Past deciding which Canadian soccer staff is the very best within the league, the Gray Cup remaining is a time for celebration and bringing folks collectively.
With the large recreation solely two days away, Regina is seeing the influence the championship recreation between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Toronto Argonauts is having on the CFL neighborhood.
Followers from throughout the nation have piled into the Queen Metropolis in anticipation, and the celebration is barely simply starting.
“That is the best recreation on the planet and that is the best recreation on the turf,” mentioned one Blue Bombers fan at this week’s Gray Cup Competition. “This can be a actual Canadian custom and it actually brings the nation collectively.”
For one more Blue Bomber fan, this can be a time to be with associates simply as a lot as it’s to go to the CFL’s greatest recreation.
“The sport is nice but it surely’s the pageant and the folks that attracts us right here.”
Staff celebration rooms for folks aged 19 with and over with a bought go actually crammed up Friday, an even bigger and greater draw for followers every year they’re provided.
Echoes of “Let’s go Bombers” and “Let’s go Argonauts” will be heard all through the pageant as followers anticipate the large recreation.
One fan who gained’t be cheering for both staff specifically however is thrilled to be a part of the Gray Cup occasions is Regina mayor Sandra Masters.
“Individuals have been out, they’ve been celebrating simply the Gray Cup itself and it’s fantastic to see,” Masters mentioned. “And that’s what I feel it’s about. It’s about bringing neighborhood collectively.”
She says seeing each CFL jersey in a single place is one thing to recollect.
“I’m simply so impressed with how comfortable everyone seems to be and getting information that we’ve acquired of us coming from everywhere in the nation and we all know we’re an awesome host metropolis, so it’s fairly unbelievable,” Masters mentioned.
She mentioned in a time of many individuals feeling divided, she hopes the Gray Cup is a technique folks can come collectively.
“I feel it’s actually wanted when it comes to connection, however connection not simply inside our personal neighborhood, however to the remainder of the nation as nicely,” Masters defined.
When requested what color she can be sporting on Sunday, there was just one right reply being in Saskatchewan.
“I’ll be sporting inexperienced.”
The 109th Gray Cup kicks off at 5 p.m. CST on Sunday Nov. 20.
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