The
95th Grey Cup was held in
Toronto at the
Rogers Centre on November 25, 2007. The
Grey Cup, first awarded in 1909, is the championship game of the
Canadian Football League. It was played between the
Saskatchewan Roughriders and the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers, with the Roughriders winning 23-19. It was the first Grey Cup meeting between the two teams, and was also the first time any
Labour Day Classic matchup has been played in the Grey Cup.
The 95th Grey Cup was the 46th
Grey Cup hosted by Toronto since the championship's inception in 1909 and the first it has hosted since 1992. SkyDome/Rogers Centre previously hosted the
77th Grey Cup in 1989 and the
80th Grey Cup in 1992. The game was announced as a sellout on November 19, 2007.
The game was viewed by approximately 3.337 million viewers on CBC television, up from 3.202 million the previous year.
Grey Cup Festivities
The Grey Cup festivities began with a four-day festival that had over 50 events at several venues in downtown Toronto including the
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, and the
CN Tower. The festival area was bounded by
Spadina Avenue east to
Bay Street and from
Nathan Phillips Square south to
Lake Ontario.
On the weekend of the Grey Cup, there was a "Celebration of Football" with games hosted at the Rogers Centre at amateur, high school, and university level, including the 43rd......
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