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While we're on the subject, here are a few shots of construction from the Halifax Municipal Archives site (search for 'Metro Centre').











And some excavation to make way for the Trade Centre addition:





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Love the fact that the CIBC and TD Tower constructions were taking place at the same time. Halifax seems to have had phases of mass transformation followed by stagnant years only to transform again.
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Love the fact that the CIBC and TD Tower constructions were taking place at the same time. Halifax seems to have had phases of mass transformation followed by stagnant years only to transform again.
Halifax was a boomtown during parts of the 20th century. There was lots of construction from the 1930's all the way up to around 1990 when the real estate market crashed. I think, in retrospect, we will see 1990-2000 as an aberration.

I also find people downplay how much construction happened around 2000-2010. There were not a lot of big office towers but a number of residential highrises were built in and around the downtown area, and lots of smaller buildings went up.
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Anyone have any updates on the SBC concrete floor reno? Curious Mooseheads fan hoping they'll be finished by the Oct 27th home opener.
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Anyone have any updates on the SBC concrete floor reno? Curious Mooseheads fan hoping they'll be finished by the Oct 27th home opener.
Walked by yesterday down Duke Street and there was 3-4 concrete trucks and two boom trucks pouring, looking like it was coming along well.
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Walked by yesterday down Duke Street and there was 3-4 concrete trucks and two boom trucks pouring, looking like it was coming along well.
Yeah they showed photos on their FB page from yesterday, and it looked like had the concrete pour completed by end of the day.
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Hope they remembered to lay the chiller pipes first.
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League commissioner hopes Halifax lacrosse team’s popularity will require arena expansion

By ZANE WOODFORD
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Thu., Sept. 13, 2018

HALIFAX—With one of the smallest arenas in the league, the commissioner of the National Lacrosse League is hoping for sellout crowds for Halifax’s new, yet-to-be-named professional indoor lacrosse team.

After months of rumours about a lacrosse team coming to the city, National Lacrosse League commissioner Nick Sakiewicz and team owner Curt Styres made it official with an announcement at HFX Sports Bar & Grill on Thursday morning.

The team will play at the Scotiabank Centre starting in the 2019-20 season, with the first home game in December 2019. There’s a five-year, extendable agreement between the team and the arena. There’ll be nine home games per regular season, which runs from December to April, along with pre-season games in the fall and potential playoff action in May.

The Rochester Knighthawks will be moving to Halifax, becoming the league’s 12th franchise and the fifth in Canada.

Sakiewicz said the league did “a lot of research on this marketplace” before allowing the team to move to Halifax.

“It’s a world-class city,” he said. “It deserves a major league sports team, and the NLL, the National Lacrosse League, is a major league. We are the NHL of lacrosse.”

Ticket prices for the Halifax team haven’t been determined yet, but the team is selling deposits for season tickets on its website, halifaxnll.com. Sakiewicz said tickets across the league are between $23 and $24 on average, which he called, “very reasonable, very fan-friendly, very accessible.” Tickets in Toronto and Calgary start above $30.

Sakiewicz said the NLL averages 11,000 fans per game, and the 10,595-seat Scotiabank Centre will be one of the smallest arenas in the league. The Toronto team plays in the 19,000-seat Scotiabank Arena, formerly known as the Air Canada Centre, and the Calgary team plays in the 19,000-seat Scotiabank Saddledome.

“We were a little concerned, frankly, about the size of this arena,” Sakiewicz said. “Hopefully, they’re hugely successful and we sit down with the mayor in a couple years and try to increase the capacity.”

Size concerns aside, Sakiewicz said the Scotiabank Centre will be a “great arena for games.”

"It’s going to be loud. It’s going to be raucous,” said Sakiewicz. “Our fans describe an NLL game as a rock concert with a world-class sporting event, all on the same day.”

Halifax Mayor Mike Savage said he’s confident the city will support the team.

“We are a growing, thriving, youthful, diverse city with a big love of sports. If you’re looking for a loud, passionate fan base, then I think we’ve got you covered,” he said.

But what name those fans will be chanting is still unknown.

“I think the fans in the community will have a lot to say about what the name of the team should be and what the narrative of the team should be,” Sakiewicz said. “But I think that’s going to be a lot of fun in the many weeks and months to come, that the community is going to be involved in helping Curt and his team name the team.”

Over the summer, the registration for the domain name halifaxprivateers.com was updated, and earlier this year, the NLL itself trademarked the name Halifax Privateers
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So there will be three teams in the NLL with arenas named after Scotiabank.

It's very interesting to hear they are interested in expanding Scotiabank Centre if the NLL team becomes a big attendance draw and success like it is in Saskatoon. I would really like to know what the options are for expansion like completing the upper bowl with seating in the either end bringing the capacity close to 15,000.
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Halifax's Scotiabank Centre set to re-open with fresh new ice

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Published Monday, October 22, 2018 10:26PM ADT
Last Updated Monday, October 22, 2018 11:20PM ADT

It's been closed since July - and hasn't hosted a Quebec Major Junior Hockey league game yet this season, but Scotiabank Centre is about to re-open.

The replacement of a 40-year-old ice slab, or the refrigeration unit that creates the ice, was one of the last components of a major renovation.

“When we had the naming rights money come forward, we were able to do new seats, washrooms, roof, some of the accessibility handrails that we put in and the ice slab that we put in was really the last of those original components of the building,” said Events East CEO Carrie Cussons. “We have basically a brand new building, but 40 plus years of experiences.”

Getting the ice back is exciting news for the Halifax Mooseheads, who haven't played at the Scotiabank Centre since the spring.

Their home opener is set for Saturday.

