If you are the big fans of football sports, you surely don’t want to miss to watch the 106th Grey Cup presented by Shaw. The Grey Cup will feature the Canadian Football League championship for the 2018 season. In Canada, it will be airing through TSN. Meanwhile, for the US viewers, you could tune in ESPN to catch up with the spectacle. The game is set to happen at The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta on Sunday, November 25, 2018.
The process of selection
Back then on March 24, 2017, Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Eskimos were bidding to host the upcoming 2018 Grey Cup game. But in early 2018, the league would have the bidding process based on the merits of the applications to determine the host. Both Calgary and Edmonton have hosted the Grey Cup game four times. And then the officials made the fair decision. The Edmonton was awarded for the 106th Grey Cup. Meanwhile, Calgary attained 107th Grey Cup.
The tickets
If you want to attend the venues when the event happens, you will want to reserve the option right away. The thing is that back then on June 6, 2018, Eskimos announced that they had sold over 51,000 tickets in only four days. That means only 4,800 seats are remaining. We don’t know for sure if the cards are still available. You will want to check the availability right through the official ticketing sites.
Entertainment
Grey Cup always comes with the entertainment, which makes the viewers want to keep watching the event entirely. The officials announced that The Reklaws would perform before the game. Back then on September 29, the CFL officials announced that Alessia Car would play in the halftime. If you happen to be the fans, you surely don’t want to miss this opportunity.
The Biggest party in Canada
The Grey Cup Finals will bring into Ottawa a week-long festival. It is a big event wherein many people love to see and involve themselves with. The nation’s capital will host the event. After all, it is the biggest party of the year on Canada and International. For many Canadians, it is the big day. However, the football fans are also expecting the big spectacle of this event.
How to Watch it?
Watching in Canada is easy for all the viewers in the territory since you could tune in TSN channel to watch Grey Cup 2018. If you prefer the other channel, you could tune in RDS or ESPN.
For the US Viewers, you could tune in ESPN Networks. The ESPN Broadcast schedule is available at the official site now. Thanks to the multi-year agreements with the CFL, ESPN, and ESPN+, they have the rights to present all regular seasons, including the Grey Group by Shaw. ESPN and its networks can be the best replacement of TSN Channels.
If you are viewing from UK and Ireland, you could watch the Grey Cup 2018 from BT Sport. It is available in all UK and Ireland Territories.