Do you have a link to this? In my recollections of the past two or three years of discussion, King has never committed to any specifics about the new building beyond that it would be absolutely state of the art. This has often been taken to mean it would be an inverted bowl, in large part because Roseti did the early renders, and Flames logo and gear appear in their promotional material, but as far as I know no one has publicly committed to this design for the new building.
No. I was throwing a bone. Hopefully someone wiser can confirm or deny.
No. I was throwing a bone. Hopefully someone wiser can confirm or deny.
There's public money involved, so it has to go to a RFP. That said, I wouldn't doubt it if Ken King and company already prefer the Rossetti bid, even if they just submitted a rancid piece of pizza on top of a bunch of crinkled Post-Its with magazine cut-out letters in the pizza dough that spells out INVERTED DESIGN.
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Come to some Cavalry games, they're cheaper and just as fun
I did go to an FC Barcelona game recently...it may have ignited a very small spark of interest!
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What’s your thoughts on the inverted bowl? I believe I saw Ken King saying this rink will the first of its kind
It's an interesting concept, although I'm skeptical on any claim of cost saving due to a smaller footprint (pretty sure I saw a claim along those lines the last time it was discussed here), considering the structure that would be required to cantilever a significant amount of live and dead load.
I'm no structural engineer though, so I could be wrong!
I appreciate the idea of fans being brought closer to the action though.
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"ROSSETTI's ideas are truly innovative. We’re excited about the potential we have to create a tremendous home ice advantage and what it will do for our team."
KEN KING
PRESIDENT + CEO | CALGARY SPORTS + ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
Now that CMLC is involved, my hope is the Flames portion of the project involved letting them know their business needs, and then just backing away. The less Flames involvement, the better this thing is going to look.
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Now that CMLC is involved, my hope is the Flames portion of the project involved letting them know their business needs, and then just backing away. The less Flames involvement, the better this thing is going to look.
Thats probably the opposite of what will happen. It will be designed to maximize revenue for the flames.
Now that CMLC is involved, my hope is the Flames portion of the project involved letting them know their business needs, and then just backing away. The less Flames involvement, the better this thing is going to look.
Thats probably the opposite of what will happen. It will be designed to maximize revenue for the flames.
As long as it isn't designed to maximize cowboy kitsch for the Flames and Stampede Board...
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Thats probably the opposite of what will happen. It will be designed to maximize revenue for the flames.
Sports team managers - nay, management in most corporate environments - should stay the hell away from any architectural design. Leave it to the pros with a good vision, AND with the experience to cover the angles. Calgary needs (more) interesting architecture and this a huge opportunity for a signature piece, much like the Library or the Bow.
Please no more Cowboy anything. Whatsoever. At all.
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