Stadiums & Arenas of Canada, Part 3 - Page 7

Acajack · #**121** Posted **Sep 6, 2017, 2:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by FrankieFlowerpot

Well then - he should tell to the CSA to put in a solo bid for the event

Denis is Denis.

Oilkountry · #**122** Posted **Sep 6, 2017, 4:21 PM**

Jease what started as sucha small project in my mind has really turned into one hell of an arena. Congrats moncton

JHikka · #**123** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 3:21 PM**

Senators have removed 1,500 seats from CTC to, in their words, "right size" the arena. Confirmed by Sens President Tom Anselmi this morning.

Melnyk also confirms roughly 25 fewer suites.

esquire · #**124** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 3:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by JHikka

Senators have removed 1,500 seats from CTC to, in their words, "right size" the arena. Confirmed by Sens President Tom Anselmi this morning.

Melnyk also confirms roughly 25 fewer suites.

Interesting. I wonder how that will work? Do they just remove the top X number of rows from the rink and use only the remaining seating areas? Or do they just carve out rows randomly throughout the arena?

Calgarian · #**125** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 3:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

Interesting. I wonder how that will work? Do they just remove the top X number of rows from the rink and use only the remaining seating areas? Or do they just carve out rows randomly throughout the arena?

My guess would be removing some seats from rows where it's really tight, that's the only way it would make sense to me. They must be making some of the suites larger too, that's a big money item for buildings so most want as many suites as possible.

esquire · #**126** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 3:38 PM**

^ Yeah, CTC must have a lot of unsold suites if that's what they're doing.

Heaven forbid that they reduce the ticket prices a bit to fill those seats...

JHikka · #**127** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 3:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

Interesting. I wonder how that will work? Do they just remove the top X number of rows from the rink and use only the remaining seating areas? Or do they just carve out rows randomly throughout the arena?

They removed the last few rows and covered them with Senators related branding.

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Originally Posted by esquire

Heaven forbid that they reduce the ticket prices a bit to fill those seats...

Can't wait for the day when the Sens actually have an arena located in Ottawa.

Acajack · #**128** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 4:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by JHikka

They removed the last few rows and covered them with Senators related branding.

Can't wait for the day when the Sens actually have an arena in Ottawa.

Weren't they also putting cars on display on platforms or something?

JHikka · #**129** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 4:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

Weren't they also putting cars on display on platforms or something?

I believe they did that last year. CTC used to have one of the highest capacities in the league until a few years ago. Now down to roughly 17,000.

wave46 · #**130** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 4:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by JHikka

Can't wait for the day when the Sens actually have an arena located in Ottawa.

They do! The City of Ottawa came to them!

(Yeah, I get your meaning - I just couldn't resist

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Calgarian · #**131** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 4:59 PM**

How far of a drive is it fom DT Ottawa to the CTC?

Acajack · #**132** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 5:03 PM**

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How far of a drive is it fom DT Ottawa to the CTC?

15-20 minutes in light traffic but traffic is often heavy. It can sometimes take 2-3 times as long. Even more on some occasions.

osmo · #**133** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 5:19 PM**

Likely better for them in Ottawa to scale it down and create scarcity with tickets, the downside is that this downscale will be used to boost tickets if demand peaks again for Sens tickets. Ottawa is one of the three smallest markers in the league. Sometimes bigger isn't always better, a full building at 17k is better than a big barn with thousands of empty seats.

I find Ottawa as a market interesting. Ottawa is "small" when talking in the North America sense but it is a city with very high deposible incomes, strong employment and population base. Corporate scene is tiny there as it's a Govt town but this shouldn't stop national players from posting a flag there with partnerships and sponser deals with sports.

Lastly, crazy world in that when the new arena comes on board, CTC will be flattened quickly to build homes. Ontario in all urban parts is seeing scarcity of land leave no stone unturned - Glen Abbey tuned into homes and soon CTC.

JHikka · #**134** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 5:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

How far of a drive is it fom DT Ottawa to the CTC?

Weeknights can be anywhere from 45 minutes-hour or more.

I will always stand by my assertion that attendance is awful because the arena is in the middle of nowhere. It's been beaten to death, but the city's largest employer cannot purchase or distribute tickets to games. Disposible income or not that's a big corporate restriction that not many other cities have to deal with.

FrankieFlowerpot · #**135** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 6:26 PM**

http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2017...orld-cup-hosts

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@alexfan590

Toronto (BMO Field), Montreal, Ottawa, Regina, Edmonton and Vancouver have applied to be Canadian host cities for the proposed 2026 WC bid.

The Fisher Account · #**136** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 6:34 PM**

Missed opportunity for Calgary to secure funding for a new stadium IMO.

Surely, this World Cup bid could have resulted in one new facility being built out of the 41 currently.

king10 · #**137** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 6:35 PM**

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http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2017...orld-cup-hosts

Saputo Stadium, Rogers Centre, McMahon dropped from the bidding process. Gotta think that with minimum 40K seats the plan is to fill in the empty north end of BMO with seats.

king10 · #**138** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 6:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Fisher Account

Missed opportunity for Calgary to secure funding for a new stadium IMO.

Surely, this World Cup bid could have resulted in one new facility being built out of the 41 currently.

Perhaps they secure funding tied to the Winter Olympics?

The Fisher Account · #**139** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 6:37 PM**

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Perhaps they secure funding tied to the Winter Olympics?

If CalgaryNext is indeed dead, then I would have thought the World Cup would be the best opportunity for a new football stadium.

If we get the Winter Olympics, I can see arena funding, but additional stadium funding would likely be a stretch

esquire · #**140** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 6:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Fisher Account

Missed opportunity for Calgary to secure funding for a new stadium IMO.

Surely, this World Cup bid could have resulted in one new facility being built out of the 41 currently.

Do you really think Calgary would get funding for a new stadium solely to accommodate 3 or 4 group-stage WC soccer games?

So much for my contention that Rogers Centre would make the best Toronto venue.