Stadiums & Arenas of Canada, Part 3

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

The more likely artwork will be a bronze statue of either a cowboy, a horse or a hockey player.

would an interactive bronze of Fleury sliding across the pavement be too dangerous?

[Rollerstud98]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

would an interactive bronze of Fleury sliding across the pavement be too dangerous?

Touchy subject hero worshipping him anymore.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

would an interactive bronze of Fleury sliding across the pavement be too dangerous?

That or they could do a video installation of the puck crossing the crease in game 6 against Tampa Bay in '04.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Rollerstud98

Touchy subject hero worshipping him anymore.

Yeah he's kinda gone off the deep end with Covid it seems. Not sure how he claimed that vaccinations would allow pedophiles to track children or whatever it was he said.

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by Rollerstud98

Touchy subject hero worshipping him anymore.

I see that he is a nutjob anti vaxxer. My stature isn't about him but, a great Flames moment although I can see it being construed as a stature of him.

I'm not a Flames fan. There probably are better moments. I want to slap every anti vaxxers but, I'm not going to cancel their achievements. I'd have no one left. My world has gone bananas between Liberals leaning, Republicans and, everyone inbetween.

Re: Leafs

IMO, Borschevsky's winner in game 7 of the opening round of the 1993 playoffs is the Leafs greatest moment in my lifetime. Gilmour's wrap around winner against Cujo in the 2nd rounds is the second greatest. Both of those guys are probably assholes.

Perhaps a stature of '93 Wayne Gretzky in which people are encouraged to vandalize would be the most apropos for our era.

[Rollerstud98]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I see that he is a nutjob anti vaxxer. My stature isn't about him but, a great Flames moment although I can see it being construed as a stature of him.

I'm not a Flames fan. There probably are better moments. I want to slap every anti vaxxers but, I'm not going to cancel their achievements. I'd have no one left. My world has gone bananas between Liberals leaning, Republicans and, everyone inbetween.

Re: Leafs

IMO, Borschevsky's winner in game 7 of the opening round of the 1993 playoffs is the Leafs greatest moment in my lifetime. Gilmour's wrap around winner against Cujo in the 2nd rounds is the second greatest. Both of those guys are probably assholes.

Perhaps a stature of '93 Wayne Gretzky in which people are encouraged to vandalize would be the most apropos for our era.

Put up a statue of Gilmour as he scored the cup clinching for us.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Perhaps a stature of '93 Wayne Gretzky in which people are encouraged to vandalize would be the most apropos for our era.

That would be a hit with Winnipeggers!

[megadude]

Vandalism wasn't encouraged, but someone did do that to the Great One in Brantford, the day after unveiling. Incidentally, I was at the Gretzky Sports Centre for the first time on Sunday.

By the way, I was in Brantford in 2012 and I remember googling Wayne Gretzky statue, thinking there had to be one. I recall that there were no hits. I thought that was impossible. Well it wasn't until the next year that Brantford finally got one. I want to think that's impossible, but I saw no evidence to the contrary.

Police in Brantford are examining videotape as they investigate vandalism to new statues of hockey great Wayne Gretzky in his hometown.

Police say they have a video that was forwarded to them of Monday's overnight vandalism, which involved someone defacing the statues with spray paint.

But they say they have made no arrests yet in the defacing of the statues honouring the Great One, which were publicly unveiled Sunday outside the newly renovated Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamil...ford-1.1875781


https://roadtripontario.ca/fun-thing...-in-brantford/


And incredibly, for something of such magnitude and importance, multiple people had to have dropped the ball on this, not just the sculptor:

Like most hockey fans 12-year old Joel Englund knows the correct spelling of Wayne Gretzky’s name.

He also knows the hockey legend never played for the Detroit Red Wings. So imagine his reaction when the Brampton youngster visited the new Wayne Gretzky statue in his hometown of Brantford and looked at the fine print and saw that not only was his name misspelled as ‘Gretzsky’ but he was listed as a member of the Red Wings.

That was among a number of errors Joel discovered on the statue which was unveiled in September at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre.

Joel, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, pointed out the likeness of the Stanley Cup lists the Los Angeles Kings as the Stanley Cup champions in 1989-1990 but they did not claim the Cup until the 2011-2012 season. There is also a list of names engraved on the Cup such as Irish playwright Oscar Wilde and rapper Kanye West along with others.

“I looked at it and said these are mistakes,” said Joel, who says Gretzky is his favourite player. He and his family were visiting the statue along with a family friend Randy Connely of Brantford. Joel’s discovery was reported in a Brantford newspaper which has led to a public outcry.

The sculptor, Brad Oldham of Texas, has since apologized and said the names were never intended to be read. Within a week the statue will be changed so that there are no readable names on the Cup.

[JHikka]

Originally Posted by megadude

By the way, I was in Brantford in 2012 and I remember googling Wayne Gretzky statue, thinking there had to be one. I recall that there were no hits. I thought that was impossible. Well it wasn't until the next year that Brantford finally got one. I want to think that's impossible, but I saw no evidence to the contrary.

They may not have had a statue but their minor hockey program plays out of the Wayne Gretzky Centre and their teams are called the '99ers', including their Jr. A program.

[J.OT13]

Sculpture from Texas? "Names were never intended to be read"? And who was responsible for the plaque? Just get it proof read by just about any shmo on the street before putting it up!

[esquire]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Sculpture from Texas? "Names were never intended to be read"? And who was responsible for the plaque? Just get it proof read by just about any shmo on the street before putting it up!

This is why you don't get a statue done by some rando off fiverr

[O-tacular]

That sculpture just looks bad. I like the idea but not the end product.

[WhipperSnapper]

I don't know if it was Junior A or lower. All the teams were named and wore jersey identical to NHL Teams. The adult self isn't wearing the Red Wings. Or, he was a Dead Things fan as a kid.

[megadude]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I don't know if it was Junior A or lower. All the teams were named and wore jersey identical to NHL Teams. The adult self isn't wearing the Red Wings. Or, he was a Dead Things fan as a kid.

It must be referring to the plaque, that was probably rife with errors.

[WhipperSnapper]

Yes indeed.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by megadude

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamil...ford-1.1875781


https://roadtripontario.ca/fun-thing...-in-brantford/


And incredibly, for something of such magnitude and importance, multiple people had to have dropped the ball on this, not just the sculptor:

guardian, vanity fair

[megadude]

Lucille Ball done right and done wrong. The one on left thankfully replaced the one on right.


https://www.syracuse.com/entertainme...ll_statue.html

[watchedmofu]

Lmao the one on the right looks like Liberace.

[WhipperSnapper]

Looks like he thought Desi was Lucy! That's just so bad. Just admit it.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by watchedmofu

Lmao the one on the right looks like Liberace.

the love child of Liberace and Donatella Versace.