04-02-2015, 10:46 AM
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#3981
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by RedMileDJ
On a serious note, is there any real reason to tear it down? They just fixed it up because of the floods. Couldn't the Hitmen and other groups continue to use it?
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I would imagine, and this is just speculation mind you, that the cost of operating the Saddledome without a major tenant would vastly exceed any revenues it would generate.
It would be nice to keep around, but the land is valuable and without a professional team in it the facility would likely be hemorrhaging money.
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04-02-2015, 10:46 AM
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#3982
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Neither here nor there
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RedMileDJ
On a serious note, is there any real reason to tear it down? They just fixed it up because of the floods. Couldn't the Hitmen and other groups continue to use it?
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I would imagine cost of upkeep would be a big reason not to keep it around.
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04-02-2015, 10:46 AM
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#3983
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Voted for Kodos
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RedMileDJ
On a serious note, is there any real reason to tear it down? They just fixed it up because of the floods. Couldn't the Hitmen and other groups continue to use it?
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The Flames will want the Hitmen and Roughnecks to play in the new arena.
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04-02-2015, 10:48 AM
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#3984
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Mazrim
Some people on twitter aren't too happy with the idea of the arena/stadium/fieldhouse combo taking up that development space though.
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I think the idea is to spur re-development in the area. Without this plan it will sit there for at least another decade.
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04-02-2015, 10:49 AM
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#3985
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Could Care Less
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Originally Posted by Daradon
Not arguing the point, but that's the 'West Village'? If not, where IS the West Village? One the west side of Prince's Island?
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I believe the plan is to develop the whole west side of downtown that's basically just a massive waste of space right now. South of the river where the dealerships, greyhound station, pumphouse theatre and that military building are. Not sure what they're planning for Millenium park but my sense is that it's going to be gone in a few years.
Here is a link to the area redevelopment plan (sorry if it's been posted before):
West Village Area Redevelopment Plan
EDIT: According to the current iteration of the plan, Millenium Park will stay.
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04-02-2015, 10:51 AM
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#3986
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Just to clarify, I expect a response to this question as I'm trying to decide whether or not to suspend you or not.
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Don't want to derail this thread, but I think its something they should genuinely consider. Bathrooms are a big enough issue in the dome as it is due to the bottlenecks.
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04-02-2015, 10:51 AM
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#3987
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Last edited by Locke; 04-02-2015 at 10:52 AM.
Reason: Not getting into it.
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04-02-2015, 10:53 AM
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#3988
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Originally Posted by 1stLand
Don't want to derail this thread, but I think its something they should genuinely consider. Bathrooms are a big enough issue in the dome as it is due to the bottlenecks.
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This is a joke, right? Do you honestly believe anyone believes that post wasn't a total troll job, and you're really concerned about gender-neutral washrooms for Vancouver fans?
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04-02-2015, 10:55 AM
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#3989
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Has lived the dream!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Where I lay my head is home...
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The economics of stadiums and the city in general pretty much guarantee the Dome will be torn down. Kinda sad, I'd consider THAT a historic building even though it's not old. Pretty iconic to the city.
But I get if it has to come down. I guess a lot of it depends on if the Stampede board thinks it's of any value to them?
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04-02-2015, 11:01 AM
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#3990
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Saddledome, Calgary
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Rent it out to minor hockey and men's beer league. Lack of ice sheets in this city 
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04-02-2015, 11:03 AM
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#3991
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by Daradon
The Plane - arium is a historic building? How? Was it something before that?
I get the Armory, obviously.
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When the new Spark was built, I recall there was some uproar over the fate of the Planetarium, and there was a group trying to get it declared an historic building. I believe they were successful, but I could be wrong on that.
The rationale is that it was built as Calgary's Centennial Project in 1967. To celebrate Canada's centennial, the Federal government gave money to every community in Canada to build some sort of commemorative infrastructure. This is why many small towns across Canada have arenas with names like The Centennial Civic Centre or Centennial Arena. Calgary used its money to build the Planetarium. Before it was renamed the Science Centre in the 80s or 90s, it was known as the Centennial Planetarium.
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04-02-2015, 11:03 AM
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#3992
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Referee
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In your enterprise AI
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Originally Posted by 1stLand
Don't want to derail this thread, but I think its something they should genuinely consider. Bathrooms are a big enough issue in the dome as it is due to the bottlenecks.
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Hokay, I'll bite.
Even if they did consider this progressive step, which would be a welcome addition for some parts of the LGBT community, it wouldn't be just for Vancouver fans, but also Flames fans (probably the majority, actually) among others. So that's taken care of.
As far as bottlenecks, I can't see that the actual number of people using a gender-neutral bathroom would have any impact on the overall bathroom bottleneck, given that the % of those who want to use it to feel safe is such a small percentage of the total attending population of events. Mostly, it would probably be used by regular delta-bravos going in and clogging up the works because the line is shorter / or to come out and tell his bros that he ran into <insert gender-insensitive comment here> in said bathroom.
Book 'im, Jiri-o.
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04-02-2015, 11:04 AM
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#3993
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Daradon
The economics of stadiums and the city in general pretty much guarantee the Dome will be torn down. Kinda sad, I'd consider THAT a historic building even though it's not old. Pretty iconic to the city.
But I get if it has to come down. I guess a lot of it depends on if the Stampede board thinks it's of any value to them?
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I like how the old Montreal Forum was turned into an entertainment venue and the history of the rink was integrated in its design.
I don't think the same happens to the dome because it lacks the history of the forum. I would still be sad to see it demolished because it hosted the Olympics and is such an iconic design fixture in the city. If the Dome gets demolished, I think the Stampede Grounds because much less of a destination other than during Stampede.
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04-02-2015, 11:06 AM
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#3994
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Could Care Less
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Originally Posted by MRCboicgy
Hokay, I'll bite.
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This whole thing is really over my head. What is a gender-neutral bathroom?
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04-02-2015, 11:09 AM
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#3995
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Apartment 5A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Just to clarify, I expect a response to this question as I'm trying to decide whether or not to suspend you or not.
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04-02-2015, 11:11 AM
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#3996
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by heep223
This whole thing is really over my head. What is a gender-neutral bathroom?
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Men & women poop/pee in the same washroom.
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04-02-2015, 11:12 AM
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#3997
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: West of Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
I would imagine, and this is just speculation mind you, that the cost of operating the Saddledome without a major tenant would vastly exceed any revenues it would generate.
It would be nice to keep around, but the land is valuable and without a professional team in it the facility would likely be hemorrhaging money.
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Plus it wouldn't have a scoreboard or power ring.
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04-02-2015, 11:14 AM
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#3998
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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An ODR in the exact spot as the saddledome icesheet was would be cool. Kind of like old Yankee stadium..
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04-02-2015, 11:14 AM
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#3999
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Could Care Less
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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Men & women poop/pee in the same washroom.
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lol that's what I figured, why would we want that? And why is it a thing in this thread?
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04-02-2015, 11:19 AM
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#4000
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by RM14
An ODR in the exact spot as the saddledome icesheet was would be cool. Kind of like old Yankee stadium..
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LOL - made me to a quick lookup to what an ODR was... 
It would be cool, but as we are talking about an area in the middle of Stampede Park, I just can't see how that would be usable/feasible... 
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