Water up to row 10 at Saddledome. Dressing rooms submerged.

[FurnaceFace]

Originally Posted by drPepper1

it'll be ready. pre season in sask is a possibility

I wish they did this every year. I'd be quite happy to never get stuck with a pre season game again.

[Zevo]

Originally Posted by FurnaceFace

I wish they did this every year. I'd be quite happy to never get stuck with a pre season game again.

For those of us who don't live in Calgary and can't get out to a game.

[sureLoss]

pretty sure one or two preseason games were planned for Saskatoon anyways

[getbak]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

pretty sure one or two preseason games were planned for Saskatoon anyways

I believe they're supposed to play the Islanders in Saskatoon as a Flames road game. At the STH event in May, Feaster said they Flames were scheduled to play 4 preseason games at the Saddledome against the Oilers, Coyotes, Islanders, and Rangers.

[Buff]

Originally Posted by Zevo

For those of us who don't live in Calgary and can't get out to a game.

I don't live in Calgary and, with the exception of the last two seasons, don't always get to go to games (one per year is lucky), and I would not want to pay regular prices for a pre-season game. If I'm paying that much money it is going to be regular season or playoffs.

[memphusk]

Im not sure what it is, but that woman is attractive.

[stang]

Her names Marsha.... Shes mad shes didnt get the roofies...

[Zevo]

Originally Posted by Buff

I don't live in Calgary and, with the exception of the last two seasons, don't always get to go to games (one per year is lucky), and I would not want to pay regular prices for a pre-season game. If I'm paying that much money it is going to be regular season or playoffs.

Totally done tongue-in-cheek. I'm just envious of people who get to see their team play live on a regular basis. I live on Vancouver Island and the last game I saw was Calgary at Vancouver. Cost us over 1000 dollars for just my wife and I.

Pre-season games cost the same as regular season games? That does kinda suck.

[homestand]

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[MrMastodonFarm]

The Flames have been doing preseason games in Saskatoon/Regina for several years now. This isn't a story.

[Resolute 14]

The Isles have been nomads in their preseasons as well.

[browna]

Ice plant has been replaced 2 or 3 times in the last 15 years already...it's the other factors within the Saddledome as to why the plant really isnt effective anymore and a big factor why the owners decided on a new building 6 years ago or so rather than a massive overhaul of the Saddledome.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by browna

Ice plant has been replaced 2 or 3 times in the last 15 years already...it's the other factors within the Saddledome as to why the plant really isnt effective anymore and a big factor why the owners decided on a new building 6 years ago or so rather than a massive overhaul of the Saddledome.

I thought it was air flow and humidity issues

[FurnaceFace]

Originally Posted by Zevo

Totally done tongue-in-cheek.

Pre-season games cost the same as regular season games? That does kinda suck.

No worries. I should have clarified I share seasons with a group of guys and it hurts when one of your 6 or 7 games ends up being a pre-season game with a split squad and you're still dropping $110 a seat. Yes, I'm lucky enough to have tickets and can go to the games but it still stings a bit when you end up with one.

[sureLoss]

Scott Cruickshank ‏@CruickshankCH 49s #Flames president Ken King: "We have no arrangement with Saskatoon or anybody else to start the season." #pndraft

[Enoch Root]

pretty sure I heard KK say earlier that Saskatoon was an option (maybe even leading option) and also that the home opener was Oct 6th

[Regular_John]

Well they've started cancelling some Stampede events, concerts haven't been cancelled yet... but I suspect they will be soon.

Calgary Saddledome flooding leads to cancellation of some Stampede events
Clean-up apace to host concerts at Saddledome during 2nd week

Calgary Stampede organizers say some signature events this year have been cancelled because flood repairs to the Saddledome cannot be completed in time.

Stampede spokesman Kurt Kadatz says the Calgary Flames have informed Stampede officials that the building won't be ready for the first five days of this year's festival.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...addledome.html

[Nittmo]

terrific photos, especially of the electrical fuse panels. if you look at the copper conductors, and the muddy wet pipe they enter, and consider where the pipe has to go (through concrete walls etc)... now consider that this is a minor 400 amp switch, and there are several more like it on the event level... then consider the much larger switchgear that all of these sub-panels and switchgear are fed from, then consider all of the concrete walls that these conduits pass through, on their way back to the very important Central Distribution Panel then consider all of the smaller conduits, wires, switches, light fixtures that can be seen in the background of the photos. Ken King is going easy on the fans at the moment, but when the power authority explains to them that everything I've mentioned above, and more, will need replaced, I'm sure the truth will emerge that the team will have to play a sizable portion of the upcoming season in Sask

[homestand]

Originally Posted by Nittmo

terrific photos, especially of the electrical fuse panels. if you look at the copper conductors, and the muddy wet pipe they enter, and consider where the pipe has to go (through concrete walls etc)... now consider that this is a minor 400 amp switch, and there are several more like it on the event level... then consider the much larger switchgear that all of these sub-panels and switchgear are fed from, then consider all of the concrete walls that these conduits pass through, on their way back to the very important Central Distribution Panel then consider all of the smaller conduits, wires, switches, light fixtures that can be seen in the background of the photos. Ken King is going easy on the fans at the moment, but when the power authority explains to them that everything I've mentioned above, and more, will need replaced, I'm sure the truth will emerge that the team will have to play a sizable portion of the upcoming season in Sask

If that is so, I hope I am given by Flames management the opportunity to purchase the equal number of tickets per game and the equal number of games that would be relocated to Sask as are in my Flames account. I would expect many concerts to be cancelled then too.

[CMPunk]

Well, apparently I'll be working down there tomorrow...this should prove intresting