BC Place: Stadium Refurbishment | Completed

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by BC Place

Hi everyone - we hope you don't mind us interrupting the conversation to invite you all to a special 'open house' for the construction of the new BC Place. We want to extend our welcome to you all, as we know you have lots of questions about the ongoing revitalization. Representatives from PCL and PavCo will be on hand to discuss the project in detail.

No RSVP required - we hope to see you on the night!



BC Place invites you to attend a NEIGHBOURHOOD OPEN HOUSE

Thursday, June 9, 2011 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.

Georgian Court Hotel, Club Room – Lobby Level
773 Beatty Street (across the street from BC Place), Vancouver, BC

Learn more about the newly revitalized BC Place

See our scale model, and ask your questions about the project

welcome to the board BC Place

[Overground]

Originally Posted by BC Place

Hi everyone - we hope you don't mind us interrupting the conversation to invite you all to a special 'open house' for the construction of the new BC Place. We want to extend our welcome to you all, as we know you have lots of questions about the ongoing revitalization. Representatives from PCL and PavCo will be on hand to discuss the project in detail.

No RSVP required - we hope to see you on the night!



BC Place invites you to attend a NEIGHBOURHOOD OPEN HOUSE

Thursday, June 9, 2011 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.

Georgian Court Hotel, Club Room – Lobby Level
773 Beatty Street (across the street from BC Place), Vancouver, BC

Learn more about the newly revitalized BC Place

See our scale model, and ask your questions about the project

Nice one! I've got lots of questions to ask.

[cjohnny4]

Originally Posted by dtrain

Anyone know what they're doing on the lower level seating, halfway up?
Looks like they might be adding a walkway that separates the lower bowl into upper and lower sections?

Not sure exactly what you're referring to, but wrt the white covering over the lower seats, that covering originally covered the entire lower bowl, so whatever treatment is being done under there is likely the same for both halves of the lower bowl.

As for the walkway, I think you might be referring to the white metal sections with handrails? It looks like those are pieces of the walkway which will be suspended from the cables where the retractable part of the roof meets the non-opening part. I think they are just storing the pieces of that walkway on the lower bowl seats for now until they can lift them up to the cables.

[cjohnny4]

Originally Posted by BC Place

Hi everyone - we hope you don't mind us interrupting the conversation to invite you all to a special 'open house' for the construction of the new BC Place. We want to extend our welcome to you all, as we know you have lots of questions about the ongoing revitalization. Representatives from PCL and PavCo will be on hand to discuss the project in detail.

No RSVP required - we hope to see you on the night!



BC Place invites you to attend a NEIGHBOURHOOD OPEN HOUSE

Thursday, June 9, 2011 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.

Georgian Court Hotel, Club Room – Lobby Level
773 Beatty Street (across the street from BC Place), Vancouver, BC

Learn more about the newly revitalized BC Place

See our scale model, and ask your questions about the project

Freaky! Big Brother has been watching this whole time!

[TMW]

Originally Posted by cjohnny4

Freaky! Big Brother has been watching this whole time!

Haha exactly what I thought. Speaking of which...

I have been stalking this thread as a guest for months as I am obsessed with this BC Place project.

And... if anyone is attending this BC Place info session downtown on Thursday PLEASE somebody bring up the following:

Why is the opening so small? It isn't even the size of a CFL field (length wise, judging by pictures, stats and scales it appears the width is fine).

I even have my doubts that it will entirely cover the field of play for Whitecap games.

OTHER than that, I really have no complaints with this project. The Commerzbank Arena due to its transparent roof and the glass rim around the stadium lets in a tremendous amount of light. I am assuming ours will be very similar in that regard.

The new seating, jumbotron and all the renovations look like they will be terrific.

But somebody please if you are attending question the size of the opening, and I am also very curious if it is possible to leave it open in bad weather for football. Football (and maybe soccer too) was meant to be played in any weather.

[GeeCee]

I believe the opening is the size it is so that it will cover the fans, so that even if it is raining and the opening is.. open, people sitting in the stands won't get wet.

[dtrain]

Originally Posted by TMW

Haha exactly what I thought. Speaking of which...

