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The other day, while driving past Mosaic Stadium, I could not see Mosaic Stadium.

It was rather unsettling.

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The former Taylor Field — located only a few blocks away from the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ $278-million pigskin palace — was no longer visible.

In a sense, it should not have been surprising, let alone as jarring as it turned out to be.

After all, I have killed many trees in recent years while writing about the fate of Piffles Taylor’s old playground. Articles, columns and entire magazines have been devoted to the stadium issue.

Nonetheless, I did a double take while motoring eastward, with the new stadium to my right.

Where was the Mosaic Stadium sign that had been affixed to the back of the upper deck?

Where was the upper deck, for that matter?

For some reason, the glaring void in the skyline had not become apparent until then, even though the controlled collapse of the west-side grandstand had taken place on Oct. 27.