The 2019 Touchdown Atlantic game has a venue, but it’s not in Halifax.
The Toronto Argonauts will welcome the Montreal Alouettes to the University of Moncton’s Stade Croix-Bleue Medavie Stadium on Sunday, August 25, 2019. It’s the fourth time Moncton will host a regular season CFL game.
Halifax did not have a viable stadium option, so the game went to Moncton.
Schooner Sports and Entertainment, the group working to bring the Atlantic Schooners as the CFL’s tenth team, are presenting the game.
‘’From the very beginning, the major objective of our group has been to make the Atlantic Schooners a regional team and bringing this game to Moncton helps us achieve that,” Anthony LeBlanc, one of the three main backs of the Schooners franchise, said.
“It would not have been possible without the support of the City of Moncton and the Government of New Brunswick, and the great work of the CFL, the Toronto Argonauts and the Montréal Alouettes. We continue to work hard behind the scenes to offer football fans what will be a great experience, so stay tuned as more information about the game will be available shortly. You won’t want to miss it.’’
Toronto played in the inaugural Touchdown Atlantic game in 2005, which was a preseason game, played in Halifax at Huskies Stadium against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Argos were competitors in the first of three regular season games played in Moncton in 2010, 2011 and 2013.
Meanwhile, Montreal took on the Ticats in 2013. Hamilton came back for 28-26 victory.
“Canadian football belongs in Atlantic Canada,” CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie said in a statement.
“Anthony and his partners Bruce Bowser and Gary Drummond and their team are working hard to realize the dream of a tenth CFL team, and this Touchdown Atlantic game is an opportunity to share our unique, exciting game and our incredible athletes with fans in Atlantic Canada.”
