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Originally Posted by CDSmith
What was the consensus on the Olympic Stadium as far as the Expos playing there? The two games I attended in '76 were at Jerry Park, which I am glad about that I at least got to see the old park before the team moved.
Was the Olympic Stadium not suitable? I forget now, can't recall what the talk was about it. I was IN the Olympic stadium in '76 watching the track & field events, and remember thinking that the stadium itself was pretty damned cool. Why was it not good for the Expos?
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I went to a lot of games every year, I mean, you could go 10 minutes late and pickup tickets for 5-10 bucks that you could sit anywhere in the big O with. The location of the BIG O wasn't the best, very poor part of town, but it did have metro access. Look, Montreal didn't have the lobby groups necessary to get government involved. Our mayors didn't do enough, the fans didn't, not enough interest from local businesses, MLB fucking us a bunch of times...etc.. The Big O was fine, but it just wasn't bringing in much revenue, the suites/boxes were really old and just no media/press coverage the last couple of years. Think the folks here are more interested in soccer or F1, or mini putt (no joke).