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Originally Posted by troutman
I don't quite understand the need of a Field House for winter sports. The proposal is the field house would be used for Figure Skating and Short-Track.
Why wouldn't figure skating be held in the Dome or new NHL arena? Why would they put the marquee event of the Games in a 5,000 seat arena?
Couldn't Short-Track be held in the Corral? The Oval? Max Bell?
I think Calgary needs a Field House, but not for winter sports.
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For the Winter Olympics these days, I think you need at least three spectator arenas - One gets used for figure skating & short Track - and is fully booked with events.
Hockey likely requires at least two, there are enough games going on between men’s and women’s to keep two arenas in full use.
Then you need practice space for all the hockey teams, figure skaters, etc.
Also, that doesn’t account for curling, which requires its own venue.
Moving the money allotted for the 5000 seat arena to the new event centre probably means that there are a lot more figure skating tickets to be sold, as I imagine that figure skating/short track would then go in the Saddledome, as opposed to a much smaller venue.