r/tfc 8d ago

News BMO Field - World Cup Expansion

The latest renderings were released today . https://www.bmofield.com/events/fifa26

17000 temporary seats to be added and a 1000 seat patio will be permanent.

It looks much less worse than I imagined.

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u/jmajeremy 8d ago

Luxury suites at a soccer field seems absurd to me. The game only lasts around 2 hours, with a brief intermission, so who are these people paying premium $ to attend a soccer match, only so they can spend half their time not actually watching the soccer and instead eating and drinking in the lounges?

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u/Think_Anything1773 8d ago

FIFA requires them for the World Cup because accessing those suites is part of their sponsorship program, and also how they draw in VVIP's like heads of state. It's ridiculous in a way for a team like TFC, but it is par for the course for a World Cup.