notahomer wrote:sj-roc wrote:Robbie wrote:When was the last time Vancouver held a parade for a Lions Grey Cup win? 1985.
Another meaningless stat.
Is it just me or are victory parades overrated? I kind of like the way we did it in 2011, an evening indoor ceremony where everyone could gather together.
With a parade, you're standing outdoors on the sidewalk — a bit of a risky gambit in these parts in late Nov / early Dec when you're likely to get rained on. And the parade would only take a couple minutes to pass you wherever you've been waiting for perhaps an hour or more. Not to mention it would have to be in the daytime (no one has a parade after dark) on a weekday and the turnout would probably suffer.
Parades are doing well now in Vancouver. This past weekend the Lunar New Year one went well. Of course the Santa Claus, St.Patricks Day, and Pride parades are all doing well too. But they are held Sunday afternoons with the intention of getting families out to have a great time.
I used to love the PNE parade but they stopped those decades ago now. They kinda do a mini-parade every day on the fairgrounds as they know its a thing that young-uns love being a part of even if its on the sidelines watching.....
The Victory Parade? I think it works for American Cities but not here, IMO. I loved the evening ceremony that the Lions did. Let families get out. We got a nice seat to relax in.
You have a good point about how cultural parades in Vancouver certainly brings huge crowds and that includes the recent Chinese New Year parade last Sunday in Chinatown.
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainme ... l?tab=PHOT
By the way, Happy Year of the Horse!
How about BOTH a parade and a celebration in the stadium? That's the case for most other cities as there's a parade that will end in the stadium where there's a ceremony, and that's the case for tomorrow's parade in Seattle that will cross Downtown Seattle and end in CenturyLink Field.
I mentioned a few times before that city of Toronto is also very cold in late November and early December like all Canadian cities in the Argonauts
might be overshadowed by the Blue Jays, Raptors, and Maple Leafs and the Argonauts certainly did not lead the league in attendance. But despite all that after their Grey Cup wins in 1983, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2004, and most recently 2012 the city still held a huge Grey Cup parade that brought out large crowds.
![Image](http://wpmedia.o.canada.com/2012/11/112712argos1.jpg?w=660&h=330&crop=1)
There's already a lot of rivalry between Vancouver and Toronto. And if Toronto can hold a huge Grey Cup parade that brings out huge crowds, why can't Vancouver also match and rival that with a huge parade of their own when their Lions capture the Grey Cup?
TheLionKing wrote:Where were those Seahawk fans in Vancouver ? I was downtown and in Metrotown in the afternoon. Didn't see one Seahawk jersey, hat etc.
The Commodore Ballroom.
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Seah ... story.html
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