“It was an epic 15-game road trip that isn't quite over yet,” said the team’s media relations manager Scott MacIntosh. The team has gone 11-3 so far and is tied for the most points in the QMJHL.

Officials are expecting a packed house for the game.

“Not only are our players really looking forward to this Saturday night but our fans (are too),” MacIntosh said. “The anticipation's been building and building, it certainly feels like hockey season now.”

If you can't wait until Saturday to check out the new ice, you're in luck.

Cussons said there will be a community skate on Friday.

“It’s free to the general public,” Cussons said. “You can be among the very first to come out & skate on our brand new ice before we kick off the Mooseheads game on Saturday night.”

The total cost to replace the ice slab was $1.4 million.

With files from CTV Atlantic’s Natasha Pace.
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Halifax, Truro to host 2020 Women's Worlds



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Hockey Canada announced on Tuesday that the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship will take place in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia.

The tournament will be played between the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax and the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro. It marks the eighth time Canada has welcomed the best women's teams from around the world. Halifax previously hosted the women's worlds in 2004.

“We are very confident in Halifax and Truro as hosts for this event,” said Hockey Canada president and chief operating officer, Scott Smith. “They have a proven track record of hosting events of this caliber, and getting the chance to showcase the best female players in the world on Canadian ice is something young fans will remember for a long time.”

Halifax is the only city to host the IIHF Women’s World Championship, IIHF World Championship (2008) and IIHF World Junior Championship (2003), and Truro recently spent time in the hockey spotlight as host of the 2017 World Junior A Challenge.

Canada’s National Women’s Team has appeared in every gold medal game at the IIHF Women’s World Championship, winning 10 gold medals (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2012) and eight silver medals (2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017).
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Fantastic news for Halifax and Truro.

With the 2021 World Juniors host still up in the air i'm really curious if HC is using this as a springboard before that event. In the span of two years Halifax could host the Memorial Cup, Women's Worlds, and World Juniors.
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Fantastic news for Halifax and Truro.

With the 2021 World Juniors host still up in the air i'm really curious if HC is using this as a springboard before that event. In the span of two years Halifax could host the Memorial Cup, Women's Worlds, and World Juniors.
I would think a Halifax/Moncton bid for the world juniors has a good shot.
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Good news.

I'm sure this will be the talk of the town in Truro! This'll be one of the biggest events that town will have ever seen.
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Halifax looks to replace Scotiabank Centre’s 16-year-old scoreboard

By ZANE WOODFORD StarMetro Halifax
Fri., Nov. 30, 2018

HALIFAX—The Scotiabank Centre needs a new scoreboard.

Halifax posted a request for proposals (RFP) this week on the provincial government’s tender website, seeking consulting services for “scoreboard and video production replacements” at the 11,000-seat arena formerly known as the Metro Centre.

“The existing scoreboard was installed in 2002 and has outdated technology,” said the RFP document, posted Thursday.

“The existing video production equipment does not have high definition (HD) capability and has undergone various upgrades over the years.”

That existing system, called SilverVision, was billed as a “state-of-the-art digital video score clock” at the time. It was named for the Metro Centre’s silver anniversary and installed just before Halifax hosted the 2003 World Junior Hockey Championship.

Of course, technology has come a long way in the nearly 16 years since SilverVision was installed.

Halifax’s proposed fiscal 2019-2020 capital budget, headed to council’s committee of the whole on Tuesday, includes $4.54 million for the municipally owned Scotiabank Centre.

The old scoreboard cost about $2 million, according to Scotiabank Centre spokesperson Erin Esiyok-Prime.

“In terms of how much the new one is, that’s going to be part of the consultant’s work,” she said.

The project objectives listed in the RFP are: “to provide a scoreboard, video production system, supporting infrastructure and video control room which meet the current-day standard for a large sporting venue while ensuring fiscal responsibility, reliability and flexibility.”

The consultant would produce “quality comprehensive tender documents” for a new HD LED scoreboard, plus catwalk modifications to accommodate the new scoreboard and all new video equipment including cameras for HD broadcasting and control room video screens.

The RFP closes on Jan. 4. A timeline included in the RFP document suggested the work could be done next summer, between the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo ending in July and the Halifax Mooseheads home opener in September.

“There will be a suitable installation window in 2019. If not, the installation will occur in 2020,” it said.
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Allow for future integration with LED power ring.

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Why is the city paying for a scoreboard upgrade out of general funds? Why can't the centre be operated as a separate crown corporation, which can use its own revenue to pay for upgrades whenever it wants?
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Why is the city paying for a scoreboard upgrade out of general funds? Why can't the centre be operated as a separate crown corporation, which can use its own revenue to pay for upgrades whenever it wants?

I thought it is out of the original 6 million dollar upgrade plan when it became the Scotia Bank Centre?
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I thought it is out of the original 6 million dollar upgrade plan when it became the Scotia Bank Centre?
Yes, it was part of the original plan from 2013. $2 million was budgeted for a scoreboard replacement, which may or may not be realistic. I believe the new scoreboard in Regina's Brandt Centre (which was built locally by the Brandt company) cost about $1.5 million in 2015. The score clock in Moncton's new arena was budgeted last year at $1.4 million.

Given that this has been on the plan for five years, it's unfortunate it couldn't have been accomplished in time for the Memorial Cup tournament next May.

As to whether it's needed, anyone who attends events regularly at Scotiabank Centre has seen numerous examples of clock glitches and failures over the last couple of years, though whether they've been the result of technology or human errors I cannot say.
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Tenders out for the LED SCOREBOARD SYSTEM – REQUIRED
LED SUITE LEVEL AND MID-BOWL FASCIA DISPLAYS





https://www.novascotia.ca/tenders/te...s-tenders.aspx
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