Public costs for Kelowna's CFL games still up in the air

Some predictions were confidently made Monday about next spring’s two CFL games in Kelowna.

They will be a lot of fun. They will be quick sell-outs. They will provide a big economic boost to the city, with the Lions hosting the Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Elks on back-to-back Saturdays in late June and early July.

But although the games were first announced two months ago, there is still no public information available on how much the event will cost, or how the expense will be shared between the City of Kelowna and the Lions.

Asked these questions by The Kelowna Courier after a press conference at the Kelowna Yacht Club promoting the two games, CFL Commissioner Stewart Johnston suggested the finances are still being worked out.

“That’s a relationship between the BC Lions and the C