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Old 07-25-2019, 03:25 PM   #772
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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary View Post
my impression of the model was that it was done for demonstration purposes as opposed to actually moving when built.

In order to convince investors, it was my feeling that you show them a 'typical' arena design and how the inverted bowl compares.... the mechanism that allows for the shift is a simple way of showing 'before and after'...

it purpose to show that it is a fair simple concept that works within the existing framework of typical arena construction

of course, i could be wrong too...but it makes no sense to trumpet how much better the inverted bowl approaches is but then have the option to switch between the two configurations
I think you're right. I had to keep the sound off but I believe they were demonstrating the room behind the seats per row.
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