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Originally Posted by J epworth kendal
Best arena I've visited (mind you, haven't been to too many), has granite floors, leather and cherry wood for their seats, every inch of that place is made to be the best.
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Sounds like a very nice show home.
Personal opinion of course, but I think sports arenas should be future-forward, and showcases of technology and materials. Maybe this arena arena has some nice cherry wood seats, but from the outside it looks like a historicist mall.
The sporting venues that you see going up in Europe and Asia look about 50 years ahead of us. Why can't we do that too? The Saddledome was future-foward.....this new arena should be too. They only come one around every 30 or so years, so should be treated as being potential icons for the city.
This city doesn't give second thought to preserving ACTUAL old buildings, and then spends so much effort on wrapping new things in this fake historical facade. You don't see Italians building everything to look like the Coliseum just because it's in their past. They build things and use materials that are appropriate for their day, which makes all the various older buildings stand out even more so.