RCMP Const. Adam Carmichael looks on after the roof was opened at the renovated B.C. Place stadium before the B.C. Lions and Edmonton Eskimos CFL football game in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday September 30, 2011.
Despite dubbing this year's Grey Cup celebrations in Vancouver as "Raise the Roof", politicians and organizers say it won't be anything like the Stanley Cup final that spawned a riot in the city in June.
The Raise the Roof title refers to the new retractable roof at B.C. Place Stadium, where the CFL championship will be played Nov. 27.
Premier Christy Clark says the Grey Cup has always been more of a family event and the crowds downtown will be more dispersed than during the final game of the Stanley Cup.
Grey Cup festival organizers say there will be no giant outdoor TV screens downtown for the game and no outdoor liquor sales.
Alcohol and huge crowds drawn to outdoor screens for the Stanley Cup final are blamed for the eruption of violence that saw cars set on fire and stores looted in a rampage lasting several hours.
Grey Cup organizers say their events will be smaller and spread around the city, and include street festivals, entertainment and a parade. (CKNW,The Canadian Press)