[News] "Scotia Place" ground breaking and design release on July 22 1pm MT

[You Need a Thneed]

The one on the left is the saddledome - the one on the right is the couldron.

A slide about accessibilty.

[getbak]

The seating bowl looks nearly identical to Little Caesars, which has a capacity of 19,515 for hockey.

Spoiler!

[rohara66]

Originally Posted by FlamesFanInEdmonton

I can't be the only one who hates these sort of things. This is not ground breaking...it's digging in a planters box. Break out the damn jackhammers!!

Its better then a ground breaking ceremony where people show up with only shovels only to find out the earth is really hard haha


Spoiler Alert: They loosen the dirt before most ground breaking ceremonies haha

[taxbuster]

I like the imagery...if they can actually carry it off. Great elements (who can argue with Earth, Air, Fire, Water?).


The FirePit or FireBowl for me.


And, apparently a nod to CP with "Fire on Ice".

[Royle9]

The concept of having restaurants around the outside that are open year round that 3 hours before game time turn into concourse available restaurants is awesome.

[lazypucker]

What is the reason behind having the whole 100 level underground?

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by DionTheDman

I really like that. Reminds me of my experience at the new SoFi stadium where you basically enter at the top of the second level. It seemed like a much more efficient design and a much better experience.

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

What is the reason behind having the whole 100 level underground?

Gonna keep the ice extra cold

[Icon]

Looks like the Zamboni entrance to ice is in the SE corner instead of behind the net

Not sure what that other area is to the west of the penalty boxes near the ice?

[playmaker]

Originally Posted by FanSince'01

The name is lame corporate BS but it doesn't really matter as we'll have a nickname for it probably before it even opens.

Looking at the list of NHL arena names, it doesn't really matter:

Amalie Arena
Amerant Bank Arena
American Airlines Center
Ball Arena
Bell Centre
Bridgestone Arena
Canada Life Centre
Canadian Tire Centre
Capital One Arena
Climate Pledge Arena
Crypto.com Arena
Delta Center
Enterprise Center
Honda Center
KeyBank Center
Little Caesars Arena
Madison Square Garden
Nationwide Arena
PNC Arena
PPG Paints Arena
Prudential Center
Rogers Arena
Rogers Place
SAP Center
Scotiabank Arena
Scotiabank Saddledome
TD Garden
T-Mobile Arena
UBS Arena
United Center
Wells Fargo Center
Xcel Energy Center

Definitely better than crypto.com Arena.

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by Royle9

The concept of having restaurants around the outside that are open year round that 3 hours before game time turn into concourse available restaurants is awesome.

As long as the leasing contracts are open to any vendor and not dependent on exclusive supplier/vendor agreements

[KelVarnsen]

I see Coleman, Backlund, Phaneuf etc jerseys in the renderings but no Huberdeau jerseys

[Icon]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

What is the reason behind having the whole 100 level underground?

I'm not an architect but I presume it's better crowd flow to split people going up/down instead of everyone going up to their seats.

[The Yen Man]

That lower bowl looks big. Seems like it would be great for Wranglers / Hitmen / Roughneck games.

[sureLoss]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1815483674680291585

[Shazam]

Absolutely terrible. Where are the automated gun turrets to keep Oilers fans away?

[rohara66]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

I see Coleman, Backlund, Phaneuf etc jerseys in the renderings but no Huberdeau jerseys

Look closer... its the same couple jerseys recycled many times over haha.



There's more Kipper Blasty jerseys in that one rendering then all of Calgary haha

[accord1999]

Originally Posted by Locke

But in this case we already gave them the money. So...whats the deal?

They still need to get you excited to spend your money for season tickets, or may be even "personal seat licenses".

[Tbull8]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

https://twitter.com/user/status/1815483674680291585

So Gavin McKenna will get 1 season in the dome. Nice

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Icon

Looks like the Zamboni entrance to ice is in the SE corner instead of behind the net

Not sure what that other area is to the west of the penalty boxes near the ice?

I believe that will be some ice-level accessible seating. I think a few arenas have that now.