BC Place: Stadium Refurbishment | Completed - Page 192

flight_from_kamakura · #**3821** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 8:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by nobase2010

great snaps.

damn, like in the first image, the background towers all look horribly consistent. and the second reminds me of how ugly the olympics staging area was. if they really do allow concord to block out the view of the stadium with more of those towers, i'll file the lawsuit myself.

Prometheus · #**3822** Posted **Aug 29, 2011, 9:45 PM**

If that's the new field turf beginning to appear in the bottom corner of the interior webcam, then I am really not digging that shade of green. It is way too dark and dull, similar to the too-dark, unnatural-looking artificial turf used for the soccer pitch at nearby Andy Livingstone Park. It looks like a muted, earthy, brownish-green, not a bright, vibrant, fresh, sparkling, grassy green.

peterprinciple · #**3823** Posted **Aug 29, 2011, 9:57 PM**

After careful consideration...haha...I am thinkin' I would prefer the giant screen structure should have been built square so that all four monitors would be the same size and certainly bigger than the ones facing the endzones. Since the centre node above it is circular I think it would have balanced out visually just fine.

MJDDawg · #**3824** Posted **Aug 29, 2011, 11:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by Prometheus

If that's the new field turf beginning to appear in the bottom corner of the interior webcam, then I am really not digging that shade of green. It is way too dark and dull, similar to the too-dark, unnatural-looking artificial turf used for the soccer pitch at nearby Andy Livingstone Park. It looks like a muted, earthy, brownish-green, not a bright, vibrant, fresh, sparkling, grassy green.

Right now it's still just a matted down carpet. Once the silica sand base & infill are added, and the turf is brushed up so that the fibres stand on end, the fibres should reflect the light a bit differently. That's what I'm hoping for anyways. When it's all said and done, I hope the brushing and infill ends up giving it that freshly cut look -- like this other Polytan turf installation is Salzburg:

Pic courtesy of www.polytan-usa.com

peterprinciple · #**3825** Posted **Aug 30, 2011, 4:22 PM**

31 Days to first event in new stadium August 30 - September 30.

Overground · #**3826** Posted **Aug 30, 2011, 4:33 PM**

As much as I loathe the plastic — being installed, if they can at least get it to look like that pitch in Salzburg it will help a bit to trick my mind into believing it's real grass. Too bad for the players though.

peterprinciple · #**3827** Posted **Aug 31, 2011, 4:16 PM**

T minus 30 days and counting.

dtrain · #**3828** Posted **Aug 31, 2011, 4:31 PM**

I drove by stadium last night, around 9:30, just as they started a test of the celestial panels lighting - it was very impressive up close! With all the animation possibilities (they tested a few variations that I saw), I think people will find this feature very cool!

Overground · #**3829** Posted **Aug 31, 2011, 7:20 PM**

from @BCPlace2011 at twitter

source here and a larger pic - http://twitpic.com/6e3dzz

WarrenC12 · #**3830** Posted **Aug 31, 2011, 7:34 PM**

The lights were shining in my living room, distracting me from TV.

"Dear Gregor Robertson..."

Just kidding, they did look really cool... the animations and stuff were nice. Something almost like the "ring of fire" at Rogers Arena and other venues.

MJDDawg · #**3831** Posted **Aug 31, 2011, 8:07 PM**

If anyone's interested, this is the turf protection system chosen for our new turf:

http://terraplas.com/news/latest-news/bc-place-vancouver-terracover-v

Overground · #**3832** Posted **Aug 31, 2011, 9:05 PM**

Ya terraplas is pretty cool. Wembley for example uses a version of it and it can withstand tonnes of equipment on it like concert staging, cranes, etc., and it doesn't damage the grass below. It can even cover the grass pitch for up to several days without direct sunlight/grow lamps as it's translucent.

MJDDawg · #**3833** Posted **Aug 31, 2011, 10:10 PM**

Yeah, apparently it's amazing stuff! I haven't seen the terraplas specs, but one of the requirements on Pavco's RFP was that the system have the ability to support up to an 80 Ton Crane. Nice.

hollywoodnorth · #**3834** Posted **Aug 31, 2011, 10:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by dtrain

I drove by stadium last night, around 9:30, just as they started a test of the celestial panels lighting - it was very impressive up close! With all the animation possibilities (they tested a few variations that I saw), I think people will find this feature very cool!

old news there bro ... that's so last week .. images are already in the thread

MJDDawg · #**3835** Posted **Aug 31, 2011, 11:23 PM**

Is it me, or does the concrete on the outer concourse suddenly look a lot cleaner from the stadium roof web cam?

ckkelley · #**3836** Posted **Sep 1, 2011, 12:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by Overground

from @BCPlace2011 at twitter

source here and a larger pic - http://twitpic.com/6e3dzz

That is one sweet pic!

mrjauk · #**3837** Posted **Sep 1, 2011, 2:36 AM**

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Video+S...ml#ooid=J3OXFyMjrxtuHWsxV2dgvYILuAeBqAdv

If you listen carefully, you'll hear the interlocutor say "57,000" seats. That's the third different number I've heard from official sources. Is it not 55,000?

hollywoodnorth · #**3838** Posted **Sep 1, 2011, 3:18 AM**

the largest test of the LED's so far is going right now!

wrenegade · #**3839** Posted **Sep 1, 2011, 5:37 AM**

I'm not a big fan of the new BC Place, mainly because I think the cost is insane, but I have to say, it looked pretty sweet this evening

IMG_0274.jpg by Alex.Wren.Photo, on Flickr

Built Form · #**3840** Posted **Sep 1, 2011, 8:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

the largest test of the LED's so far is going right now!

Sorry to go overboard here but yeah it was impressive especially looking down Robson. Here's the view from my place on the 31st floor.

All pix by Built Form