Toronto Star

It's sacred sporting ground, the patch of prime real estate at the corner of Bloor St. W. and Devonshire Place in downtown Toronto, site of 30 Grey Cups and memorable moments that have spanned three different centuries. Legends have been born there, heroes raised and bums buried. In recent years, though, the site of old Varsity Stadium had taken on the look and feel of a real graveyard, where more dreams were in danger of dying than ever again might be born. The grand old Varsity grounds, including the venerable arena as well as the stadium site, had become a battleground of another kind – venue for a political football game worth tens of millions of dollars and involving many of the city's heavyweight movers and shakers.