We haven’t even kicked off the first ball in anger yet and already the Montreal Grey Cup committee is up, running and well on with its plans for this year’s version of the 96th Grey Cup classic.
The year end celebration of football has taken on a very impressive dynamic over recent years as it becomes of the high holidays for Canadians and a festival of Canadian football that seems to grow with each event.
From the days where they were giving away Grey Cup tickets at supermarkets as part of a pack the park desperation plan, the Grey Cup now is something that requires you to make your reservations early on in the season, whether your particular home team is good, bad or indifferent.
This years plans seem to be on the path that was premiered in Toronto last year, with a high element on entertainment and big city feel to the event, with a downtown Grey Cup village with a variety of musical offerings that will keep celebrants out late into the traditionally late, late Montreal night (or is that early, early Montreal morning?)
The Big O, once again will be the centerpiece to the actual game, a destination that in the past has brought some 68,000 plus CFL fans together to watch the year end classic (well normally a classic).
So far, 40,000 seats have already been sold, with the most coveted platinum seats already sold out at the tasty price of $274. The rest of the stadium is selling for $240, $174, $134 and $84, still if you think about it one of the great bargains for a championship game in any sport.
The Grey Cup in recent years has become one of the great entertainment and sport combinations that the country can put together and the template has been a successful one across the nation.
Considering Montreal’s embrace of football over recent years, we suspect that once again, the Grey Cup will be a huge success. A must attend for those that love football and a good party, providing you can afford all the extras that come with the sixty or so minutes of football on the field!
The year end celebration of football has taken on a very impressive dynamic over recent years as it becomes of the high holidays for Canadians and a festival of Canadian football that seems to grow with each event.
From the days where they were giving away Grey Cup tickets at supermarkets as part of a pack the park desperation plan, the Grey Cup now is something that requires you to make your reservations early on in the season, whether your particular home team is good, bad or indifferent.
This years plans seem to be on the path that was premiered in Toronto last year, with a high element on entertainment and big city feel to the event, with a downtown Grey Cup village with a variety of musical offerings that will keep celebrants out late into the traditionally late, late Montreal night (or is that early, early Montreal morning?)
The Big O, once again will be the centerpiece to the actual game, a destination that in the past has brought some 68,000 plus CFL fans together to watch the year end classic (well normally a classic).
So far, 40,000 seats have already been sold, with the most coveted platinum seats already sold out at the tasty price of $274. The rest of the stadium is selling for $240, $174, $134 and $84, still if you think about it one of the great bargains for a championship game in any sport.
The Grey Cup in recent years has become one of the great entertainment and sport combinations that the country can put together and the template has been a successful one across the nation.
Considering Montreal’s embrace of football over recent years, we suspect that once again, the Grey Cup will be a huge success. A must attend for those that love football and a good party, providing you can afford all the extras that come with the sixty or so minutes of football on the field!
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