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Originally Posted by united
Any insight why, aside from cost, the south/east sides look so plain and boring? One of my favourite shots of the Saddledome is from Scotsman's hill with the towers of downtown in the background, especially in the evening light. Also, many of the networks conduct gameday reports from the hill with the arena in the background. I acknowledge the location is a few blocks north of the Saddledome but I still think the arena will stand out...or should stand out.
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That view just isn't what it used to be anymore. With the towers that have been built in Victoria Park and along Macleod Trail, they now dominate that angle instead of the downtown towers.
This shot is from July:
https://goo.gl/maps/9zSr9FpG4wZe2Rx67. So many of the biggest towers are either fully or partially obscured.
With the new arena being 2 blocks north of the Saddledome, the view from Scotman's Hill towards the new arena will just be dominated by the Arriva and Guardian towers and won't be much of a view at all. No matter how pretty they make that side of the building, that's not likely to be the angle of the skyline we see as much anymore.
Pretty much every arena in the NHL has an ugly side or three with parkades and loading docks. Those just aren't the angles we see on tv. The SE corner of the building will be the lowest-traffic corner of the new building, being furthest away from the C-Train stations and bigger parking areas. So, it makes sense for that to be where the loading dock entrance is.
Be thankful we aren't Boston, where this is the view of the arena from one of the busiest roads into the city:
https://goo.gl/maps/WxGyEo72t7vpGJj1A