I got to attend the "tester" event at TD Coliseum last night - Earth Wind and Fire put on a show for all the companies that worked on the building.
I forgot to take pictures in the concourses.
Outside looks spiffy with the new dark paint. This continues through the building- pretty much everything is painted black / dark grey, with gold used as an accent colour on signage, etc.
There's now a new concourse level that's at street level from Bay St. - you no longer have to immediately go up those escalators.
Nearly all the food+beverage are the new self-serve style, where you grab what you want and pay at a self checkout kiosk. (Still asks for a tip, though!). It was a little awkward compared to the only other time I've seen these (Pittsburgh), because they ID you on the way in and then stop you to make sure you've opened your drinks on the way out.
Beer selection was interesting - Peroni is the headliner, with one area called the Peroni Club, the only other options I came across were Grolsch and Asahi Super Dry.
LOTS of different food options. Some areas are themed (Matty's Burgers, Casa Escobar tacos, Dip sandwiches) and then more generic stadium fare in the self serve areas. I had some fried chicken tenders that were pretty good, the same counter had buffalo chicken, poutine, etc.
The new clubs/suites/loges around the top of the bowl fit in quite well, they look like they were meant to be there from the start. The ice-level club area in interesting, the clubs were open to the bowl with the concert seating arrangement but those seats would be absolutely terrible for hockey. There must be different temp seating for hockey that is stored elsewhere. (lower left of first photo).
Looking East (towards Library)
South Side (Jackson Square) Suites:
North Side Loges (York Blvd):
West End (Bay St) "Centre Club":
New Rigging framing and reinforced roof trusses - the frame for the scoreboard is buried in there, but there's no screens mounted yet.
And a shot of the concert, for good measure:
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