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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
I'm not sure what you mean. Your take on the roof is shared by people who live in Regina? Roof was a pipe dream. Only works if retractable because no one wants indoor summer football or concerts and the extra several hundred million is only good for a few extra winter events each year. Definitely not worth it.
The stadium will be able to hold large outdoor summer concerts. Regina isn't big enough to draw medium sized acts for arena concerts so it is a moot point that it doesn't have a roof. Acts who play stadium tours will play new Taylor Field. Acts who play 13k arenas wouldn't play in a 85% empty cavernous football stadium regardless of roof or not.
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Let me clarify. I should have said from the people I talk to, the majority seem in favour of a roof. As I understand it, it would have been double the cost to put a roof on at the same time.
And valid points on all. I agree during the summer, outdoor is the way to go.
Perhaps I was just spoiled being in Calgary and having the type of acts come into town (of course not all, given the complaints from the Saddledome Re: Acoustics). I gather Reginians want a roof on their stadium so they don't have to go to Saskatoon to see bigger acts. I still think that some bigger acts might choose to come here if there were a new stadium. Saskatoon isn't much bigger than Regina.
This is all opinion based anyways, and has no evidence to support my views, other than to say I think this.
onto CalgaryNEXT now.