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Canada Place Revitalization
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They should make an attraction similar OzTrek at the Sydney tower. Australia is a huge country and most tourist don't go beyond New South Wales. This interactive media adventure give visitors an over view of the whole country. I did it last year when I was in Australia and it was really cool.
http://www.sydneytower.com.au/oztrek.html |
This sounds really promising. I'm impressed with the idea.
The idea of a BC "OzTrek" production showing in a new Imax - at least part of the time - would be great as well. |
I really like the idea of Cirque Du Soleil setting up shop there. It would be a really great location. And it would be interesting to see what kind of show they would come up with for Vancouver.
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ah no more IMAX for downtown a real loss now that so many movies are also coming in an IMAX version and/or 3D IMAX
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Have to go all the way out to Richmond for that. Might be why it's going away, actually...! |
they played some - i know my friend saw something there once - its extremely rare though - i think it was batman he saw there
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Isn't the star screen in the HR Macmillan Centre an IMAX? If they started showing big Hollywood films there, they might actually have some customers.
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Hmm, if they played Batman it wasn't when it first opened. It seems a bit pointless to have an IMAX theater that doesn't play mainstream IMAX movies.
The only IMAX I'm aware of near Vancouver that does is SilverCity Riverport http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&sourc...h&z=11&iwloc=B That's where I had to go to see the Dark Knight :P |
Langley has IMAX too - I go there - going on Friday to see Night At The Museum
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i feel ripped off i went to the imax website and they show star trek...i go to see whats playing and langley the only thing i could find was a siting saying its the aliens vs monsters movie
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Personally, I'd love to have both IMAX and Cirque....it's a shame the expansion to Canada Place's cruise ship facilities were occupied with office (presumably for the port?).
As much as I'd love to see the Cirque, I love the IMAX as well. |
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Whenever I've gone to the IMAX theatre at Canada Place it's always been fairly busy, so I don't know if the threatre is struggling financially or not. Where else can you go to see a 3D movie these days? |
Yeah I've been looking into Star Trek showing on IMAX but no dice in our two local IMAX. Why aren't BC's IMAX playing the heavy-special effects Star Trek when every IMAX in the US are !?
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There aren't enough prints of the film to go around.
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they got them in ontario
maybe it will come here later they played batman 2 for months after the regular release at the IMAX in langley |
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:( It will probably just take a while. |
We have had all the big blockbusters in Imax here in Halifax. I just saw Star Trek.
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Don't know about the east side, but on the west side they've added massive "CANADA PLACE" print on the side of the building.
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This could be posturing to ensure the space is filled. They want a long-term tenant and IMAX hasn't decided yet. The chance of losing the space will get them moving on a decision.
I think Canada Place just wants to be sure something will be there. |
http://gizmodo.com/5273201/the-seven...s-of-the-world
when you look at the link above and see what other IMAX theaters are out there it really shows how sad ours really is. and another smoking IMAX >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BF...X_at_night.jpg |
^ well, in all fairness ours is over 20 years old....and it's a shame they don't show new films. That place would have been a buzz if they had shown The Dark Knight last year.
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they did show it - my friend saw it at canada place - i think it might have been a one time deal or something - it was long after opening weekend though
if you look they occasionally play movies other than nature films |
That London IMAX is AMAZING. we need an IMAX architecture like that. WOW. That is simply amazing.
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^ wow, thank you so much for all these pics! It sure does look better and more modern with the new washrooms :)
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Main lobby (Shared with the Pan Pacific Hotel lobby)
Tall totem pole http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0562.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0563.jpg Feature floor http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0565.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0570.jpg Anyone remember where this goes to? Or is it new? http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0569.jpg Upper level meeting rooms http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0571.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0572.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0573.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0574.jpg View from Ballroom Balcony http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0575.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0576.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0577.jpg |
It looks incredible! Not new expansion incredible obviously, but it's more than what i had expected.
lol, the colours actually remind me of the airport terminal. |
great pics thanks :)
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I had a hard time interpreting the photo, but is it possible the one you asked about is a new entry to the walkway that connects Canada Place to the new Convention Centre?
