[News] CalgaryNEXT Announcement. New arena details emerge.

[BigFlameDog]

My Stamps attendance will increase from .5 a year to 5 a year based on bathrooms and concourse improvements alone.....I can enjoy a summer evening on my deck.

[ThisIsAnOutrage]

I love everything I am seeing so far. Fieldhouse, Multiple Rinks, Event Centre, Public Transit, 330,000,000.00 in combined designed savings. Just one concern about the location:

Are they going to have to shut down the Sentry Box? What will happen to us nerds? WON'T SOMEONE IN THE SPORTS WORLD THINK OF THE NERDS?!

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by dino7c

honestly how many nice evenings for football do we get a year in Calgary? 4?

The stamps play 9 home games every regular season, probably an average of 6-7 happen on nice days, with maybe an average of 1-2 on "not nice days".

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Not many. But on a nice evening or warm day, spectators and players alike would want the field at the very least to be uncovered.

Well here is your answer then. The cost of a retractable roof for "not may" days likely outweighs the benefit.

Honestly I have no issue with it one way or another. Anything will be better than McMahon.

[Igottago]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Not many. But on a nice evening or warm day, spectators and players alike would want the field at the very least to be uncovered.

Sure, but the city just doesn't provide that without a level of uncertainty. How many days have we seen go from hot to crazy hail storm recently?

I would guess that if the MLS is ever in the plans here, the weather would be removed as an obstacle because at least the roof is closed.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Locke

Actually its directly because of the roofs as I understand. The Saddledome roof cant handle the lights/speakers required and as such gets passed over.

yeah for sure, I was responding to the guy who didn't think Calgary lost many concerts because of the dome...that is flat out false

roof is a major factor for sure

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

The stamps play 9 home games every regular season, probably an average of 6-7 happen on nice days, with maybe an average of 1-2 on "not nice days".

Playoffs and the odd Grey Cup not included.

[greentree]

Fixed roof on stadium?
DO NOT LIKE.

When all is said and done, if this thing proceeds, there won't be any stadium roof, I'll bet.

[troutman]

How do you get FIFA events without a grass field?

[1991 Canadian]

I'm sorry, I just don't see the value in this proposal. I had higher expectations after comments from the Flames that people would be pleasantly surprised. I'm not.

They can spin it as an "event centre" and a "fieldhouse" all they want. Lets call a spade a spade. It's a professional hockey arena and a football stadium masquerading as a fieldhouse.

It's funny that Ken King mentioned Yellowknife's field house (assuming Nehkara's comments are correct). That facility cost $22 million in 2006. It's a very plain facility, but I'm assuming it serves the community just fine. Why don't we just build something like that to fulfill the cities recreational needs?

I love the Flames, but this does not sound like a pragmatic use of taxpayer money. Maybe my opinion will change after the 2.30 presser, but I don't like dollar figures thrown out so far.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

They don't really provide many examples besides Taylor Swift and Maroon 5. Didn't the Rolling Stones come here but not Edmonton in like 2004? Seems to me you can't get a bigger band, and they came here.

Honestly Clay, you are just being obtuse for the sake of it. It is well known that many acts skip Calgary because of limitations of the Saddledome. The problem here is that others have given you an excuse to be obtuse by incorrectly making it a "big name act" issue when it is actually an issue of the rigging for stages, special effects and the like and the Saddledome roof's inability to support those larger rigs.

And if Edmonton has a new arena, and Calgary has a new arena, and they can still only play one or the other....you're acting like a new arena guarantees Calgary never gets skipped again. Unless Calgary is renaming itself Toronto, it's still in line to get skipped.

Assuming it is an Edmonton or Calgary scenario is a ridiculous fallacy.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

The stamps play 9 home games every regular season, probably an average of 6-7 happen on nice days, with maybe an average of 1-2 on "not nice days".

are you kidding! you think 7 of 9 games happen on nice days? how long have you lived in Calgary?

wind, rain, hail, snow, low temps...for christ sakes we just had an early august game that was 10 degrees at kickoff

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

Well here is your answer then. The cost of a retractable roof for "not may" days likely outweighs the benefit.

Honestly I have no issue with it one way or another. Anything will be better than McMahon.

I meant not many will miss -30 degree playoff games. And at those instances, the roof can be closed.

I like stadiums where only the spectators are covered but the pitch isn't. Given Calgary's climate, I would at least prefer a retractable roof though instead of an open air stadium. Completely closed is not my cup of tea.

[Lil Pedro]

I love the idea of a roof, I just hope it's similar to the concept that they are using in Minneapolis with the new Vikings stadium where they utilize natural light during the day

[taffeyb]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

They don't really provide many examples besides Taylor Swift and Maroon 5. Didn't the Rolling Stones come here but not Edmonton in like 2004? Seems to me you can't get a bigger band, and they came here.



And if Edmonton has a new arena, and Calgary has a new arena, and they can still only play one or the other....you're acting like a new arena guarantees Calgary never gets skipped again. Unless Calgary is renaming itself Toronto, it's still in line to get skipped.

Seriously? If a band has an opportunity to play to two 1,000,000 plus cities only 3 hours apart, I don't think that they'll skip either city. And no, they won't be pressed for time by the calendar as these tours are planned well in advance.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by troutman

How do you get FIFA events without a grass field?

Ask the organizers for the Women's World Cup.

[Swayze11]

Originally Posted by troutman

How do you get FIFA events without a grass field?

Womens world cup this year was played on multiple surfaces wasn't it?

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Swayze11

Womens world cup this year was played on multiple surfaces wasn't it?

Turf only, to keep it fair all the way around.

Canada also hosted the U20, which I believe was multi-surface.

[BoomBoom]

Originally Posted by Lil Pedro

I love the idea of a roof, I just hope it's similar to the concept that they are using in Minneapolis with the new Vikings stadium where they utilize natural light during the day

I was at the STH event and King made reference to the transparent membrane used for the new Vikings stadium. His initial concern was about how it would handle our winters. But he said since Minnesota has a similar winter he would keep the option on the table.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Honestly Clay, you are just being obtuse for the sake of it. It is well known that many acts skip Calgary because of limitations of the Saddledome. The problem here is that others have given you an excuse to be obtuse by incorrectly making it a "big name act" issue when it is actually an issue of the rigging for stages, special effects and the like and the Saddledome roof's inability to support those larger rigs.



Assuming it is an Edmonton or Calgary scenario is a ridiculous fallacy.

The last time Metallica came through town they still came but it was a "lesser" show than the rest of the tour. Their in the round stage had to be on one side of the arena and not in the middle and they had to leave out some of the pyro and other special effects due to limitations of the building.

I saw the show in Calgary and Edmonton and while not a big deal they got the full show up there where as Calgary was scaled back a bit.