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A winter dome for the home of the Eskimos is one significant step closer to becoming the legacy of Edmonton playing host to the 106th Grey Cup.

The legacy of the already guaranteed-to-be-sensationally-successful Grey Cup, your correspondent has learned, will be $500,000 toward the purchase of a temporary dome to erect over the playing surface of Commonwealth Stadium annually during winter months.

Identified as a possible legacy project to your agent by Grey Cup Co-Chairmen Brad Sparrow and Len Rhodes back when the massive plans and entertainment line-up for ticketed events to the Grey Cup Festival was announced in September, the project has now received a ‘Go’ from the board of governors of the community-owned organization.

“We are now prepared to make a $500,000 contribution, as part of the Grey Cup legacy donation, toward a stadium dome,” revealed Rhodes, the Eskimos President and CEO. “The final dome approval is now dependent on a series of steps and budget approval processes that are in the hands of the City of Edmonton at the moment, but we are hopeful that everything will be approved.”