Re: Possible Expansion Cities

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 18:55:41 GMT, Krammerhead
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>Jason Hoehn wrote:
>> "Chuck Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>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


Is that Victoria by itself or Greater Victoria which includes
Esquimalt, Saanich, Oak Bay etc???

Frank