Stewart Johnston says: “I’m very confident in this market. The owner is the starting point."

As you’d expect, Stewart Johnston is an Amar Doman fan. Article content

Johnston’s main talking point since taking over as CFL commissioner in April has been that the league needs to find ways to attract younger fans. Article content Article content

Doman, who’s the B.C. Lions owner, has brought in high-profile musical acts to perform at the team’s home opener the past four years in that bid to get new eyes on the product. On Saturday, it was rapper Snoop Dogg putting on a pre-game concert before the Lions’ meeting with the Edmonton Elks, and that was a driving force in an announced crowd of 52,837 to B.C. Place .

The stands thinned out as the night went on — those who left missed an im

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