Neil and I love the CFL and we love Grey Cup. We've been to 2 Grey Cups (2000 - Calgary, 2005 - Vancouver) and we've just acquired tickets for our third -- 2007 in Toronto. We are also very very excited as one of the concerts being held during the festivities is Great Big Sea, Lowest of the Low and Spirit of the West... (Lowest of the Low being a mutual favourite between the two of us). Neil could do without the "Run-Run Away" - though I'm a fan, but we both could handle a little "Home for a Rest"... if you get our drift.

I was quite disgusted with the ticket prices this time around though... We looked at all our options... this is what was available: (Click on it to enlarge)

In 2000, we sat in the end zone -- the seats sucked. We were not paying ~$270 for end zone seats. In 2005, we sat in a similar spot to section 240 -- we DID NOT pay anywhere in the ballpark of $560 for them... After looking at the seating chart we bought the cheapest seats available... yes they are in the nose bleeds but they are on the 40 yard line... why would you pay more to have such a shitty view of the field????? Who pays ~$600 a ticket (after Ticketmaster fees) to sit on the 5 yard line? Disgusting!

I'll admit that we got a little excited when we watched the Rider's destroy the Stampeder's a few weeks ago... fingers crossed that they do well. It was in Toronto in '89....