WINNIPEG — Football fans still worried about traffic on the way to Winnipeg Blue Bomber games will soon have another option for getting there: A cruise ship that will carry fans down the Red River to the University of Manitoba.

Owners of the MS River Rouge confirmed Thursday that arrangements are being made to moor the ship at the U of M and disembark hundreds of passengers not far from Investors Group Field.

“We have permission to use the riverbanks for docking there now and pretty much everything’s in place,” Captain Curtis Grimolfson said. “You’ll be able to come to the Alexander dock and leave your cars there, come on the boat, you can eat and drink all the way to the Bomber game and same thing in return.”

The “tailgate cruise” will be available starting July 26, when the Bombers take on the Calgary Stampeders.

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Traffic jams plagued the first pre-season game at the new stadium in June.

More changes have been made for this Friday’s game against the Toronto Argonauts.

Bigger and brighter park-and-ride signs have been posted outside the stadium at the U of M and maps showing fans where to go to catch buses will go up around the stadium.

At the home opener on June 27, fans were confused about where to catch a bus after the game. The Bombers say this will address that problem.

The 700 bike valet spots also were not enough. More than 1,200 fans biked to the game, many locking their bikes onto anything they could: sign posts, trees, fences. The Bombers said they’re working at increasing the valet service after being surprised by the number who have chosen to bike to games. There were only 60 people who biked to the old stadium at Polo Park, the Bombers said.

Street lighting along Chancellor Drive has been fixed. Manitoba Hydro said the street lights were out after the first game and no one called them about it. There were reports of fans tripping and falling in the dark while walking to their cars.