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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
Well now we are into opinion territory. Polak just posted some pictures of Nationwide, and I can see the correlation he's making to the new structures down on the Stampede ground. For the record, I do not like the UND rink, but that likely has nothing to do with the type of "brick" used to be honest, because I think Nationwide looks pretty good using the same brick, it has to do with a lot more architecturally than the brick.
But fair, if you don't like that brick, and they go with that, entitled not to like it, I couldn't care less, and I don't for a second think that brick is "western" themed. Stick Nationwide arean in Toronto and no one calls it western themed, stick it here, and I guess folks will say it's a "western them rink" but it really isn't. Don't care much what brick they sue on the outside, some will like it, some won't, more concerned with the overall shape, design, layout, glass ratio etc....
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Nothing to do with the brick, everything to do with the last line. Just an uninspired building, which is fine for small scale projects but not for something like an NHL arena. I think Nationwide is nice, a bit boring in some respects but overall not a bad looking building.
I like the UND arena for it's quality, but I don't think it would translate too a larger scale very well.