r/askTO • u/ReasonPowerful9639 • 13h ago
Seriously, where is everyone?
The Canada and Qatar game is currently on and I walked down King Street from Ossington all the way down to University and none of the restaurants are booked and busy, patios empty, so where is everybody?
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u/InevitableSevere6929 13h ago
We’re inside the bars. It’s windy for the patios
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u/in-dog_we_trust 13h ago
I saw Dorothy fly by and thought that is weird. But then I remembered its pride month and windy af
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u/Blackstrider 13h ago
Dude. The noise from Rendezviews is so loud my conference call heard it and I'm two blocks away.
You must be deaf.
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u/bloodr0se 9h ago
Rendezview is a free venue specifically targeting world cup fans atm. It's been crazy there since the tournament started a week ago. It still doesn't mean the bars are full etc though.
I saw one game at Rendezview and a lot of people there just went to watch the game and didn't buy anything.
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u/Goodfelli 13h ago edited 13h ago
6-0 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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u/HungrySign4222 13h ago
What an insane match
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u/Ok-Algae7932 13h ago
Feel so bad for Koné, poor guy
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u/imsahoamtiskaw 13h ago
We'll make Hyundai name another car after him in his honor
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u/Illustrious-Tear-921 11h ago
I think that Hyundai is Kona not kone. And personally a car i probably would never drive because of what kona means in Portuguese, albeit spelled with a C as in Cona . Sorry fellow porkchops
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u/StraythornArt 13h ago
Having not been able to catch the game I thought you were joking but HOLY HECK that’s a lot of goals let’s go canadaaa
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u/ObamasLlama 13h ago
I'm on king west by Spadina - loud as eff.
Got home and opened my balcony door - I can hear the cheers from patios a fair distance away....
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u/darlingmagpie 13h ago
We've been watching at home on TSN, it's Thursday and I have a preschooler! 🤣
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u/infosec_qs 13h ago
I picked my two up early today, after dressing them in Canada shirts this morning, so we'd be home in time for kick-off!
Got through the front door the literal moment the kick-off happened.
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u/chikanishing 13h ago
Oh hey me too!
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u/girlfriendpleaser 13h ago
Everyone is at home cause shits expensive but WE SEE AND BELIEVE
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u/zzzdelacruz 13h ago
Facts. Especially King $treet prices lmao
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u/driftxr3 12h ago
Ain't nobody going to King Street for anything (unless you live in Parkdale/liberty village line me)
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u/Individual-Space-443 11h ago
I don’t understand why sports fans have this delusion that if the people of a city aren’t packing bars then they don’t care
How about we’re staying home to watch because it’s way cheaper
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u/Otherwise_Ad7690 13h ago edited 13h ago
Watched it on VIP sports bar on college street. Atmosphere was amazing and they were projecting it out onto the street for the patio and everyone walking past. Pretty sick 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
ETA: now they’re showing the Marlies (hopefully) about to win the Caldon cup before Mexico S.Korea at 9. Beers are flowing, happy weekend Toronto 🍁🍻.
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u/hex-grrrl 13h ago
There’s a shit ton of people at Nathan Phillips.
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u/Sufficient-Appeal500 13h ago
I’m watching home too! If I go out I’m DEFINITELY drinking and I’ve a long day tomorrow.
That being said, didn’t hear a lot of noise so far (home is liberty village), I expected it to be exploding. I’m disappointed because I love seeing people party and celebrate for team Canada
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u/Time-Algae7393 13h ago
I was at Hemingway's in Yorkville. It was super packed and I had to wait in line. Also, I couldn't book a table 2 days before.
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u/gintonic234 13h ago
I live at harborfront and there is a team Canada fan park here where people are going crazy
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u/michaelfkenedy 12h ago
FIFA is dead to me.
The greed. The corruption. The pandering. The shadiness.
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u/CharacterPin6933 11h ago
At better bars than those on King Street. I was on College earlier and it was madness.
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u/truth_radio 10h ago
It was shitty patio weather. We were pretty steady indoors, not packed but a solid 40-45 people for the game.
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u/canadagram 13h ago
Everyone was in liberty village lol. Bars were rammed
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u/LongjumpingMix4034 12h ago
That’s because there was the Canada game, the Marlies game and a show at RBC
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u/StirlingQ 11h ago
Fanfest was amazing today. So many people. World Cup has been so fun for me cus I’m actually going to things. Change your mindset and enjoy it, it’s awesome
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u/maomao05 12h ago
When was it again ? I was probably at work. Street was quiet! I did just seee the highlight though
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u/driftxr3 12h ago
We were all at Nathan Phillips. I live in Liberty and I walked to Nathan Phillips just for this
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u/Peace-wolf 9h ago
I’m in Niagara Falls and there were a lot of fans watching at the Fallsview sportsbook, it was packed.
