Stadiums & Arenas of Canada, Part 3 - Page 451

MalcolmTucker · #**9001** Posted **Jul 22, 2024, 11:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Improved, practical, totally fine, but yeah, the interior seating options seems a bit odd given the current shirt towards loge/premium options that are not boxes.

Calgary might be one of the markers that will keep the same number of boxes or increase. I remember a decade ago the owners were musing about going to 150+ corporate boxes—before the oil collapse.

Calgary has a lot of companies that can justify boxes.

O-tacular · #**9002** Posted **Jul 23, 2024, 12:56 AM**

I wanted to know Thurmas’ reaction..

WhipperSnapper · #**9003** Posted **Jul 23, 2024, 2:41 AM**

A billion dollars to watch the fireplace channel in HD. Fragmented angular planes is so Calgary and better than swoops; another Calgary design vernacular.

Looks like it will be fun on game day.

J.OT13 · #**9004** Posted **Jul 23, 2024, 2:12 PM**

Congrats Calgary at getting to this point. I know it's been a challenging journey. You can be proud of that design. So much better than the HP printer that came before it.

Acajack · #**9005** Posted **Jul 23, 2024, 2:15 PM**

So every arena in Canada is either Scotia or Rogers?

Coldrsx · #**9006** Posted **Jul 23, 2024, 2:29 PM**

Wonderful isn't it.

Might have even surpassed the CFL days of 2 x RoughRiders.

J.OT13 · #**9007** Posted **Jul 23, 2024, 2:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

So every arena in Canada is either Scotia or Rogers?

Not confusing at all.

Acajack · #**9008** Posted **Jul 23, 2024, 2:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Wonderful isn't it.

Might have even surpassed the CFL days of 2 x RoughRiders.

Just checked and Scotia has more arenas than Rogers does. Scotia has Toronto, Calgary and Halifax. Rogers has Edmonton and Vancouver.

Though Bell also has 2 (Montréal and Laval) as does Vidéotron (Québec and Trois-Rivières).

J.OT13 · #**9009** Posted **Jul 23, 2024, 2:51 PM**

Not an arena, but Rogers has the Skydome.

Berklon · #**9010** Posted **Jul 23, 2024, 3:02 PM**

Hamilton's current arena doesn't have a name anymore while it's under a massive renovation. So maybe we'll have another building named after Rogers or Scotia.

Acajack · #**9011** Posted **Jul 23, 2024, 3:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

Not an arena, but Rogers has the Skydome.

Forgot that one - thanks!

O-tacular · #**9012** Posted **Jul 23, 2024, 4:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

A billion dollars to watch the fireplace channel in HD. Fragmented angular planes is so Calgary and better than swoops; another Calgary design vernacular.

Looks like it will be fun on game day.

Now that you mention it I've seen some similar examples for other buildings. All in all it's not a bad look having angular planes.

bridgeoftea · #**9013** Posted **Jul 23, 2024, 6:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

So every arena in Canada is either Scotia or Rogers?

Quite a lot of them.

TD Station
TD Place
Place Bell
Scotiabank Centre
Scotiabank Saddledome
Rogers Arena
Scotiabank Arena
Rogers Place
Bell Centre
Rogers Centre
TD Place Stadium

I can't wait for the inaugural 90k seater Rogers Colosseum that hosts the Olympics in 2070.

Ozabald · #**9014** Posted **Jul 23, 2024, 9:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by bridgeoftea

Quite a lot of them.

TD Station
TD Place
Place Bell
Scotiabank Centre
Scotiabank Saddledome
Rogers Arena
Scotiabank Arena
Rogers Place
Bell Centre
Rogers Centre
TD Place Stadium

I can't wait for the inaugural 90k seater Rogers Colosseum that hosts the Olympics in 2070.

There are now two Slush Puppies Centres - the original in Gatineau and now Kingston.

J.OT13 · #**9015** Posted **Jul 24, 2024, 1:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Ozabald

There are now two Slush Puppies Centres - the original in Gatineau and now Kingston.

Was not expecting that! Slush Puppie has more arenas named after it than Canadian Tire (maybe).

trueviking · #**9016** Posted **Jul 24, 2024, 8:41 PM**

Those images of Calgary take me back to when I was a young architect doing renderings for the MTS Centre in Winnipeg (2004). This one took two weeks of rendering time. I had to do it in pieces and cut them together in photoshop. Today it would render in half an hour.

That's me in the bottom left, with the architect of the building from my office. I found a jersey in a sporting good store put it on and got him to take a picture of me. As a bitter child of Jets 1.0, I didn't own a Moose jersey and refused to go to games. They didn't like that I put Jets banners in the foreground. I actually think they made me change that in the end.

craner · #**9017** Posted **Jul 25, 2024, 6:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

Congrats Calgary at getting to this point. I know it's been a challenging journey. You can be proud of that design. So much better than the HP printer that came before it.

Thanks for the love J.OT13 - I agree, a huge improvement over the LaserJet printer in so many ways. And they have already started site prep so things are getting real.

Harrison · #**9018** Posted **Jul 26, 2024, 2:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

Those images of Calgary take me back to when I was a young architect doing renderings for the MTS Centre in Winnipeg (2004). This one took two weeks of rendering time. I had to do it in pieces and cut them together in photoshop. Today it would render in half an hour.

That's me in the bottom left, with the architect of the building from my office. I found a jersey in a sporting good store put it on and got him to take a picture of me. As a bitter child of Jets 1.0, I didn't own a Moose jersey and refused to go to games. They didn't like that I put Jets banners in the foreground. I actually think they made me change that in the end.

That looks like Brent Bellamy, is that you Brent? haha

trueviking · #**9019** Posted **Jul 28, 2024, 4:08 AM**

Ha ha. It is. Who is this?

Harrison · #**9020** Posted **Jul 30, 2024, 3:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

Ha ha. It is. Who is this?

Amazing! I just follow you on Twitter (have for a while) and have read a few of your articles over the years.