Re: Possible Expansion Cities

Jason Hoehn wrote:
> "Chuck Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > How many cities in this great land of ours could realistically support a
>
> CFL
>
> > franchise?
>
>
> I really don't think all that many,...
>
> You'd probably need a populatiion of 250k+ I think, and you don't want the
> city to be a suburb of a pre-existing CFL city. So a lot of cities are off
> the list right away.
>
> Quebec city, perhaps (kinda small) Halifax, probably, (kinda small) ... I
> thikn the BC interior MIGHT be bale to pull it off, but they are a little
> thin on population (Kelowna/Penticton). All of the major centers pretty much
> have CFL teams. Let's face it, we're Canada, we don't have a lot of really
> big cities ... Victoria?, to small.
>
> I think they could have a CFL team in Calgary, if they really tried,... ;-P
> (Okay okay, cheap shot,... It's an old joke, I couldn't resist,...)

Victoria far exceed the 250K population that you state is neccessary to 
support a team.  In 2001 their population was listed as 311,902.

http://www.canadainfolink.ca/cities.htm

Krammerhead