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Originally Posted by Dalreg
Actually Saskatoon has grown a lot in the last few decades as a city. That small city attitude has been slowly dying out little by little. Willing to bet a new Arena will be built in the next 10 years, probably before Calgary replaces the Saddledome....
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I disagree entirely. The small city attitude is reflected in many aspects of the city, including the bridges, the fight over revamping the transit system, the arena (but muh parking), and infill (demonstrated by the recent NIMBYism found on Broadway).
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Originally Posted by zoomer
Saskatoon has an arena that is massive (15,100 seats) even its current population of 250,000.
I see the Blades attendance has declined for six straight years and is under 4,000 per game, so why the need to build a new arena unless the seating will be reduced? I get the downtown is better angle, and that there are other events and teams using the arena.
Matter of opinion but I wouldn’t call Saskatoon a middle to large city in the Canadian context, but a small to medium city.
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The Blades have never been a major draw to Sask Place. The Rush are the first team to draw consistent sellouts to the arena.
Saskatoon is in an interesting position, because although the arena is large in context of the city, it is the main arena for the entire province. So if a major tour is going to stop in Saskatchewan, it will be there. Saskatoon has had a pretty good success rate at not only attracting big shows, but selling them out (17K to Metallica this year is a great example), so really I don't believe there is a reason to reduce the seating. If they reduced the seating I think it would put Saskatchewan's appeal as a major concert stop in jeopardy (although to be fair, the age of the arena is doing that as well).
It works for one of the main tenants, and for a majority of concerts, so why should it be reduced for a tenant that has never been a huge draw in the city?
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