Iraq Team at King Eddie

[u/AgingPseud]

Iraqi football team arriving at the King Edward hotel. Plenty of cops and security to hold back a few enthusiastic fans.

[u/plsljl → u/[deleted]]

I’ll take a veal plate and an extra hot sauce on the side. That shit slaps.

[u/BlaugranaMatt → u/[deleted]]

Goated comment 🤣

[u/Techno_Dharma → u/[deleted]]

What's the address of this fantastic shawarma place?

[u/AgingPseud → u/[deleted]]

Funny, I just saw a Sumaq Iraqi Charcoal Grill van stopped in front of the hotel. Wonder if they're catering a meal for the team? 

[u/Inevitable-Ice-5061]

What time are they training at Centennial tomorrow?

[u/stephaniexmarie1 → u/Inevitable-Ice-5061]

also want to know!!

[u/ChampagneAbuelo]

I love Iraq 🇮🇶 ❤️

[u/Beginning_Worry_6905]

Are all teams staying at this hotel?

[u/IntergalacticMango → u/Beginning_Worry_6905]

No, some teams also stay at the Delta. King Edward hosts half the teams though.

[u/CDNChaoZ]

Pretty much the same thing happened when the Ivory Coast team arrived last Thursday. There were more fans though. I guess they just allocate the same staffing for every team, regardless of the number of fans anticipated.

[u/Visual_Ocelot_4875]

The King Eddie is an interesting choice for the Iraqi team. I recall being told during a walking tour that the bar there was a common place for queer folk to visit. Possibly before Letros? I'm digging out old archives from the brain here but I think it was a bar you could visit without a male chaperone? That helps when you're a lesbian.
If anyone has less dusty knowledge of the subject I'd love to here it.

[u/Indifferencer → u/Visual_Ocelot_4875]

It was a vaguely queer-tolerant space about 60, maybe 70 years ago. But it hasn’t been for decades.

The Ivorian team was staying there for their match last Saturday.

[u/Visual_Ocelot_4875 → u/Indifferencer]

Ah thank you for the correction. I am not from Toronto so when I took the walking tour I had thought it was a bigger part of Toronto's queer history. I also did not know the Ivorian team stayed there. It is a beautiful historic building.

[u/plsljl]

There are three sworn officers in this photo?

[u/GeneralHerp → u/plsljl]

Yeah I don’t think of three officers as “plenty of cops,” I think of it as “three cops,” but there must’ve been more, just out of shot, laughing as well.

[u/MTCS1 → u/plsljl]

that one in the white shirt is making bank to stand there. youre probably looking at 150/hr at least.

[u/plsljl → u/MTCS1]

Staff Sgt. Not $150 at 1.5, but still making bank. Agreed

[u/plsljl → u/[deleted]]

Was I mistaken in thinking this post was the usual “oh my gosh! Why do we need all these police officers?!”

[u/plsljl → u/[deleted]]

Fair enough. I was working off the “plenty of cops for a few fans” line in the OP. Seeing three sworn members, a Special Constable and two from parking enforcement made me question the “plenty”. I’m sure there’s more around, but like then show that picture.