With the U of T/Maple Leaf project seemingly dead and gone. The Argos are looking once again, at their originally preferred spot for a stadium, York University. Argo officials met with University managers at York on Friday to kick around some ideas on how to approach the project to give the team a new outdoor stadium.
While the Argos kick the tires at York, the U of T prepares another bid to fund and construct a combination football/soccer and track stadium. Two weeks ago they were the perceived front runner, as Maple Leaf Sport and Entertainment had entered the picture. The sports giant looking to join in and develop not only the football stadium, but a couple of rinks on campus for use as a training facility for the Leafs.
After some lengthy study they walked away from the plans, leaving the Argos to return to the drawing board in their quest for a stadium to call their own.
Insiders say that York is now the front runner, as they offer the best highway and transit connections not to mention parking which was a problem in the U of T bid. The Argos hope to get things in motion shortly feeling that a new stadium will go a long way to bringing a rebirth of football interest in Toronto.
If nothing else the battle of the two universities over the affections of the Argos has got to be good sign. From spurned to spooned in less than a year, it’s a good sing for football in the big smoke!
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