Stadiums & Arenas of Canada, Part 3

[Calgarian]

Wonder if there would be an appetite for a CPL team in either Montreal or Vancouver if they did lose their MLS team. The CPL is a tier below, but seems to be competitive against MLS head to head.

[blueandgoldguy]

Here is a look at Steinbach's brand new event centre. The dressing room is pretty impressive for a Manitoba Junior Hockey League club.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6711061

[Ozabald]

Originally Posted by Calgarian

Wonder if there would be an appetite for a CPL team in either Montreal or Vancouver if they did lose their MLS team. The CPL is a tier below, but seems to be competitive against MLS head to head.

There's already a CPL team in the Lower Mainland; Vancouver FC, who play out of Langley.

[elly63]

Speaking of soccer, McMahon Stadium is installing new artificial turf presently, to go along with their new women's soccer team.

[bridgeoftea]

Originally Posted by Ozabald

There's already a CPL team in the Lower Mainland; Vancouver FC, who play out of Langley.

Huge opportunity to try and create rivalries within the city. If the Whitecaps moved and you had Vancouver Whitecaps (empire field) vs Vancouver FC (Langley) would make for some fun inter city rivalries. Similar to most big cities around the world that have more than one professional soccer team.

[Calgarian]

Originally Posted by Ozabald

There's already a CPL team in the Lower Mainland; Vancouver FC, who play out of Langley.

Shows how much I watch soccer lol. I knew there was a team on the island, but not in Langley. Have the Whitecaps and FC played? curious how competitive they are. I know the Cavalry beat the Whitecaps for the Canadian championship and got a chance to go down to Mexico and play one of their top teams. It's cool to see competitive soccer in this country finally.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Calgarian

Wonder if there would be an appetite for a CPL team in either Montreal or Vancouver if they did lose their MLS team. The CPL is a tier below, but seems to be competitive against MLS head to head.

I am sure someone would try to put a CPL team in those cities if that happened. Though speaking for the Montreal one, there is a good chance they'd be in the "moms, wives and girlfriends" attendance category when it comes to fan support.

[bridgeoftea]

Originally Posted by Calgarian

Shows how much I watch soccer lol. I knew there was a team on the island, but not in Langley. Have the Whitecaps and FC played? curious how competitive they are. I know the Cavalry beat the Whitecaps for the Canadian championship and got a chance to go down to Mexico and play one of their top teams. It's cool to see competitive soccer in this country finally.

Not yet, but they might be drawn against each other in the Canada cup.

[J.OT13]

Thank God we're not getting yet another Rogers Centre/Arena/Place...

Senators will continue to play at Canadian Tire Centre as club extends naming rights deal

Josh Pringle, CTV
Published: April 11, 2025 at 11:30AM EDT

The Ottawa Senators will continue to play at the Canadian Tire Centre.

The Senators announced an extension of their arena naming rights with Canadian Tire Corporation on Friday, keeping the Canadian Tire name on the arena in Kanata.

The Senators home arena has been called the Canadian Tire Centre since July 1, 2013.

“We are happy to continue our longstanding relationship with Canadian Tire,” Cyril Leeder, Senators president and CEO, said in a statement.

“They have been an original sponsor of the team since our inception and having their name on our arena will continue to be a source of pride.”

The Senators did not say how long the partnership has been extended with Canadian Tire Corporation for the naming rights of the arena.

Canadian Tire Centre was previously known as Scotiabank Place, the Corel Centre and the Palladium.

Negotiations are underway between the Senators and the National Capital Commission to build a new NHL-sized arena at LeBreton Flats. Last September, the NCC and the Senators announced an agreement in principle had been reached for the club to buy just over 10 acres of land west of downtown Ottawa to build an arena.

Leeder told TSN 1200 last month it would be at least another four to six seasons before the Senators look to leave Canadian Tire Centre for a new arena near downtown Ottawa.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/se...ntre-as-club-extends-naming-rights-deal/

[elly63]

Mammoet to lift new roof at Montreal’s Olympic stadium
Rod Sweet globalconstructionreview.com March 10 2025


Mammoet’s visualisation of the new roof lifted to full height (Images courtesy of Mammoet)

Heavy-lift specialist Mammoet has won a contract to help replace the dysfunctional roof at Montreal’s 55,000-seat Olympic stadium, built for the 1976 Olympics.

It will provide mobile cranes for the demolition of the old roof, and deploy its Mega Jack 5200 system to lift the new roof 50m up for fixing into place.
A joint venture of Canadian contractors, Pomerleau and Canam, won a US $542m contract to replace the fragile roof a year ago.

The roof was replaced in 1999, but has since deteriorated. Currently, the stadium can’t be used for half the year because of its fragility, since events are cancelled if more than 3cm of snow are forecast.

The contracting JV’s task is to replace the oval section surrounded by the roof’s concrete ribs.


The new roof will be built inside the stadium on temporary supports, then Mammoet will lift it with six Mega Jack towers

German architect GMP has designed a new oval covering with an opaque upper skin surrounded by a ring of glazing to let natural light in.

It will be built inside the stadium on temporary supports, then Mammoet will lift it with six Mega Jack towers.

Strand jacks will stabilise the roof as it is raised.

Up for two months

The roof will stay raised on the jacking systems for two months for the installation work, which includes attaching the roof by cables to the stadium’s 165m-high inclined tower, La Tour de Montréal.

Mammoet has also designed special final adjustment devices to sit on the top of each lifting tower. Taking the form of miniature skidding tracks, these allow precision positioning of the roof once it is at the required height.


