The January 30th match against the States in Hamilton sold out only 4 hours into PRE-SALE.... Probably could have used a bigger venue, but understand they were trying to limit the number of Yanks coming up. Anyone else going?

I hope they can eventually get it out to Lake Louise as well, that would also be delicious. (And if they could get a special steam train service going.... well... SPLOOSH!)

Hamilton is hosting the Grey Cup this year, I wonder if they're temporarily increasing the capacity and if they are if they'll keep it in place another month and half for this... Wikipedia says with temp seating it's capacity is 40k

Save your pennies errrr nickels? Canada's next WCQ is January 30th in Hamilton against the Yanks

I usually hate people that bitch and moan about having to play on turf constantly, but I have to agree with FIFA here, the WC needs to be on grass (women's should have been as well). The pitch was atrocious for both games, no one had good traction, the ball wouldn't settle down and it's just not...

Either I had too much to drink at the pre-game to notice, or maybe the lower bowl wasn't as cold as the upper, but I was quite warm all evening, never even had to wear my gloves... Standing the entire game also helps I'm guessing.

The Mexican media don't look too enthused...

Hyundai Rotem: Bombardier Flexity for comparison:

They were supposed to have been banned for the game we played there last month too, but i classic style they wriggled their way out of the ban. Which in turn get's them banned again....

Thanks for the suggestions all!! I'll pass them around. The squad has been announced, seems to be a fairly strong squad with only a few names missing, but for the first time in my lifetime we actually have depth!

Speaking of WEM.... I have a lot of out of town people asking me for things to do between the games. Unfortunately it's the shoulder season where all the summer activities are over but the winter ones haven't started yet. I haven't lived in Edmonton for almost a decade so am a bit out of the...

Be on the lookout for Phonzie at WEM 😂 https://edifyedmonton.com/active/sports-recreation/the-worlds-eyes-will-be-on-davies-and-edmonton-next-week/

A gondola perhaps would help?

Additional tickets have been released:

Neither will the Costa Ricans or Mexicans, which is the point, make them as uncomfortable as possible. About time we used our climate to our advantage.

I hope you bring your singing voice! 😄

The separation of fans is a fairly common thing all over the world, some places away fans aren't even allowed due to potential violence. In CONCACAF it's normal for beer and bags of urine to be thrown at away fans and players, laser pointers to be used at the opposing keeper, and setting off...

Hey, ya actually I went to Wagner so i know the area pretty well. Would have loved to have some more places around to spend lunch and breaks. The area is at the edge of light industrial and is a prime location to start off development of the area. Not saying we need a bunch of residential...