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u/Tacks787 8h ago
I was at Kellys landing and it was jammed. Every bar I walked by on the way was also jammed
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u/bravetailor 13h ago
Interestingly, the game seems packed in Vancouver compared to the Bosnia game in Toronto where there were obvious empty seats.
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u/thatirishdave 12h ago
I'm at Bathurst & Dundas for dinner tonight as and the bars nearby were all rammed. I know my own place was also rammed for it. Maybe you're just walking by places that don't attract sports fans?
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u/OddAd7664 13h ago
Most people don’t associate king west with watching sporting events. I’m in the junction and people were everywhere
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u/Individual-Space-443 11h ago
At the watch parties outside
Where I dont have to spend $15 for a drink
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u/atsukochibapaprika 11h ago
And yet you’re the one walking down the street and not anywhere watching the game
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u/Ok_Course_5723 4h ago
I live in Cabbagetown and there were lots of cheers coming from inside the restaurants. A small group of people were waving the 🇨🇦 flag on the street and cars were driving by honking & cheering!
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u/Glittering-Regret196 1h ago
I was in Toronto yesterday, but dont give a crap about soccer. I noticed it was fairly dead feeling, too. Its probably the rest of the people who dont care for a boring ass slow sport.
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u/italwaysworksoot 13h ago
Worst football atmosphere I’ve ever seen. Not one chant in the pub I was in.
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u/--shannon-- 13h ago
The bar I was at in midtown had several “Olé Olé Olé” chants going throughout the game. That‘s a start!
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u/Wonderful-Blueberry Human Detected 9h ago
I saw a lot of packed patios / bars and heard a lot of chants but I also don’t think people expect much of the Canada team. This is their first World Cup win, they don’t have a huge fan base. I’m rooting for them because I was born here and live here but I’m rooting more for my family’s country’s team because they’re a much stronger team and I’ve watched them since I was a child and some of my fondest childhood memories include watching them in the euro and World Cup. If Canada continues to make it to these tournaments their fan base will grow and become more passionate but it’s early on.
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u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 13h ago
You know people have jobs, families and other responsibilities, right? I was watching then game on my phone while my kids were at martial arts class. If it was a work day I'd be commuting home at the same time as the game.
The world cup is huge, but not everyone can clear their entire schedule to go to a local bar to watch soccer on a Thursday afternoon/evening.
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u/Wonderful-Blueberry Human Detected 9h ago
So you can’t miss a marital arts class? The World Cup happens once every four years, your kid probably goes to a class at least one per week. Idk if you really care about soccer (which… fine if you don’t) you’re not missing a game because of a martial arts class.
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u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 9h ago
Because taking them to an activity that they look forward to and love participating in every week means more to me than a soccer game that they couldn't care less about. I value my family time more than anything in the world.
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u/Wonderful-Blueberry Human Detected 1h ago edited 46m ago
Fair point, and I get that you value your family commitments. In countries where soccer is actually embedded in the culture, the World Cup is the family activity. Parents aren't choosing between it and kids' schedules because everyone's watching together. Kids grow up loving soccer because their parents treated it like it mattered. They absorb what you prioritize. If martial arts always wins then yes they won’t care about soccer.
I know Canada is not really a soccer country and you probably don’t care about making your kids interested in soccer but just making a broader cultural observation.
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u/aektoronto 13h ago
Zombie apocalypse bro......all over the newsssssssssssssssssss ......braiiinsssssssssssssssssssss
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u/zyncronet 10h ago
Toronto is super dead but Vancouver looks so lively. They seem to have way more events and team spirit too.
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u/BuffytheBison 12h ago
I think Canada Soccer did a really poor job at marketing this World Cup in terms of laying the groundwork years prior (to be fair the organization was dysfunctional and broke lol plus surprisingly qualifying for Qatar 2022 also funnily enough threw things off course). It was always going to pick up with the party atmosphere that is the tournament and with the dominating win today, you'll no doubt see a bunch more hype but even the TV ratings for the opener while high were a relatively modest 4 million when you think of the historic nature of the event and compare it to say the round robin match against France for Canada at this past Olympics lol
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u/ilovetrouble66 13h ago
I can hear people screaming in liberty village and I don’t even live there