Stadiums & Arenas of Canada, Part 3

[Oilkountry]

Originally Posted by elly63

First of all using childish emoticons to try and create a convincing argument is lame and obviously childish.

And to deny The Big O as a tourist attraction is as trolling as our AI friend.

Tourisme Montreal

Today, the Olympic Stadium, designed by renowned French architect Roger Taillibert, ranks among Montréal’s top tourist attractions. Its iconic shape with the Montréal Tower – the highest inclined tower in the world – can be seen from far and wide.

Already edited it before your reply so your rebuttal doesn't count.

Oh wow, Tourism Montreal says that 1 of the only major tourist attractions in Montreal is one of their most popular tourism attractions in Montreal ....Very impressive

[elly63]

Originally Posted by Oilkountry

Already edited it before your reply so your rebuttal doesn't count.

Oh wow, Tourism Montreal says that 1 of the only major tourist attractions in Montreal is one of their most popular tourism attractions in Montreal ....Very impressive

Grow up!

[GreaterMontréal]

Originally Posted by Oilkountry

Already edited it before your reply so your rebuttal doesn't count.

Oh wow, Tourism Montreal says that 1 of the only major tourist attractions in Montreal is one of their most popular tourism attractions in Montreal ....Very impressive

The area around the Big O is very important.
-Olympic staduim
-Biodome
-Planetarium
-Insectarium
-Botanical Garden
-Espace pour la vie, CRSNG, Hydro-Quebec
-Parc Maisonneuve
-Maurice-Richard arena
-Centre Pierre-Charbonneau
-Stade Saputo
-Cinema Starcité
-Viau Metro station

They are already talking about improving the sound quality inside the stadium. Last year they beat the daily assistance record with 88,884. There are also more than 2,000 people working in the tower.

[ToxiK]

Originally Posted by GreaterMontréal

The area around the Big O is very important.
-Olympic staduim
-Biodome
-Planetarium
-Insectarium
-Botanical Garden
-Espace pour la vie, CRSNG, Hydro-Quebec
-Parc Maisonneuve
-Maurice-Richard arena
-Centre Pierre-Charbonneau
-Stade Saputo
-Cinema Starcité
-Viau Metro station

They are already talking about improving the sound quality inside the stadium. Last year they beat the daily assistance record with 88,884. There are also more than 2,000 people working in the tower.

You can add Chateau Dufresne to that list.

[BlackDog204]

Originally Posted by GreaterMontréal

The area around the Big O is very important.
-Olympic staduim
-Biodome
-Planetarium
-Insectarium
-Botanical Garden
-Espace pour la vie, CRSNG, Hydro-Quebec
-Parc Maisonneuve
-Maurice-Richard arena
-Centre Pierre-Charbonneau
-Stade Saputo
-Cinema Starcité
-Viau Metro station

They are already talking about improving the sound quality inside the stadium. Last year they beat the daily assistance record with 88,884. There are also more than 2,000 people working in the tower.

The bottom line, is the Olympic Stadium is perhaps the biggest white elephant in Canadian sports stadium history. Sure, it looks neat, but that does little to offset the $2.7 billion price tag. People from Montreal are overstating it's importance. It may be a tourist attraction, but is it any more of a tourist attraction, than BC Place stadium is in Vancouver, which was built for a fraction of the cost?

Personally I would think the Toronto SkyDome was more iconic to Toronto than the big O is to Montreal, and despite having cost overruns, cost far less, and has served exponentially more events (concerts, expositions, CFL, MLB, etc), than the Olympic Stadium.

[jonny24]

Originally Posted by northernlights99

maybe you should learn how to spell, its Not the Granny Awards, it's spelled Grammy, shows how much interest you have in music.

I believe the term to describe what's happening here is "whooosh".... then again I'm not surprised that satire would pass you by.

[elly63]

Originally Posted by jonny24

I believe the term to describe what's happening here is "whooosh".... then again I'm not surprised that satire would pass you by.

I don't know if AI is able to process satire yet.

[Echoes]

City of Saskatoon unveils more design concepts for proposed downtown arena





https://www.ckom.com/2024/02/08/city...owntown-arena/

[Echoes]

Saskatoon Downtown Event and Entertainment District - Conceptual Design Report



















https://pub-saskatoon.escribemeeting...umentId=204697

[ericmacm]

That is a fantastic arena design for Saskatoon, I love it. That is also the exact location I was hoping they were going to settle on. One important aspect that I noticed about it is that they are initially planning for 15,900 seats for hockey in an asymmetric bowl configuration, but are designing it to be roughed-in for an eventual expansion to 18,000 seats on the west end of the bowl.

[Dalreg]

Dam Saskatoon! Go big or go Home!!!

[northernlights99]

I still don't understand why the stadium needs to be Closed for 4 years.

Huh ? Why so long ? Workers demanding extended lunch breaks ?

They Are Not building a new stadium, they are replacing a concrete ring and placing a cover over an opening ! For petes sakes !

