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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Nope. There could be smaller arena attached for minor hockey, curling, smaller concerts but there's no reason the main building can't house hockey, football, soccer, and baseball. Block off the upper bowl for hockey with the advantage of utilizing up to 25,000 for playoffs (playoffs???) or even 30,000 for a winter classic with the roof open. 30,000 for football with luxury sweets which is a way the Stamps can make more money rather than trying to get 30,000+ in McMahon. Have the lower bowl able to shift for baseball to bring AAA baseball back and soccer field if the Flames want to get into MLS. IMO this makes a lot of sense for the Flames ownership over just another arena. Calgary needs a retractable dome because our weather is too cold for spring/fall outdoor spectator sports.
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Multi purpose stadia just aren't being built anymore, and there is a reason why. The compromises made to work for different sports with different sized fields makes the experience less enjoyable.
No one has ever tried making a multipurpose hockey/football stadium, also for good reason, a hockey rink is tiny compared to a football field. For Hockey, all the seats are so far back, that really, there are no good seats to be had. Think - Heritage Classic seating every game. No one would go to the games.
Engineering wise, it might be possible to have stands that move around, and adapt to both a football field and a hockey rink. However, the end result would either be quite awkward, or extremely expensive (likely more money than just building seperate buildings), and almost certainly both.