Kaboom!

So the lower south stands at Frank Clair (aka Lansdowne) are gone. They imploded this morning around 8 a.m. Why this didn't wake me up is a bit of a mystery. Guess being ill and exhausted will do that, though.

You can see the video of the implosion here.

Now the question of what to do with Lansdowne still seems up in the air a bit. The potential problem is that there's been way to much emphasis on bringing a CFL team back. Teams didn't make a go of it in the past, what makes everyone certain they'll be able to make a go of it now? (Rough Riders folded in 1996 and the Renegades were suspended in 2006 - will three times really be a charm?) Focusing on the return of a team is dicey, given what's happened in the past. Heck, even the Sens have had a rough go of it, financially. If the CFL team folds again, what do we do with the infrastructure left over? Lansdowne is a great piece of land that could probably use a whole different development scheme. Of course, that would likely require a city council that is less fractured and actually has a strong leader who's capable of building consensus. Given that requirement, there's probably not much hope for doing something fun at Lansdowne.

As an aside, is the Ex ever going to move to its Albion location?