By Canadian Press

Lions, Redblacks to play regular-season CFL game in Victoria next season

Nov 29, 2023 | 2:12 PM

VICTORIA — The B.C. Lions will host the Ottawa Redblacks in a regular-season CFL game in Victoria next season.

The game, dubbed “Touchdown Pacific” by the league, will be played Saturday Aug. 31 at Royal Athletic Park.

The league says the venue will be expanded to accommodate between 10,000 and 14,000 fans, including standing room.

The game will mark the sixth instalment of the CFL’s “Touchdown Series,” which seeks to grow the game by bringing a regular-season game to a neutral site, but the first in Victoria.

The previous five versions, all dubbed “Touchdown Atlantic,” were all hosted by cities in Atlantic Canada.

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The Toronto Argonauts defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders on July 29 in Halifax in the last “Touchdown Atlantic” game.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 29, 2023.

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