[News] CSEC and City of Calgary agree to restart formal discussions on new arena

[getbak]

If the toilet you're going to only has 2 stalls, you're going to the wrong one. The washrooms in the corners have about 6 stalls in them.

The new building will have a greater number of smaller washrooms, and it looks like there will be one stall for every 2-3 urinals in each.

[Red Slinger]

This conversation is crappy

[VilleN]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

Who takes craps in public toilets anyways? gross.

If you gotta, you gotta.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by getbak

If the toilet you're going to only has 2 stalls, you're going to the wrong one. The washrooms in the corners have about 6 stalls in them.

The new building will have a greater number of smaller washrooms, and it looks like there will be one stall for every 2-3 urinals in each.

Hopefully with bidets, apparently Pepsi throw toilet paper in trash cans.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Not really accurate. Even with a new building there’s no guarantee he plays here. He likely still does 2x shows just in Edmonton.

And the current tour was a stadium tour. We had no chance regardless of the arena.

Was it all stadiums, though? I thought he played Rogers Arena in Edmonton and a lot of other medium sized cities?

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by SebC

https://calgary.citynews.ca/2022/12/...ome-arena-nhl/

With the Wranglers moving to Calgary, the Saddledome is now the third busiest arena in the NHL. So... umm... how many more concerts do we really need?

The Wranglers are drawing like 2k a game, most of which are season ticket holders paying like $7 a ticket, lol. That's like $14000 a game in revenue, it must cost close to that to keep the lights on and staff the Dome, no?

And aren't the hitmen a complete non draw these days as well? I know they had their day when you'd see 7-12k regularly, but I'd heard they're way down to the 2-4k range now, too.

[Wormius]

They could just put a toilet seat on each urinal and increase toilet availability exponentially. I don’t know how that would work physically, but I guess you’d just lean back on them and do your business.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Hopefully with bidets, apparently Pepsi throw toilet paper in trash cans.

Eh, I got no “puck luck” as they say, so they usually just end up on the floor.

[Toonage]

Originally Posted by Wormius

They could just put a toilet seat on each urinal and increase toilet availability exponentially. I don’t know how that would work physically, but I guess you’d just lean back on them and do your business.

Picturing that scene from Kingpin.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Just swap the seats with toilets.

The kind that go up and down like in Edmonton?

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Wormius

They could just put a toilet seat on each urinal and increase toilet availability exponentially. I don’t know how that would work physically, but I guess you’d just lean back on them and do your business.

Don't forget about the sinks, like they do in Edmonton.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Was it all stadiums, though? I thought he played Rogers Arena in Edmonton and a lot of other medium sized cities?

His most-recent tour was all stadiums and he only played Skydome and BC Place in Canada.

His previous Canadian tour was in the fall of 2019 and that was an arena tour where he played multiple shows in each of Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg. With that schedule, I'd say it's safe to say he would have played Calgary if the Saddledome had been able to accommodate him.

[Rutuu]

Originally Posted by kipperiggy

As someone with celiac and tummy issues, you absolutely need more than two toilets!

A buddy of mine with the same condition once came out of a Kamloops rest stop and pitched me that celiacs should have a special card to a secret bathroom club. After hearing his fight with many a public toilet, I was convinced.

[Reggie Dunlop]

People with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis often need frequent access to washroom facilities.

[memphusk]

I had to pinch a loaf at the game something fierce one time. Spicy hot wings earlier in the day bit me. I trot off to the ####ter and it had one handicapped sized toilet stall. Well someone had booted the door out past the lock so it was swinging the wrong way and I couldn't lock it. I also couldn't reach it to hold it closed. Buzzer goes to end period. Probably a dozen people opened that door to se me mid loaf. All I could say is this seats taken. Pretty funny now, wasn't great then.

[butterfly]

Came to read news about a new arena and instead it’s people’s toilet stories?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by butterfly

Came to read news about a new arena and instead it’s people’s toilet stories?

Sometimes the only news is ####ty news.

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

People with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis often need frequent access to washroom facilities.

Tier #2 fans?

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by jayswin

The Wranglers are drawing like 2k a game, most of which are season ticket holders paying like $7 a ticket, lol. That's like $14000 a game in revenue, it must cost close to that to keep the lights on and staff the Dome, no?

And aren't the hitmen a complete non draw these days as well? I know they had their day when you'd see 7-12k regularly, but I'd heard they're way down to the 2-4k range now, too.

So just did a quick internet search from hockeydb and couple other sources.. here's what I found:

Year Team Avg Attendance Rank
2018-19 Stockton 3,690 28/31
2019-20 Stockton 2,781 31/31
2020-21 Stockton 0
2021-22 Stockton 1,713 30/31
2022-23 Calgary 3,401 28/32


Year Team Avg Attendance Rank
2017-18 Hitmen 7,579 2/22
2018-19 Hitmen 7,363 2/22
2019-20 Hitmen 6742 2/22
2020-21 Hitmen 0
2021-22 Hitmen 4,777 3/22
2022-23 Hitmen 3,821


Year Team Avg Attendance Rank
2017-18 Flames 18,905 8/31
2018-19 Flames 18,501 10/31
2019-20 Flames 18,751 6/31
2020-21 Flames
2021-22 Flames 14,284 25/32
2022-23 Flames 17,718 14/32

Hitmen have been on a continual downward trend for about 10 years and yeah at their peak they hit 10,000 avg / game.

Calgary's AHL team always seems to struggle attendance wise, kind of weird.

Flames seem to do well actually attendance wise relatively speaking except the last two years but tough to see how covid isn't a factor last year. Really this year they are only slightly down from years past in the grand scheme of things.

Maybe Calgary is a bit oversaturated for hockey, dunno. Maybe any losses for having Stockton move to Calgary or playing in front of so few fans in Calgary as opposed to a theoretical better market are offset by the logistics / operating cost losses of having your farm team in California / elsewhere and instead in the same building.

One thing that I find very interesting is how well the Lightning do. I didn't realize they are at or near the top of attendance every year for the past few years which a) proves that hockey can work in Florida IMO and b) proves that it's pretty much just all about winning at the end of the day.

[Flames_Gimp]

it will be nice to have an actual toilet that i can use,aparentally wheelchair people don't get the ####s lol