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Old 01-28-2013, 01:02 PM   #156
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Both of those are older than the Saddledome. The one in Russia was built as the pool for the 1980 Olympics and the one in Sweden opened in 1971.

The Velodrome for the London Olympics is probably the nicest modern example of a saddle-shaped building:




It's safe to say that the new building in Calgary won't look like that though.
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