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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
Last night was the home opener for the Moncton Wildcats at the new downtown Avenir Centre.
The game was a "technical sellout" at 8,800, but the final ass-in-the-seat attendance was 8,488 as some ticket holders didn't shop up (presumably season ticket holders with something better to do). Regardless, this was still the highest attended hockey game in NB history.
The building is state of the art. Brilliant lighting, impressive audio, a big ass jumbotron scoreboard, and the ability to project moving images on the ice surface (as seen in the third image above during the opening ceremony - native drummers and singers at centre ice, standing on the MicMac flag).
Roomy seats, wide concourses with a wide variety of food concessions, each with a specialty - pizza, donair, poutine, etc. There is even "show kitchen" serving more exotic fare - the arena has a Cordon Bleu chef FFS! Lots of beer concessions, including one selling only craft beer, and a second concourse concession selling only wine and spirits. There's a Goji's frozen yogurt concession but curiously, the Tim Horton's concession is not yet open.
The place is truly a mini-NHL calibre arena. There is no comparison between this place and the old Moncton Coliseum.
As I texted to my son last night while seated in the arena - "Toto - I don't think I'm in Kansas anymore.....". 
And, oh by the way, the Wildcats put the icing on the cake last night by defeating the hated Saint John Sea Dogs 5-2.  |
Now New Brunswick has a mini-'NHL calibre Arena' to match your 'World Class' Track and Field Stadium.
Anyways Well done, Congratulations & Bravo! I'm look forward to see broadcast lots of National events hosted in your Province now.
Bring on The Brier, The Juno's and a shared-city World Junior Hockey !
I must admit this new arena looks more and more like
Canalta Centre in Medicine Hat every time I see the box seating on the one side and the bowl stadium seating on the end.
https://www.google.ca/maps/uv?hl=en&...oiowCnoECAoQCQ
http://www.smgworld.com/business/canalta-centre
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