Touchdown Atlantic

Touchdown Atlantic was a Canadian Football League exhibition game played in Halifax, Nova Scotia at Huskies Stadium in June 2005. The game was between the Toronto Argonauts and the Hamilton Tigercats and ended in a 16-16 tie.Cite web|url=http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=127701|title=Argos, Ticats tie in Halifax|accessdate=2006-12-04|publisher=TSN.ca|year=2005-06-11|author=Canadian Press]

The game was to gauge Halifax's support for a potential CFL expansion team, which would likely be named the Schooners. Temporary seating was added to boost the capacity to 11,000. The game sold out. It was also used by the league to test its instant replay challenge systemCite web|url=http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=127847|title=Instant replay has kinks to work out|accessdate=2006-12-04|publisher=TSN.ca|year=2006-06-13|author=Canadian Press] which was implemented in the 2006 CFL season.Cite web|url=http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=8949|title=CFL to introduce instant replay for 2006|accessdate=2006-12-04|publisher=CFL.ca|year=2006-06-13]

In June 2006 another game was to be played in Halifax at Huskies Stadium with temporary seating for a capacity of 11,000 fans. This game was canceled after the suspension of the Ottawa Renegades. They were supposed to play the Montreal Alouettes.Cite web|url=http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=152406|title=Argos, Ticats tie in Halifax|accessdate=2006-12-04|publisher=TSN.ca|year=2006-01-26|author=Canadian Press] Cite web|url=http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=161969|title=CFL suspends operations of Renegades|accessdate=2006-12-04|publisher=TSN.ca|year=2006-04-09|author=Canadian Press]

In 2003, the league had struck a committee to examine the feasibility of adding a tenth team, with the leading candidate cities being Quebec City and Halifax.Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2003/11/14/cfl-expansion031114.html|title=CFL considering Quebec or Halifax expansion|accessdate=2006-12-04|publisher=CBC Sports Online|year=2003-11-14] An exhibition game between Ottawa and Montreal was held in Quebec City in 2003 at PEPS Stadium.Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2003/06/08/als_gades030607.html|title=Calvillo, Alouettes hammer Renegades|accessdate=2006-12-04|publisher=CBC Sports Online|year=2003-06-09] Before the suspension of the Renegades, league commissioner Tom Wright had indicated that Halifax was the leading candidate for expansion.Cite web|url=http://www.smuhuskies.ca/01272006fb.html|title=CFL returning to Halifax|accessdate=2006-12-04|publisher=Halifax Daily News|year=2006-01-27|author=Adam Richardson]

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ee also

* Atlantic Schooners