The whole unsymmetrical blobby design that is a fad now will look so dated and cheesy in 15 years from now when that look goes away. Especially if it's set among rectangular shaped condos.
Not to mention, seating should be symmetrical, you should have roughly the same number of fans on either end the ice and either side of the football field. The functional sacrifice imposed due to the river shading bylaw are not worth putting it there. It's a lose-lose that the Flames and Stampede Board were too pig-headed to put it at the right location at the Stampede Grounds. There is endless parking lot space there that they could have put it in with no design limitations due to the river.
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