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Originally Posted by Vulcan
As has been said the Saddle Dome wasn't built with a western motive in mind. Someone just saw the connection and chose a great name which is easily identified across Canada. It will be a shame when it's gone but I don't think we should try to emulate the old Dome, just make a sound design and we'll see what kind of character it grows.
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When the design was unveiled, the roof was immediately referred to as being saddle-shaped. Of 1,270 entries submitted in a contest to name the arena, 735 involved the word Saddle. The winning name in the contest,
Olympic Saddledome, was drawn from a hat filled with several similar saddle-themed names... IIRC the winner got seasons tickets from the Flames.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotiabank_Saddledome