For the first time in 656 days, the B.C. Lions will play football in front of their fans when they host the Edmonton Elks on Thursday.
Up to 12,500 spectators will be permitted into the lower bowl and suite areas of B.C. Place, which will be operating at 50 per cent of capacity.
Reilly was the Lions' surprise starter at quarterback against the Stampeders despite concerns over an elbow injury which kept him from starting in Week 1. "We pushed it a little bit more this week," he said."Things seem to be responding pretty good. So I definitely have a high level of confidence that things will be ready to go, that we'll get it to be the same, if not a better situation during game time than we did last week."
The Elks have a short turnaround coming into the contest, but first-year head coach Jaime Elizondo believes his winless team will benefit from having just four days between games.
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