Hmmmm......... Commissioning reports on economic benefits eh? Sounds like someone has something to prove. I have said it before and I will say it again, this is a test fit for a permanent large stadium (possible NFL, Concerts, other major events).
 
A permanent 80,000-100,000 seat stadium in Toronto would be a game changer, it would open the door to the NFL, proper hosting of events like FIFA, The Olympics and the worlds biggest concert events and festivals.
 
Repeating this yet again -- Rogers is only the sponsor name of this venue. They do not own or operate it.
https://archive.ph/WjAAr
The report ... commissioned by stadium operator Live Nation ...
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-- who are in the concert business.

Maybe they could want some kind of more permanent concert venue there.
But no one would or should just build a stadium and hope it somehow attracts an NFL team (like putting up a bird feeder would attract birds?). That's not how it works. That would be like building an NHL-sized arena in Hamilton (or Markham) and thinking "We'll definitely get an NHL team here now!"

Building an NFL stadium would only happen after an NFL owner committed to moving their team here, which seems very unlikely to happen any time in the near future. Even if it did, at best the owner would only temporarily use any pre-existing stadium while a new one for them was being built. And we already have BMO Field, which could be used in the same way the Chargers initially used an MLS stadium when they moved back to Los Angeles.
 
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Sure, but it seems like potential ownership are checking all of the boxes needed to prove an economic case for an NFL team. Build a temp stadium. Produce economic benefits reports. Provide case studies for how the team will do. Rogers Stadium has always felt like a dry run for something more permanent.
 
Stec said:
A permanent 80,000-100,000 seat stadium in Toronto would be a game changer, it would open the door to the NFL, proper hosting of events like FIFA, The Olympics and the worlds biggest concert events and festivals.
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building a 100K stadium to maybe host the world cup and Olympics(with running track and terrible views) once every 100 years as well as concerts that we already have venues for sure is a game changer, in that we'd blow the game and lose.
 
Mihairokov said:
Sure, but it seems like potential ownership are checking all of the boxes needed to prove an economic case for an NFL team. Build a temp stadium. Produce economic benefits reports. Provide case studies for how the team will do. Rogers Stadium has always felt like a dry run for something more permanent.
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My point exactly
 
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