Posted May 7, 2008, 4:36 AM
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On Guard For Thee
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Essex County
Posts: 1,007
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Rest assured I prefer the blue. Did OMNI have the seats? I know the Met Center in Bloomington did--the Stars left town and it was blown up to make room for Mall of America to expand.
The blue seats in Copps are a fair compromise--after all, The Great Hall has kept it's 70s orange, has it not? I remember a plan awhile back to go with a deep red for Hamilton Place--they had a tough time coming up with anything that would work in the space because it is all 70s earth tones. Garwood-Jones did incredible work back then--Hamilton Place is still a masterpiece as far as I'm concerned--the lobby spaces are incredible. The brutalist exterior and subterranian entrance don't please everyone--but the inside is stunning. Although I was too young to notice details--I know Copps was completed on the cheap with plans to 'finish' it once a franchise was secured--have always thought the building suffered as a result.
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