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| - I love the idea of BMO field, but in actuality my Facebook status update from a recent night spent in its friendly confines sums my experience up best. I wrote something to the effect that the highlight of my night had been the time spent under the artificial heaters in the men's washroom. Which it undeniably was.
A friend recently purchased tickets for the Nutrilite Canadian Championship final between the Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Toronto FC in late May and the weather was absolutely atrocious. I do point some of the blame in the direction of mother nature and her unrelenting ferocity, however the venue did little if anything to combat the situation.
As the hard flying rain off Lake Ontario pelted me in the face from every angle imaginable I couldn't help but notice the lack of field coverage. we were essentially sitting ducks for mother natures exacting wrath, there was no protection in the form of a roof (standard in most outdoor stadiums), or any other form of makeshift awning. We were forced to seek refuge in the unheated, and only partially covered concourse, jostling for position closest to the nearest beer cart. After sidling up to a beer cart, reaching into our pockets and sifting through drenched bills we attempted to get said beer, we were both asked for ID, (not a problem), yet when my friend produced his British Columbia identification they initially refused to accept this. So you can imagine the mood that we were in. Cold, bored and sober, not what you typically go for when partaking in a live sporting event, or any sporting event for that matter.
Eventually the crowd thinned out as it became a near certainty that the game would cease to continue and we were able to get a prime spot next to the urinals under the one and only heater in the men's washroom. This would become our temporary sanctum for the better part of two hours. When the game did get called, the first rain out in Toronto FC history we were informed there was no defined refund policy. It wouldn't be until several days later that my friend learned the steps necessary to refund his ticket, as he would not be able to make the rescheduled game due to geographical constraints.
Small things could make all the difference in the world to the successful operation of BMO Field-things like adequate coverage, paper towels in the washrooms, a heated and fully covered concourse and defined refund policies in the event that mother nature shows her teeth. That is all.
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