Grey Cup Village

As we all know by now Montreal is hosting the 96th Grey Cup, and every Grey Cup host has their own designated “Grey Cup Village.” Montreal’s this year is on the corner of Metcalfe and Rene-Levesque, in the heart of the downtown core, in the middle of all the hotels and one street down from the Bell Centre. Held in a tiny park downtown, the village is a little tight, but worth the trip for any football fan. I went earlier today just after lunch and was able to meet last year’s MOP Kerry Joseph, Tigercats RB Jesse Lumsden and the BC Lions cheerleaders (who were hot!). Lets just say I was left a little speechless after I football with Jesse for about a two minutes and the same with Kerry, both were very accomodating and seemed very happy to be there. Along with players in the “CN Locker Room”, there was also the Quebec Sports Hall Of Fame, all of the local media were broadcasting from the site, including TSN, there was the CN Challenge where fans competed in a variety of activites. The Molson Ex zone had a huge zone for all the great bands that will continue to play until the end of the grey cup and lots of great food. Since you downtown, you never really have to leave metcalfe and peel area for all you eating needs. The village will also be showing the grey cup on huge screens all over the area and plenty of bands will be playing over the next two days. I really think if you have the chance that you should check it out, you never know who you will meet.