The Globe and Mail

 

When CFL commissioner Mark Cohon stands up to make his annual state-of-the-league address in Calgary this morning, the subject he will be most asked about is likely to be the immediate future of the Toronto Argonauts ownership.

While there will likely be no definitive answers from Cohon, CFL sources say co-owners Howard Sokolowski and David Cynamon are leaning toward remaining proprietors of the franchise they rescued from bankruptcy six years ago.

And, according to multiple sources, they have their eye on a new home for the team – BMO Field, the home of Major League Soccer's Toronto FC. It is believed the Argos may want to play there as soon as next season.

Though BMO Field, which will have a grass surface next spring, does not fit a CFL field, sources say the Argos owners are willing to consider playing on a field that may be adjusted in length either with a shorter field or smaller end zones.

BMO Field was built with private and public money to play host to the 2007 world under-20 soccer championship, as well as to house the expansion MLS franchise, owned by Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. Its construction followed two failed attempts by Cynamon and Sokolowski to build a stadium in partnership with the Canadian Soccer Association, first at the University of Toronto and then at York University.