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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
I’m trying to really understand what the grand benefit of having the new arena is, and I haven’t really been presented with a lot of compelling reasons. My wife’s family came to town in December for the Bruins game and wondered why we needed a new building. Here’s what I am under the impression on the “need” for it, is this an accurate fulsome list or are there more?
- bathroom lines are faster or negligible
- roof maybe doesn’t collapse one day? Maybe? Is this true? Read something about the roof crumbling
- building is nicer to look at
That about sum it up? And for this we get wildly increased ticket prices (see: Oilers), less parking, and more construction for a few years.
Seems like the Flames and their owners get a lot of cool stuff but just not sure what average Joe guy gets.
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It’s never been said outright, but if you have read between the lines, I would guess that there’s a major structural rehabilitation of the roof that’s coming up at some point in the next ten years. And the risk of not doing it is that the roof could be condemned by some required inspection.
The Saddledome really isn’t designed to put a different kind of roof on it either.