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^ yup, that's the expansion entrance.
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That makes sense!! The escalators in the new convention centre that connects to Canada Place is blocked off right now. Duh! I was going through architectural plans of the floor below and couldn't for the life of me why it turned west. lol.
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wow looks great
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spectacular...and the nice totem pole too!
What's the estimated cost of this project? |
the concourse looks great, although i will miss the kitzch of the mid 1980s pink marble. ;)
Is there an artist that did the feature floor? that looks stunning.... |
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agree! those renovations look amazing. i'm liking the work that's being done. are they going to do some renovations to the externals?
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^ i believe they're putting retail/restaurants along the walk.
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Those escalators also go to Waterfront Cnetre - so the connection to the new convention centre expansion must branch off the old passage.
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Thanks for all the photos. The renos look great!
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WOW! This is quite a stunning reno! It's amazing how you can transform a space with some simple updates. I love that floor - it's spectacular! Canada Place is certainly much more fit to be the brother of the expansion now.
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great pics thanks a lot!
is the pan pacific going to be doing any renos? or have they already, i havent been there in a few years. |
More pictures from yesterday. Premier Gordon Campbell and delegates and media will be there this morning for the grand reopening, although there is quite a bit of work to do left. The grand lobby and concourse and part of the exhibition halls should be ready by now, construction workers were there overnight doing final cleanup and stuff. Watch for it on noon hour or evening news.
From the lobby when you enter http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/5141363d.jpg Concourse hallway http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0600.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0597.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0594.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0593.jpg Concourse retail space which also opens to the exterior walk. This one will be a coffee shop, I forgot the name. http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0596.jpg Main exhibition hall, all the wallpaper should be off and protective plastic over carpet taken off in time for today's opening. http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0595.jpg Exhibition Hall. Ah the modern "sterile gray" will be the legacy of 2010 just like peach/pink was in the 80s. http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0603.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0602.jpg Feature floor from the ballroom/meeting room level (for simplification I will refer to this level as 24k Level from now on). http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/d7f49d78.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0607.jpg Totem pole from 24k Level http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/IMG_0608.jpg All meeting/ball/exhibition room entrances will have an easy to read room designator and an LCD screen for miscellaneous information http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/a9bbbb27.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...a/e79429da.jpg |
Thanks for the photos!
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I know that each era (as in decade ;)) has its colours, but the sterile grey, aluminum, putty grey colours and whites of this renovation will in my view hold up much better than the mauvy pinks puked up all over everything in the 80s ;).
Seriously, though, there is a reason that trends tend to drift back towards more neutral or traditional colours over time. It's the time-specific trendiness at the ends of the arcs that grates over time. It's easier to dress up a neutral colour with the trend of the day . . . adding orange or even some shades of blue or some shades of green accents to grey tones at some point in the future, for example. The main problem with the mauve explosion was that NOTHING actually went with it. It was an island onto itself as far as interior design options. Even natural wood didn't really fit with it. That's the main reason I cringe when I see it. Any place that went whole hog on those colours in the 80s either is stamped with a period of time forever or has to basically pull it out and start over (as they just did at Canada Place). Ending on a positive note, this renovation far exceeds any expectation I had. I think it looks awesome, and I'm so impressed with how it fits with the new convention centre wing. I love the integration of sophisticated woods in the design as well. It can't compete in that regard with the new centre, but they do a good job of bringing pieces of that look into the renovated space. |
I have no idea why I didn't realize this was happening. And I'm so wonderfully surprised!! It looks AMAZING!!
No more shiny, metal lines over pink squares. What of the washrooms? (nevermind, I went back to page 2 and found them) Sad about the IMAX though. |
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