This should Not take 4 years. Even an office tower wouldn't take that long. So something is not adding up here.

There is no hole to dig, no excavation. They must be saying 4 years so as to make a future event announcement more of a surprise.

There will have to be additional upgrades like new seating, lighting and sound baffling so that will boost the cost.

So the 4 year timeline indicates to me there will be much additional work slated to happen, in phases.

They just didn't announce this at the same time as the roof so as to not over inflate the cost.

BC Place spent $ 200 million additional over and above their roof.

This won't end with just a roof.

The Olympic Stadium people will be courting Beyonce, Ed Sheeran's and Taylor Swift's management people for a future concert date.

Joey Saputo won't put up with his team being locked out of the stadium for 4 years.

just because of workers wanting extended lunch breaks.

[northernlights99]

don't forget the topless barmaids at Les Princesses, a short walk away from stadium



QUOTE=GreaterMontréal;10138838]The area around the Big O is very important.
-Olympic staduim
-Biodome
-Planetarium
-Insectarium
-Botanical Garden
-Espace pour la vie, CRSNG, Hydro-Quebec
-Parc Maisonneuve
-Maurice-Richard arena
-Centre Pierre-Charbonneau
-Stade Saputo
-Cinema Starcité
-Viau Metro station

They are already talking about improving the sound quality inside the stadium. Last year they beat the daily assistance record with 88,884. There are also more than 2,000 people working in the tower.[/QUOTE]

[Tvisforme]

Originally Posted by northernlights99

I still don't understand why the stadium needs to be closed for 4 years.

They aren't building a new stadium, they are replacing a concrete ring and placing a cover over an opening.

This should not take 4 years. Even an office tower wouldn't take that long. So something is not adding up here.

There is no hole to dig, no excavation. They must be saying 4 years so as to make a future announcement more of a surprise.

There will have to be additional upgrades like new seating, lighting and sound baffling so that will boost the cost.

They just didn't announce this at the same time as the roof so as to not over inflate the cost.

BC Place spent $ 200 million additional over and above their roof.

This won't end with just a roof.

The Olympic Stadium people will be courting Beyonce, Ed Sheeran's and Taylor Swift's management people for a future concert date.

Saputo won't put up with his team being locked out of the stadium for 4 years.

Can

You.

Please.

Give.

It.

A.

Rest?

[Djeffery]

Isn't the roof under tension and the technical ring holds each "rib" in place? You can't just go in with a wrecking ball over a weekend and knock it out of there. I have to think it will be a slow, labor intensive process to brace the ribs so that the ring can be removed and replaced in pieces before moving the bracing to the next section. Or even worse, having to brace the entire roof together so the ring can be totally removed and replaced in one phase. I'm not a fan of the ring of glass around the fringe of the roof myself, I'd rather the entire roof was done like that.

(I also wasn't aware that Taylor was retiring from music after this year and never touring again. Guess my daughter will be glad to have seen her a couple times in Detroit and Toronto lol)

[EpicPonyTime]

They revived the Saskatchewan Place name for the renders.

10/10, amazing proposal, no notes.

[MalcolmTucker]

Originally Posted by Djeffery

Isn't the roof under tension and the technical ring holds each "rib" in place?

No. The ribs are self supporting, but I wouldn't want to be in a huge earthquake without it.

Originally Posted by Djeffery

You can't just go in with a wrecking ball over a weekend and knock it out of there. I have to think it will be a slow, labor intensive process to brace the ribs so that the ring can be removed and replaced in pieces before moving the bracing to the next section. Or even worse, having to brace the entire roof together so the ring can be totally removed and replaced in one phase. I'm not a fan of the ring of glass around the fringe of the roof myself, I'd rather the entire roof was done like that.

(I also wasn't aware that Taylor was retiring from music after this year and never touring again. Guess my daughter will be glad to have seen her a couple times in Detroit and Toronto lol)

It won't be that complicated. A big part is dismantling the machinery and equipment held in the technical ring, which will relieve a lot of the load. Now, will it have to be carefully done? sure. But 'hard', no.

[Coldrsx]

RE: Saskatoon proposal - take potash monies and make that happen yesterday!

Looks great and would really bolster a surprisingly fun and active Downtown.

[Oilkountry]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

RE: Saskatoon proposal - take potash monies and make that happen yesterday!

Looks great and would really bolster a surprisingly fun and active Downtown.

Anyone getting a "If canada life centre and rogers place had a baby" vibes from that concept? Seriously though.

-The facade looks like a modern canada life with a rogers place style roof

-The bridge style open air concourses look almost identical to rogers place.

-And the interior bowl lay out looks close to CLC with an extra dedicated club level.

I wish they added some interior bowl pics, I must say though this is probably exactly what chipman wished he built. Same size arena, but expandable. With more suites and club spaces.

Temp home for the Jets while they raise the roof on CLC in 2045?

[Coldrsx]

If I am not mistaken, part of the group behind ICE District are involved with this from a planning/design side of things and so that makes sense.