02-14-2010, 10:01 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Yup. The Saddledome was the first major North American arena designed to support Olympic sized ice surfaces.
They went with NA ice for these games because VANOC didn't want to eat the cost of renovating GM Place.
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GM Place was designed to have the international ice surface. It is a sad excuse since other construction has gone over budget. The European countries were not happy with that excuse either. Salt Lake City had the international surface and it is the better size. Bad move by VANOC and it is too bad the IIHF was unable to force them to reverse that decision.
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 must show all Flames games nationally when they play on Saturdays, Mondays, and Wednesdays !!!
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