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Originally Posted by getbak
Assuming the new building follows the precedent set by other recent new NHL buildings, it should have: - Wider concourse
- More washrooms (with better access)
- More choices for food/beverages
- Wider, more comfortable seats (with cup holders)
- Better sightlines from the lowest-priced seats
- Easier access to the upper-level seats
- Full secondary concourse for the upper-levels
All of those are improvements to the fan experience for the regular fan. |
That is pretty much the same sales pitch we were given before the 96 renovation.
When the renovation was complete, the season ticket holders got to find out that their seats no longer existed because they had been replaced by luxury boxes and the club level. And their new seats were not as good and more expensive.
This is the same thing all over again. If you have a 200 level seasons ticket, do you really think that you will be offered a comparable seat at a comparable price in the new building? I don't.
Just yesterday, Bettman said that the Dome doesn't have nearly enough suites and club seats. Soooooo, if you put in more luxury seating, that means that there has to be less regular seating.
The new building is not for the common man. It is for the elite. So let the elite pay for it. If Murray Edwards wants to pay for a new building, great!! They can put shovels in the ground tomorrow. If he wants tax dollars to pay for it, he can have it sometime in "the future".