The roof will stay raised on the jacking systems for two months for the installation work

“Throughout the planning phase, they have demonstrated their expertise, coordinating a bespoke solution to get the new structure lifted, positioned and ready for installation,” said Serge Néron, deputy project director at the contracting JV.

The project was scheduled to finish in 2028 when the Pomerleau-Canam JV was appointed.

The operation will be managed through Mammoet’s Canada East subsidiary, which employs around 500 heavy lifting and transport experts in Ontario and Quebec.

[many]

What waste of money, time and effort to keep a building like Olympic Stadium

[elly63]

Originally Posted by many

What waste of money, time and effort to keep a building like Olympic Stadium

Why? Hope you have your facts in order

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by many

What waste of money, time and effort to keep a building like Olympic Stadium

Stade Olympique is an iconic building of national stature and historical importance (1976 Olympic Games).

It will not be torn down (save for a major structural issue beyond repair).

The money to replace the roof and renovate the building is unfortunate, but, probably necessary.

[elly63]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Stade Olympique is an iconic building of national stature and historical importance (1976 Olympic Games).

It will not be torn down (save for a major structural issue beyond repair).

The money to replace the roof and renovate the building is unfortunate, but, probably necessary.

Aside from its popularity as a tourist attraction, there is the success of the tower as an attraction in its own right, plus, the last time I checked, the business offices were rented at 100 percent capacity.

I have seen hints of a plan, I think posted here, that are talking about changes in the interior, but I've seen nothing about restructuring the seats which would be the ultimate restoration.

I would love to see the Quebec company Saco Tehnologies, who were involved in designing and manufacturing the massive LED screens for the Sphere in Las Vegas get involved. The rumours that I read while not mentioning this company seemed to infer some of the ideas behind that technology.

I think it will become more of an entertainment complex than an athletic one unless they can get the seats closer to the field. As is, it's too big for the football and soccer teams but they could open and end their seasons there. CF Montreal is less likely to become a permanent tenant because of the artificial turf but there are technologies now out there that could mitigate that but that comes at a price.

[SteelTown]

Update




Source: BCTed @ https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/to...e-renovations-m-4s-ovg-bbb.32788/page-26

Matty Matheson is opening a 95,000-square-foot restaurant in Hamilton
The Iron Cow Public House will be housed in the city’s new arena

Matty Matheson, the Toronto chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, producer, actor and musician, has always been a little bit rock and roll, and he’s about to embark on a new, literally arena-sized project. Matheson—who plays in Pig Pen, a — band named after a founding member of the Grateful Dead—is staking his claim on the new Hamilton Arena, once Copps Coliseum, a concert hall that was graced four times by the legendary jam band.

No, the culinary rockstar won’t be performing on the main stage when it opens in late 2025. Instead, in conjunction with venue and hospitality development company Oak View, which is leading the renovation of the ’80s auditorium—a massive undertaking that promises to result in a world-class venue for concerts, sporting events and live entertainment—he will be opening a new restaurant in the arena.

The Iron Cow Public House will be of cattle-farm proportions: 9,500 square feet, room for 185 hungry people, a speakeasy-style bar and, most likely, a whole lot of meat. But that’s not all. Matheson’s restaurant group, Our House Hospitality Company, is also overhauling the arena’s concession stands that will now feature dishes from Matty’s Patty’s, his smash burger spot, and Rizzo’s House of Parm, his red sauce restaurant in Fort Erie.

https://torontolife.com/food/matty-matheson-restaurant-hamilton-arena/

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Stade Olympique is an iconic building of national stature and historical importance (1976 Olympic Games).

It will not be torn down (save for a major structural issue beyond repair).

The money to replace the roof and renovate the building is unfortunate, but, probably necessary.

I generally agree; however, consider Saddledome. Saddledome is also an iconic national structure of historic importance (1988 Olympic Games) and architecturally, I think it's comparably iconic and impressive.

The general consensus is that Saddledome will not be saved.

Moreover, the general consensus is that the big O will not be re-designed as a baseball specific stadium, and that if an MLB team is to return to Montreal, a new stadium will have to be built elsewhere.

Maybe the best case scenario would be a new baseball park built somewhere in downtown Montreal or Jean Drapeau Park, and the big O gets a redesign as a football/soccer specific stadium. The era of multi use stadiums is very much over.

Anyways, it pains me that Calgary is very likely to tear down the Saddledome, when it's sn even more iconic to part of the Calgary skyline than the Big O is for Montreal.

I hope both can be reimagined and saved... it's truly a shame Montreal missed out on hosting any World Cup games at the big O.

[Calgarian]

Part of the reason the Saddledome is going to be torn down is so that it can't be a competitor to the new arena (Flames made the City agree to this). It can't really be re-purposed either, so with the poor state the building is in, the only answer is to demolish it. Really sad as it's a neat building.

[EpicPonyTime]

Part of me wishes they had to do what Seattle did and maintain the roof while rebuilding the entire arena. Would have been expensive but it would have maintained something truly unique to Calgary.

[Djeffery]

I thought the roof was a big part of the problem with that building? It's lack of being able to support concert loads or something? I wonder if that was a problem with that type of design or something specific with that particular building? I mean, could have they have designed the new building with that style of roof and still be up to modern load standards?

The problem too with doing it like Seattle did of course, is they didn't have tenants in the Key Arena to find new homes for while they undertook this project.

[O-tacular]

I look forward to seeing one of the last concerts at the ‘Dome in September.