Blue Bombers score $7.1M profit from hosting Grey Cup
CBC News | Posted: April 11, 2016 3:42 PM | Last Updated: April 11, 2016
Blue Bombers' first regular season game is June 24 against the Montreal Alouettes
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers scored big with the 2015 Grey Cup even though they weren't in it.
The club announced Monday that it earned a profit of $7.1 million by hosting the CFL championship game in November, in which the Edmonton Eskimos beat the Ottawa Redblacks 26–20.
It's more than double the $3.2 million in profits the team made hosting the Grey Cup in 2006.
The Bombers have used $1.5 million of the 2015 profits to pay Triple B Stadium, which owns Investors Group Field, for improvements that were made ahead of the Grey Cup. The remaining $5.6 million will be used for the club's long-range financing.
The Bombers' first pre-season game of the 2016 season is June 8 against Montreal, and the first regular season game is June 24, also against the Alouettes.