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Originally Posted by terrynorthend
I wasn't there, but dad took me to a number of Voyagers games. As a kid I delivered the Mail Star and to pass the time between houses, I would read the articles near the front of the paper. I have a visceral memory of a picture in the paper just before MC opened of workers installing the seats. I really enjoyed going there, particularly when I could walk all the way around the concourse and still see what was going on.
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It was exciting when it opened. As a teenager, I had the chance of going up to the top of the Scotia Square Duke Tower while the Metro Centre was under construction and was able to look down and see the construction. Those were exciting times. I can understand the excitement in Moncton as they watch their new Events Centre taking shape.
I saw Voyagers games at the old Forum (and at least one game at the Metro Centre), and I was at the Forum when it was literally packed to the rafters and saw them win the Calder Cup (I think it was the 1971-1972 season).
I delivered both the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star and followed Halifax construction projects closely. Prior to the Metro Centre being built, there was a proposal to build a 10,000 seat arena in Dartmouth close to one of the Bridges (early in the 1970's). The idea was to build a 10,000 seat arena which could be expanded to over 15,000 by raising the roof. That seemed like it would have been a dream come through. However, I can see that downtown Halifax was the best location for the Metro Centre.