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Organizers of Edmonton’s 2018 Grey Cup festivities are hoping an expanded festival area — including an eight-storey snow slide and zip line — will bring out more revellers than when the city last hosted the CFL’s premier event.

Commonwealth Stadium will host the 106th Grey Cup on Nov. 25. The organizing committee Friday announced details about attractions and events in the week leading up to the football game at a news conference at the Shaw Conference Centre, 9797 Jasper Ave.

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“Back in (the) 2010 Grey Cup we were in Churchill Square — that was our festival site,” said Duane Vienneau, executive director of the 2018 Grey Cup Festival. “This year we’re moving to Jasper Avenue; we’re basically taking over from 99 Street to 96 Street … that’s about double the size of where we were in (2010).”

New attractions include a 243-metre zip line running from an eight-storey launch tower near the Shaw Conference Centre down to Louise McKinney Park in the river valley. The tower will also include a tube slide with a synthetic ice product in the event there is no snow.