Correspondent Terry Jones has the unofficial word that Edmonton will be the host of the 2018 Grey Cup!

 

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“Edmonton will play host to the 2018 Grey Cup. A news conference to announce Edmonton as the site for the 106th Grey Cup, your correspondent has learned, will be held next week.

The fifth Grey Cup hosting in Edmonton’s history, the 2018 event will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Commonwealth Stadium and the completion of 70 seasons of Edmonton Eskimos football.

Previous Grey Cups were held here in 1984, 1997, 2002 and 2010, drawing crowds of 60,081, 60,431, 62,531 and 63,317, respectively.

Edmonton followed Calgary 2009 in back-to-back Grey Cups held in the province. Like Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg have previously hosted the game four times. Regina has held three. Following Edmonton in 2010, four of the next seven Grey Cup games — Vancouver in 2011 and 2014 and Toronto in 2012 and 2016 — were held in the two cities were David Braley owned the home teams. Regina (2013) and Winnipeg (2015) also held the event that is scheduled for Nov. 26 in Ottawa this year.

With Hamilton in a new stadium and not having played host since 1996, Montreal not having held the game since 2008 and Calgary also technically ahead of Edmonton in “the rotation,” it wasn’t considered a slam dunk that the 2018 Grey Cup would be coming to Commonwealth Stadium.

There is a belief that the Calgary Stampeders may have decided McMahon Stadium is no longer up to a standard and opted out of consideration as a Grey Cup host until they, too, have a new home. tjones@postmedia.com”

 

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Well Edmonton…are you excited to host the Grey Cup!?? 

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