{"id":700408,"date":"2026-05-29T00:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/700408\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T00:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:08:10","slug":"bc-lions-wrap-camp-will-they-return-in-2027-radio-nl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/700408\/","title":{"rendered":"BC Lions wrap camp\u2026 Will they return in 2027? | Radio NL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lions-768x432-1.jpg\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"BC Lions wrap camp... Will they return in 2027?\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darryl Dyck\/CP<\/p>\n<p>The BC Lions wrapped up Training Camp Thursday afternoon at the Tournament Capital Centre but the question remains will they be back?<\/p>\n<p>The football club heads into the final year of a contract with the City of Kamloops next summer.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a club option for 2027 at the end of a current three-year agreement.\u00a0 Changes brought on by the CFL will see the season start early next year \u2013 which could mean some logistical problems for hosting the camp at the Tournament Capital Centre and Dorm availability for players. That dorm space would still be in use by the student base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love it here in Kamloops,\u201d said franchise QB Nathan Rourke after wrapping up a final walkthrough before heading to Winnipeg for a pre-season finale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel very welcome and love the set-up at TRU. I\u2019m hoping we can continue to be here in the future\u2026 I know with the season moving up might make things difficult but we love it here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134925\" class=\"wp-image-134925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bc-lions-wrap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"311\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-134925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lions wrap up training camp Thursday afternoon<\/p>\n<p>The Lions have made Kamloops their training camp home since 2010. As part of the contract, the City paid the football club $58,350 this year and $60,000 if the option for 2027 is triggered.<\/p>\n<p>Any decision made will be from the business operations side.\u00a0 In a statement for the Lions they say they will look to work through logistical issues in the year ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur focus is on 2026 and what is truly a special year with the BC Lions, starting with another tremendous training camp in Kamloops. At this stage, there are some elements that need to be worked through for 2027 and beyond. That will be an ongoing process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From a football standpoint, the Lions seem quite content.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTremendous weather and elite facilities,\u201d said Lions General Manager Ryan Rigmaiden Thursday afternoon at Hillside Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom an evaluation standpoint, this is the perfect place to do it.\u00a0 If it were up to me we\u2019d be here a long, long time but we\u2019ll let our President Duane Vienneau handle that. \u201c<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-134928 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/keen-flag-football.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"199\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The Lions stint each May includes the popular FanFest event.\u00a0 This year they incorporated a celebrity flag football game.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2010 the camp has not come without hiccups.\u00a0 A CFL labour dispute had an impact on training camp while wildfires in 2023 forced a lot of it to move indoors into the TCC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Darryl Dyck\/CP The BC Lions wrapped up Training Camp Thursday afternoon at the Tournament Capital Centre but the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,43217,43212,43216,43215,43210,44,43211,43213,43214,43218,82,251721],"class_list":["post-700408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-inside-politics","tag-interior-news","tag-jim-harrison","tag-kamloops-blazers","tag-local-first-news","tag-news","tag-news-talk","tag-peter-olsen","tag-reimer-road-show","tag-shane-woodford","tag-sports","tag-the-interiors-news-talk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}