The return of Major League Baseball to Montreal in the form of Blue Jays/Mets exhibitions should be an emotional one this weekend, with the late Gary Carter — who starred for both the Expos and the Mets — to be honored. About 75,000 tickets have been sold for the two weekend exhibitions games. (Organizers are […]
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Should Montreal pursue MLB?
Baseball romantics and market researchers say conditions are right for Major League Baseball to return to Montreal — but others argue it’s a waste of time to bring back Expos 2.0. Hardcore baseball fans have fond memories of the Montreal Expos because the team, its players and its ballparks never fit within the stifling conformity […]
Final days of Metrodome, Candlestick Park at hand
Two former Major League Baseball venues have dates with the wrecking ball early next year, as the Metrodome and Candlestick Park are set to come down after the 2013 NFL season. The San Francisco Giants played at Candlestick Park between 1960 and 2000. It was originally built for baseball, with a nice open design. It […]
Shocker: Olympic Stadium’s roof needs more repairs
The roof at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium is in constant need of repair, as 2,000 tears in the last year has doubled the annual maintenance costs to $800,000 — raising issues again about the facility’s viability. The former home of the Montreal Expos is generally in good shape; the roof is the big issue when it […]
Reports: Blue Jays will play games in Montreal in 2014
Reports have confirmed what we reported in April: The Toronto Blue Jays will play a pair of exhibition games against the Mets at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium before the regular season starts in 2014. Many MLB teams schedule a pair of exhibition games after spring training and before the regular season, and a two-game series of […]
MLB (temporarily) returning to Montreal?
The Toronto Blue Jays are negotiating to play exhibition games in Montreal in the future, bringing Major League Baseball back to Olympic Stadium, the former home of the Montreal Expos. Many MLB teams schedule a pair of exhibition games after spring training and before the regular season, and a two-game series of this nature is […]
Cromartie: We’re launching feasibility study on return of MLB to Montreal
Former Expo Warren Cromartie has assembled a professional team to determine the feasibility of a return of Major League Baseball to Montreal. The feasibility and survey study will be undertaken by Cromartie’s group, Montreal Baseball Project, as well as Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal (BTMM), Ernst & Young and BCF LLP. “I am pleased to […]
Montreal honors Carter with street, ballpark namings
With the Washington Nationals in the playoffs, the Montreal Expos have been in the news as well — and the city added to that by announcing honors for one of the team’s biggest stars, Gary Carter. A street next to Jarry Park, where Carter began his Expos career, will be named in honor of the […]
Cromartie laying the groundwork for MLB’s return to Montreal
It’s an effort that won’t pay off any time soon, but former Expo Warren Cromartie says he’s meeting with local business owners to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal. MLB teams don’t move very often — in the last 30 years, the only team to move was the Montreal Expos, ironically — so obviously an […]
Conference Board: Montreal can support MLB
Montreal has the right demographics, corporate presence and economic outlook to support Major League Baseball, according to a report issued today by a leading Canadian think tank. The study from the Conference Board of Canada, penned by Glen Hodgson and Mario Lefebvre, also indicates economic support for three new NHL teams and another NBA team in Vancouver: […]
Still generating cash: the Montreal Expos
Never let it be said we passed on a good opportunity to display a Montreal Expos logo: despite the demise of the team many years ago, the ‘Spos logo is still a big seller. It’s not necessarily baseball fans who keep the Expos logo and colors on the tops of some best-seller lists, but rather […]
Parking-ramp collapse leads to safety concerns at Olympic Stadium
The collapse of a section of underground parking at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium has some wondering about the historic facility’s stability. Olympic Stadium, the groundbreaking home of the 1976 Summer Olympics and then home to the Montreal Expos before that team’s exodus to Washington, has always had issues with its physical plant: the groundbreaking retractable fabric […]
Brochu: No way MLB returns to Montreal
Claude Brochu, the man who dismantled the 1994 Montreal Expos and still blamed by fans as triggering the decline of the franchise, says there’s no way Major League Baseball returns to the city while Bud Selig remains in charge of the game. Which may not be long: Selig insists he’s stepping down next year to […]