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curlerbroad
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Maybe the Toronto Curling Association could do this...24 GTA clubs belong to it. Ricoh Centre would be perfect - but it is a very popular venue so the TCA would have to act now in order to get the Brier in a few years.
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celtichound
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No it's been converted into a luxury grocery store (Loblaws) that sells delicious cupcakes.
Maybe the sad sack Leafs could vacate the ACC for the brier. Celtichound & I could chair. ML can be player liaison.
Deal me in CB, but only under the current Brier format . (this is my lame attempt to get the thread back on track and stir up debate, I await my detractors).
As a side note, my oldest son is a manager at the MLG Loblaws.
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Deal me in CB, but only under the current Brier format . (this is my lame attempt to get the thread back on track and stir up debate, I await my detractors).
As a side note, my oldest son is a manager at the MLG Loblaws.
Clean up on the Gilmour aisle!!
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celtichound
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Originally posted by curlerbroad
Maybe the Toronto Curling Association could do this...24 GTA clubs belong to it. Ricoh Centre would be perfect - but it is a very popular venue so the TCA would have to act now in order to get the Brier in a few years.
Ricoh would be cozy for sure, I've been in there for a few events. I guess it would depend on what the CCA's minimum seating capacity is. 
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Maybe the Toronto Curling Association could do this...24 GTA clubs belong to it. Ricoh Centre would be perfect - but it is a very popular venue so the TCA would have to act now in order to get the Brier in a few years.
Yes that would be the way to go- it's what HACA did. But then you are splitting any profits 24 ways. I think that the days of filling 18000 seat arenas in Ontario are long gone anyway.
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Ricoh would be cozy for sure, I've been in there for a few events. I guess it would depend on what the CCA's minimum seating capacity is.
Ricoh Centre seating capacity is listed as ~8100
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celtichound
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Ricoh Centre seating capacity is listed as ~8100
I posted as much a while back, but thanks for the info anyways  .
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Ricoh Centre seating capacity is listed as ~8100
Definitely not big enough then. Bear in mind, CU Centre in 'toon holds 15,000 but only 11,000 & change for curling due to the lost seats for the media section.
Also, they tried to hold a Slam event in Ricoh 2-3 years ago; was deemed too small so they moved it to Mississauga; almost half the people who pre-bought tickets returned them for refund. Moving from central downtown locale to the sticks with no transit facility was sure good idea... typical Big Smoke thinking...
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duct_tape
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Definitely not big enough then. Bear in mind, CU Centre in 'toon holds 15,000 but only 11,000 & change for curling due to the lost seats for the media section.
Also, they tried to hold a Slam event in Ricoh 2-3 years ago; was deemed too small so they moved it to Mississauga; almost half the people who pre-bought tickets returned them for refund. Moving from central downtown locale to the sticks with no transit facility was sure good idea... typical Big Smoke thinking...
The John Labatt Centre which hosted the London Brier is not a whole lot different in size than the Ricoh.
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The John Labatt Centre which hosted the London Brier is not a whole lot different in size than the Ricoh.
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curlerbroad
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Definitely not big enough then. Bear in mind, CU Centre in 'toon holds 15,000 but only 11,000 & change for curling due to the lost seats for the media section.
Also, they tried to hold a Slam event in Ricoh 2-3 years ago; was deemed too small so they moved it to Mississauga; almost half the people who pre-bought tickets returned them for refund. Moving from central downtown locale to the sticks with no transit facility was sure good idea... typical Big Smoke thinking...
No it wasn't the Ricoh but the gargantuan ACC that would have echoed with only the few who would occupy the seats. And no convenient place for a "patch" like set up.
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No it wasn't the Ricoh but the gargantuan ACC that would have echoed with only the few who would occupy the seats. And no convenient place for a "patch" like set up.
Union Station could be the patch.
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