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    BC Lions to host 1st game in Victoria

    Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 29 Nov, 2023 05:46 PM
    • BC Lions to host 1st game in Victoria

    The B-C Lions will host the Ottawa Redblacks in a regular-season C-F-L game in Victoria next season.

    "Touchdown Pacific" will be played Saturday, August 31st at Royal Athletic Park.

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

    The game will mark the sixth instalment of the C-F-L's "Touchdown Series," but the first in Victoria.

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