The most storied franchise in Canadian football — 18 Grey Cup championships across 150+ years of Toronto football history. BMO Field CFL games are affordable, fun, and uniquely Canadian. The Grey Cup game in Toronto is a national party.
Neighbourhood: Exhibition Place · Address: 170 Princes' Blvd, Toronto, ON · Hours: Home games June–November — check argonauts.ca · Phone: (416) 815-5982
Why Visit
Seeing an Argos game is a deep dive into Toronto sports culture, complete with rowdy fans, uniquely Canadian traditions, and affordable tickets. It’s one of the city’s cheapest ways to experience live pro sports with a real community feel.
What Makes It Unique
Unlike the Raptors or Leafs, Argos games keep things low-key and accessible—no suit jackets or sky-high ticket prices. You can chill with hardcore fans just meters from the field and munch on street food between touchdowns. Plus, where else will ‘Boatmen’ chants actually make sense?
The Toronto Argonauts are the most storied franchise in Canadian football — 18 Grey Cup championships across a history that stretches back to 1873, making the Argonauts not only the oldest professional football club in North America still operating but one of the oldest surviving professional sports franchises on the continent. For Torontonians who have grown up watching CFL football, the Argonauts represent a specific and deeply rooted form of civic pride distinct from the Maple Leafs' or Raptors' more globally resonant brands.
The Canadian Football League version of the game differs from the NFL in ways that make it faster and more unpredictable: a larger field (110 yards plus 20-yard end zones), three downs instead of four, twelve players per side, a single point for missed field goals that land in the end zone (the "rouge" or single), and a clock that introduces strategic complexity through the no-yards penalty and punt return rules. These differences make CFL football tactically distinctive, and many fans who try the CFL game find it more exciting than the NFL version despite having less global profile.
The Argonauts play at BMO Field, which has been expanded and improved to accommodate football alongside soccer. The experience of a Argonauts game has improved dramatically since the team moved from the much larger Rogers Centre — BMO Field brings the fans close to the action and creates a stadium atmosphere that was impossible in the cavernous Skydome environment.
Tickets are among the most accessible of any major professional sport in Toronto — considerably cheaper than Maple Leafs or Raptors tickets, and often available even on game day. The tailgate culture around Argonauts games, particularly for the Grey Cup home games when they occur, is a lively part of the experience that reflects the blue-collar, old-Toronto character of the franchise's fan base.