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Originally Posted by jayswin
Can you explain to a laymen how a building that encloses 19000 people doesn't meet current fire code ratings but is allowed to enclose 19000 people over a hundred times a year?
How does that annoucment go? "Okay, so we finished our inspection and you don't pass....buuuut because it would be bad if three professional sports teams had nowhere to play, you can just not worry about not passing. Just make sure no fires!!!".
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There are maintenance requirements in the fire code that they would be required to keep up to date with (fire alarm, sprinkler, etc)... But there are no retroactive requirements that would require them to install new protection features. Only to maintain what was required to be installed originally (assuming that’s the 1981 Alberta Building Code).
That would change if they gutted the place like they did to Madison Square Gardens. The new construction would be to new codes, and that may not be attainable in this building without significant cost.