Jason Farr says his motion is still a work in progress.

Over the weekend the councillor for Ward 2 gave notice that he would propose a motion at Wednesday's city council meeting that Economic Development and Tourism staff investigate how often CFL teams visiting Tim Hortons Field to play the Tiger-Cats actually stay at hotels in the city.

Farr told The Spectator that he had been told a number of teams do not stay in Hamilton before and after the game.

But, it turns out, only the B.C. Lions do not stay at a Hamilton hotel when playing the Tiger-Cats. The Lions, who are owned by Burlington resident David Braley, stay in Burlington. The Toronto Argonauts take a bus to Hamilton on game days and never stay overnight but, according to a Tiger-Cats spokesperson, all the other teams have been staying in Hamilton this season, and last.

"We normally stay at the Sheraton, but the past couple years they were unable or unwilling to provide us with a late checkout on game day," Jamie Cartmell, the Lions' communication director, told The Spectator in an email.

"It's simply a matter of finding a hotel that could accommodate that need along with the typical meeting space requirements, all within our budget considerations."

Farr's proposed motion reads, in part, "Whereas; it appears visiting CFL teams ‎regularly stay in Burlington when they have games scheduled for Tim Hortons Field (Ivor Wynne previously)," goes on to suggest that there are now more hotels in Hamilton and more frequent flights from Canadian cities into John C. Munro International Airport than before and concludes that staff should investigate the issue.

The Montreal Alouettes did indeed stay at the Homewood Suites in Burlington for several years, but since Marc Trestman left as coach three years ago, they've switched to Hamilton. Other teams have also stayed in Burlington in the past — particularly if they were also playing a game in Toronto on a west-to-east road trip — but six of the seven teams who travel to southern Ontario to play the Tiger-Cats are now renting their hotel space in Hamilton.

As of Monday afternoon, Farr planned to let the motion stand while he waits for a more complete report from Hamilton hotels but said via email "I have no issue pulling the motion if ALL teams that play the Cats ALL stay in Hamilton always."