </div></p> How's the attendance at those CFL games?</p> </p> </div></p> They could get rid of the restaurant and hotel in the Rogers Centre and add 15, 000 seats that way. The Argo's draw about 30,000 a game. More than 15,000 Canadians drive to Buffalo to watch the Bills when they play at home.</p> The NFL would thrive in Toronto though (huge on football in general, we're talking about a history as long as anywhere in the world).</p> </p>
I was reading something earlier why no NFL commish had never entered Canadian territory and it's because of the respect of the CFL game they have. Us Canadians barely respect how good of football the CFL is. Most only see players who cannot make the NFL which is totally untrue.</p> If the Vikings came to Toronto, we might as well say good-bye to the CFL due to the small array of teams left in the CFL.</p>
The SkyDome/Rogers Centre isn't fit for the NFL, so unless the ownership group that would buy the Vikings and bring them to Toronto could get a new stadium built, it is pretty unlikely that the NFL will come to Canada.</p> Buffalo, Cleveland, and Detroit will oppose such a move as they draw fans from Ontario. I don't know what would happen to the CFL but I doubt it would be good.</p> I think Toronto can support an NFL team, though. People make the trek from Ottawa to Toronto (280 miles) to watch the soccer team. If you can draw from most of Ontario, which is likely considering it's only eight home games, you can pull from a population of twelve million, not to mention the fans that would travel from outside of the province.</p> I'm certain an NFL team would work in Toronto with the right stadium and ownership group.</p>