I have been stalking this thread as a guest for months as I am obsessed with this BC Place project.

And... if anyone is attending this BC Place info session downtown on Thursday PLEASE somebody bring up the following:

Why is the opening so small? It isn't even the size of a CFL field (length wise, judging by pictures, stats and scales it appears the width is fine).

I even have my doubts that it will entirely cover the field of play for Whitecap games.

OTHER than that, I really have no complaints with this project. The Commerzbank Arena due to its transparent roof and the glass rim around the stadium lets in a tremendous amount of light. I am assuming ours will be very similar in that regard.

The new seating, jumbotron and all the renovations look like they will be terrific.

But somebody please if you are attending question the size of the opening, and I am also very curious if it is possible to leave it open in bad weather for football. Football (and maybe soccer too) was meant to be played in any weather.

Roof opening size: I actually brought this up at an earlier open house with one of the architects, he told me there was a limitation to the size of the retractable roof because of weight limitations when it was compacted (open roof).

[TMW]

Originally Posted by dtrain

Roof opening size: I actually brought this up at an earlier open house with one of the architects, he told me there was a limitation to the size of the retractable roof because of weight limitations when it was compacted (open roof).

That makes sense. I was just surprised they couldn't add a few more yards at each end.

[dtrain]

I believe the reason is that the shape of the opening, scaled from same shape as the exterior (by necessity), causes the end zones to be still covered. I agree it would have been nice to have the complete football field exposed. Hopefully when experienced in person we won't notice it being a factor.

[djmk]

the central support tower is gone and it looks like 1/3 of the ribs are up

[officedweller]

From the BC Place Flickr account - lots of pics posted June 6th, 2011 - lots more at the link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcplace/

BC Place Glass Roof Shelf
The glass shelf will form a ring at the edge of the permanent fixed roof. This is where the edge of the
retractable roof will meet the fixed roof and form a weather-tight seal


Glass Shelf
The glass shelf will form a ring at the edge of the permanent fixed roof. This is where the edge of
the retractable roof will meet the fixed roof and form a weather-tight seal



Tension Cables
The tension ring cable runs the entire circumference of the stadium 10 times, placing tension
on the foot of each mast to counter the forces placed on the top of the masts



BC Place Inner Bowl


BC Place Retractable Roof
Centre Node of the Retractable Roof at BC Place


Seismic Dampers
One of dozens of seismic dampers that have been installed as part of the stadium revitalization at BC Place


BC Place Retractable Roof


BC Place Retractable Roof Mast Supports


BC Place Retractable Roof Clerestory


BC Place Roof Cable Work


New Service Gantry


BC Place


Seat Samples
The original blue seats will be replaced with wider, more comfortable and modern seats

[logan5]

Oh man that new glass makes a big difference. It's coming together fast now.

It looks like there's way more glass or is it just me?

[djmk]

wow.

looks complicated. especially the center node.

[bils]

so.... we're lookin at alternating grey-red seats throughout?

[officedweller]

Someone else posted about colour blocking for sections of the seats - the samples seats are probably just side-by-side as one of each colour.

[dtrain]

I see white tarps now on the Pacific Blvd. side entrance area, are they adding awnings here like the new addition near the Terry Fox Plaza?

[wrenegade]

A shot from last night (my buddy's place has a pretty sweet view):


BC Place construction by Alex.Wren.Photo, on Flickr

[Bankview]

Gorgeous! Can't wait until I move to Vancouver this Fall and can see this beautiful piece of work in person!

[officedweller]

Nice! Looks more and more like spaceship.

That's the side where the casino complex would have interfaced / connected to the stadium. The decision to renovate that side with glazing on the ramps is likely confirmation that Paragon will not proceed with a move of the existing-sized casino to a new building on that site.

Hopefully a new proposal won;t butt the new bulding up to the stadium and will maybe just link with overhead walkways to preserve the perimeter walkway around the stadium. That was one thing I didn't like about the casino proposal - it blocked the walkway around the stadium.

[peterprinciple]

Hello all:

Just heard from PAVCO and "Duncan" informs me that the obstructed view from the interior construction webcam is a temporary measure and will be removed once the overhead work is completed.

Cheers