Halifax CFL team proponents launch ticket drive, reveal potential names
HALIFAX The group aiming to bring a Canadian Football League team to Halifax added a little more colour to its proposal Wednesday, announcing a name-the-team contest and an initial short list of names aimed at reflecting the regional nature of its bid.
Among the proposed names: The Atlantic Admirals, Convoy, Storm, and Schooners.
They will be considered in a contest that will be exclusive to those who sign up during a season ticket drive aimed at gauging interest in a franchise for Atlantic Canada.
“Fans will be presented with a number of options as well as an opportunity to submit their own name,” said Anthony LeBlanc of Maritime Football Partnership.
“We’ve been out talking to the community and getting what we feel is the short list, but we are not sitting here saying it will be one of those,” said LeBlanc. “We may be blown away with some of the suggestions that are put in through the opportunity to write in your own name.”
He said the team name would be announced at a Nov. 23 event during Grey Cup festivities in Edmonton.
The season ticket drive was to begin immediately on Ticketmaster, LeBlanc said during a news conference in Halifax with group partner Bruce Bowser and CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie.