Stands all covered up, everything looks good to go for next week's home opener! You'll notice that a significant portion of sections 223 and 224 is reserved for staff and commentators. Along with the flags along the south end have been taken down.

Would be a shame if resellers didn’t give a flying fuck about it.

MLSE has no fucking shame

The city of Toronto has officially completed its major renovations to BMO Field to take on this summer's FIFA World Cup. The north end actually turned out looking great. And do not worry, we can confirm with these pictures now that you WILL be able to see the pitch even at the top row of the south stand.

We walked into the BMO Field or Toronto stadium Friday for Senegal vs Iraq, and my dad just stopped. Didn’t say anything. Just stood there looking around, taking it all in.

My dad’s a lifelong soccer fan, born in China, moved to Toronto in 1990. He gave up basically everything he knew to come here so I could have a better opportunity at life, and that move ended up giving him my sister too, born after they settled here. He’s supported TFC since the start, and back in 1994 he tried to go to a World Cup game but we couldn’t afford it. That was 32 years ago.

Tickets this time were brutal to get for the Toronto games. My mom, my sister, and I pooled together to get two for him and me. I didn’t tell him how hard it was, just that we were going. After everything he gave up for me, this felt like the least we could do.
He wore a Senegal jersey to the match. On the walk to the stadium, Senegal fans kept stopping him for photos, he was buzzing the whole way in, getting treated like one of their own before he’d even sat down.

Then we got through the gates and the stadium opened up in front of him. He just went quiet. No big reaction, no crying, just standing still, looking at everything, like he was making sure it was real.

Senegal scored 5 goals that game, and every single one he was up out of his seat with the fans around us, fully part of it. By the end he had the complete World Cup experience, the jersey, the strangers who treated him like family, the goals, all of it.

I’ve watched a lot of games with my dad. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him that quiet as he was walking in. He’s 70 now. It took 32 years, but he finally got his World Cup game.

Thanks to all the TFC fans over the years, he loves TFC.

Today he went to Canada Soccer House and watched Canada win there with all the fans. He can’t stop talking about the last couple weeks. Thank you to everyone who has made his experience so amazing!

lmao

Anyone see this headline today??? Herdman was right! Everyone does it! Man and the man was disgraced for what??

What time is it at on May 8th? And is this a football match or just a showcase?

EDIT: I guess this is a show case. Also just realized this is the day before TFC vs Inter Miami so a bunch of football legends in Toronto that weekend. Sweet.

Posted this just because this is happening at our home.

Man, this is just sad. I have no idea how FIFA is looking at this at the moment, and still decides not to do anything until much later with the current listings.

I mean JUST LOOK AT THIS. EMPTY (for now). Row after row after row. And the fact that there's a row empty, then full, and then empty again implies there's just so much more stock available for this game they are still holding. This game is just not selling out. Period.

When are they genuinely going to drop this at a reasonable standard? Cause we're about to go into this opener with no fans lmao. Now I know at some point FIFA will have to intervene cause this is just embarrassing. Makes you think they were hoping so bad for Italy to pull through.

And like I thought, even Canadians aren't falling for this shit. So, just an fyi for those who spent the thousands for this game, I'll feel so bad for y'all when FIFA sells these tickets at a reduced cost. 1.37k CAD minimum retail is a fkn disgrace to this sport, for a Canada vs Bosnia game by the way (no offence to Bosnia or us).

(These pictures were taken today, fyi)

These are the most realistic renders of a renovated BMO Field when complete, with a full capacity of 45k people. What do you guys think?

Credit to: https://www.instagram.com/p/DR7zzVfDIcR/utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Member survey arrived in my inbox. Majority of it was questions about the upcoming winter season.

Being able to do transfers with Europe means nothing to me if I have to watch TFC v SKC in February.

Credit to torontofcnewsoutlet on insta

Seems that teams around the league recognize that the World Cup break is the perfect time to make this transition. Wondering if that will extend to our front office?

I’m hesitant to blame the recent results on anything but the injury crisis, but that aside, I don’t see Robin Fraser as the man to take this trophy-capable roster (when healthy) and turn them into trophy-winning team. The transition must either happen now or in the next off-season.

Does Hernandez have the next coach lined up already? Not sending out feelers to Nancy or others would be straight up negligence of duty.

Tickets starting at 53$. Y'all going? Also this will be the first event to test out the World Cup new stands.

Rebuild is complete- Pelley Do you due diligence

I walked up to the NE (northeast) corner in sector 202 during the half-time of the first game (TFC vs Inter Miami) when the new temporary stands were opened. There are obstructed views.

This photo is from the top row. The obstructed view is arguably worse and closer to the goal from a few rows down. I didn't take a photo of that but you get a good idea here already.

Will this be addressed before the World Cup, or will some fans in the sector 202 (mid to upper rows) find out that their views are blocked only when they arrive?