News
April 19, 2023
TORONTO – The Toronto Argonauts Football Club announced today The University of Guelph will play host to the team’s 2023 Training Camp once again as well as the Argos final preseason game on June 1st vs. Ottawa at 7:00pm.
“We love it at the University of Guelph” said Boatmen Head Coach Ryan Dinwiddie. “The facilities, the accommodations, the food, the hospitality from staff is as professional as any place I’ve been. We are thrilled to be back for camp this year, as well as hosting our preseason game against Ottawa at Alumni Stadium”
The Argos are no strangers to campus life at the University of Guelph having held training camp on the Gryphon’s campus in 2022, 2021 and 2016 as well as numerous times throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s, while also playing a preseason game at Alumni Stadium in 2018. Rookie Camp kicks off May 10th with a three-day camp that includes veteran quarterbacks and first-year CFL players before rosters are cut down to 85 on May 13th. First practice with veterans goes May 14th and two days later the roster gets trimmed down to the final 75 plus non-counters.
Argos fans of all ages are encouraged to come to Alumni Stadium on the University of Guelph campus to see the defending Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts up close and personal as they train and prepare for the upcoming CFL season. Some practices may be closed to the public and that information will be shared at least a day in advance each time.
The University of Guelph’s football facilities are world-class, feature the latest technology and are a perfect fit for Toronto’s training camp. All facilities are centrally located on campus and within short walking distance of each other. Alumni Stadium features state of the art synthetic turf, a newly renovated track, a brand-new video scoreboard and houses a locker room as nice as any CFL counterpart including breakaway rooms for each position group. Next door to the football field is Gryphon Fieldhouse, which contains an indoor artificial turf field with a 4-lane indoor track and adjacent to the fieldhouse is a stunning new 25,000 square-foot fitness centre built only a few years ago. On top of spacious and comfortable townhouse-style housing, U of G also boasts the best campus food in Canada according to Maclean’s magazine, so the players will be sleeping soundly and eating well during the three-and-a-half week camp.
“The football facilities at the University of Guelph are second to none,” said four-year Gryphon and five-year CFL veteran DB Royce Metchie. “It is the perfect place for a CFL training camp and provides us every advantage heading into the preseason and regular season.”
The Argos open their preseason slate against Hamilton at Tim Hortons Field on May 27th .
Toronto will host Ottawa at the University of Guelph on June 1st at 7:00 p.m.
For tickets to the June 1st preseason game:
Season Ticket Members will receive an email with pre-sale access on Thursday, April 20th at 10:00AM.
General on-sale begins Monday, April 24th at 10:00AM and tickets can be purchased here.
For more information on ticketing and for all the latest news and notes on Argonauts football, please visit https://www.argonauts.ca/.