40k is way too big. Should be less than 35k.

Rangers stadium uses turf. With recent advances in turf quality there isn’t the same pressure for natural grass.

Here’s an example of a 12,500-seat MLB stadium used for exactly one game: https://baseballparks.com/indepth/fort-bragg-field/ If you scaled it up to 25k seats and attached it to BMO field for the concourses it could work for a few seasons. Add a permanent building for team facilities that...

Ironically, the one place where you have the space and transit to put a temporary 25k seat stadium is just south of BMO Field.

Monster trucks would be better suited to Tim Hortons field in Hamilton.

If we're talking about retro ballparks, let's reach back into our own history and go with a made-in-Toronto design.

That was before the roof upgrade, when they couldn’t move it below 10 degrees. The risk was having everything seize up due to metal contraction and get the roof permanently stuck half-closed. A number of games each year were warm enough for an open roof, but they had to go off the expected...

Are you mixing up Maple Leaf Stadium with Harlan’s Point? The maps show it as pretty clearly on the islands with the Western Gap cutting it off from the mainland: https://maps.library.utoronto.ca/datapub/digital/NG/historicTOmaps/1902Sankey.G_3524_T61_1902_fullf.jpg

There's room at Echo Beach / Ontario Place waterpark (plus lots of available parking), but it would probably need to have a roof to protect from the lake winds. The other option is at Downsview Park beside the GO/TTC Stations. That would kill off the business crowd but really appeal to the...

"Forget" (ahem) the Olympics. Build a $3B stadium, fill it a few times and then let it rot.

There's so little that needs a >55k stadium though. Really just the NFL, and we're not getting a team. Even then you end up with a $2B stadium at capacity 16 times a year. Performers don't like the terrible acoustics, preferring arena shows. Easier just to run multiple nights @ 20k then one big...

It's a tight squeeze, but here's Progressive Field overlaid on the space. Lots of room to loop Bremner Blvd north of the stadium and provide access to a row of condos. Parking will be an issue, as there won't be as much room under the stands. They'll also have to work around/over the deep water...

It’s pretty much guaranteed that Canada will play in Edmonton, given the size of the stadium. Also better for a domestic audience because there’s less hotel and international flight options. Montreal would be good for a large African or European pool and Toronto could take more smaller games...

Don’t give Doug any ideas or he’ll bring back the Cheery Street Express. https://torontoist.com/2012/10/toronto-urban-legends-cherry-beach-express/

2022 is a lifetime from now. His performance has improved, but largely because he isn't screwing up as badly as Trump. Plus, this early days stuff is very much the easy part. The province is about to go super-deep into the red, employment is way down and small business are about to get...

And... sticker companies are a go:

Unless (or even if?) Ford somehow declares that sticker companies are an essential service, you gotta wonder if Deco can survive the crisis. They've been bleeding cash for years and the slowdown is only going to make things worse. Helps that they do a lot of food labeling but it probably won't...

Sounds like it’s the fault of the “Liberal Nuclear Plants”

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