Hackwood joins Naylor to break down CFL's proposed rule changesThe league announced Friday it will be holding the 2019 Touchdown Atlantic game Aug. 25 between the Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes at Stade Croix-Bleue Medavie Stadium.
It will mark the fourth time the CFL has held a regular-season game in Moncton. The most recent contest was on Sept. 21, 2013 when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats edged the Montreal Alouettes 28-26. Moncton got the nod ahead of Saint John, N.B. and Antigonish, N.S. A big reason for that was the presence of Moncton Stadium, a facility with 10,000 permanent seats that can be expanded to 20,725 via temporary seating.Staging the game in Moncton continues the CFL's drive to put an expansion franchise in Halifax. The contest is being presented by the owners of the proposed Halifax CFL franchise, the Atlantic Schooners.
Anthony LeBlanc, a founding partner of Schooners Sports and Entertainment , was on hand for the announcement at the Avenir Centre along with CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie and Moncton Deputy Mayor Greg Turner. Toronto, which had the worst home attendance in the nine-team league last season, will be the Touchdown Atlantic home team and will give up a contest at BMO Field in 2019.
Sweet, gotta get my tickets!!