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Originally Posted by Fuzz
The biggest issue would be being the guinea pig and having the first of that design. There would be kinks to work out, and you might run the risk of having some major deficiencies that get sorted in gen 2 or 3 of the design, but of course be stuck with it. And the Flames would then say it is obsolete! The first of it's kind! No one is building them like this anymore! And so on.
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Yeah that's my biggest concern with it.
Yeah great ideas require risk and somebody has to be first. But I just know I never want to be the first to go all-in with something in my industry. You're either the last one to do it, or get to tell everybody else how to do it right. But it's easy to take risks when somebody else is paying.
But I am definitely intrigued by it. And definitely seems to have the potential to maximize the atmosphere for other smaller events, too. The moving roof was a cool concept but incredibly expensive no doubt, and would have had more risk of being the first than anything else. The tighter space for a Hitmen game that only needs to sell the lower bowl would be good.
I figure the most potential with that kind of concept would be with football. Where the social areas would get the most use and be the most beneficial. Going to a CFL game with a group of people would be a lot more attractive with that kind of setup. Have felt for a while the loge seating was being underused in new stadium designs (or at least seemed that way, relative to the arena designs).