Stumbled upon this thread a few weeks ago and have been scrolling through it as my form of daily reading for a little while now and I must say, some of the takes from the early days of this thread are wild, its nuts to see how far the stadium and surrounding area have come in a sub 20 year time frame. If you told the people posting back then when it was a single tiered stadium with crappy turf we’d be prepping to host World Cup games in the summer they would think you’re nuts.
Moving to current day I do think MLSE and the city have gotten a little unlucky with the timing of things. The two main developments that are relevant being the shortened CFL field in 2027 and the winter MLS season. You’d have to think if these points were known by MLSE prior to finalizing the World Cup plans they would have a vested interested in at least making some sort of permanent/ weather proof element part of their renovation plans as this is going to directly help with ticket sales when TFC have to play more games in cold weather. The shortened CFL field could have also meant a different design to the north end of the stadium, perhaps more seats and the removal of that dead zone at field level that I’m sure they’ll make a beer garden anyway. Also kind of a moot point due to the field not changing sizes for 1 more season and the World Cup is this summer, but one can dream.