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Old 04-05-2015, 02:39 PM   #4093
johnnybegaudreau
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icon57 idea for how WV could look

Alright. You have to use a bit of imagination and think 3D here. Keep in mind i'm not an architect or a computer whiz of any kind (so it's not perfect) but this sort of will give everyone some of an idea of how this project could be envisioned.

I'm think elevated street down what used to be 16th avenue with the boulevard streets set at level grade and bar/restaraunts above sort of like 7th avenue downtown wiht the train platforms. A nice stair case on either side that leads down into the stadium-filedhouse and arena. The retail/restaraunts bars can have sidewalk front dsiplays and tables outdoors for nice weather with river views etc.

West Village with bowtrail realignment and urbanized boulevards.
Purple = retail/restaraunt/office mixed used
Orange = arena
Red = football stadium field house combo
Pink = hotel/casino
Dark grey = parkade/parking
light grey area = future residential
light blue = pumphouse theater

Facing South across bow river.

Facing West from DT Calgary.

Facing East towards DT.

Facing North over the LRT


My guess is the Flames will make one complex for the CFL stadium which will have roughly 20,000 seats for regular season cfl games. Due to the fact however that CFL only runs like 10 regular season games and is once a week for all of 4 months. This stadium would also serve as the public fieldhouse which for the rest of the time would be used as a convertible buildng. Volleyball courts, badminton courts, a super fancy track for track and field and field events. It could be used to host small volleyball/badminton/soccer/fieldhockey championship type games for smaller clubs/events with the seating capacity able to drop down to 10,000. Even thinking of the future PDL team here. However the seating capacity would also be able to expand to 40,000 for the grey cup and or future potential MLS expansion. Stadium would be roofed completely. It also provides as potentially the main venue for all future concerts/or at least as a backup plan for smaller concerts that only want to seat 15000 instead of 20-30 like the arena would.

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