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Alright I was watching the City Hall arena presentation last night and Labeaume said that they at least want to keep the entrance but to do so it would have to be taken down and rebuild. And if they rebuild it, it may take some modifications to go along with the size of the arena, etc...
Cool rink, but are the fans in the upper deck going to be entering from behind the top of the seating area as opposed to under it? That would be pretty rare in arenas these days.
Alright I was watching the City Hall arena presentation last night and Labeaume said that they at least want to keep the entrance but to do so it would have to be taken down and rebuild. And if they rebuild it, it may take some modifications to go along with the size of the arena, etc...
They are explained that even that entrance is not the original entrance since it was rebuild a while ago. They say the risk of everything collapsing during excavation work is too high to keep it's current form.
Some people have advanced they might chose to rebuild the two towers only. Another technical difficulty is that the current entrance would not fit with the overall concept of a single but huge entrance to the arena.
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Originally Posted by ColinM
Cool rink, but are the fans in the upper deck going to be entering from behind the top of the seating area as opposed to under it? That would be pretty rare in arenas these days.
In the old Colisée upper deck entrances are behind the last row, so we're entering from top.
The Club seems to be in the Center Reds (Bell centre) instead of between the 2 graphic rings (glass concourse). I think that the price of these tickets will be as delicious (300+$? ) as the free food.
The planners told that there will be 2 bunker suites (Pittsburgh have one). They surely will be on each side of the glass passage for the players. I wonder if the people of those suites will be seated in club seats or in the corner "reds".
On the 6 players beach seats, I wonder what will be the price (maybe high and not available for public) and what will be the seating/security. Will they make them sign a document to don't press charges after the arena?
In the old Colisée upper deck entrances are behind the last row, so we're entering from top.
In many respects this could be the first "retro" hockey arena with their non conventional fan enterances, view of the players entering the playing area, and panaromic view of arena as a whole.
Ironnically there are a few comparables here to the Montreal Forum.
i actually question the wisdom of exposing the concourse all the way around...it is a nice feature visually, but it makes the upper deck seats quite a bit farther from the playing surface.
how many suites?...i couldnt find that in the pdf....only suite seat count.
I think the best part of that video was the panoramic view of QC thats a brilliant idea if they can figure out how to control the temp with that much glass allowing sunlight in...
If only the arena was located in Canada and primarily in use during the winter months...
i actually question the wisdom of exposing the concourse all the way around...it is a nice feature visually, but it makes the upper deck seats quite a bit farther from the playing surface.
how many suites?...i couldnt find that in the pdf....only suite seat count.
86, but that was announced in 2010, I still believe they will stick with that.
Does the fact that the people in Markham think they can build their rink for $300 million make you feel differently about the municiple and provincial governments spending $400 million for the Quebec City Arena?
Does the fact that the people in Markham think they can build their rink for $300 million make you feel differently about the municiple and provincial governments spending $400 million for the Quebec City Arena?
To put it simple, NO.
Here is what i answered on another thread.
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Well, corruption in construction and an overhelming presence of syndicates are the two reasons why you could build as big and as nice arena as the one announced here for 250M elsewhere while in Quebec it's original price is 400M and many believe will end up to be 550M. Other than that, nothing changes.
Does the fact that the people in Markham think they can build their rink for $300 million make you feel differently about the municiple and provincial governments spending $400 million for the Quebec City Arena?
If 100$m can help boost our chances of getting a team, I'd say no but I would of wished that Quebecor and some partners could of done a lot more than just 30$m. Mayor Labeaume is really giving all that he can so that the Nordiques will come back, he could of been more conservative in his approach but I bet there's not a day that passes by where he doesn't dream of getting a team back. Therefore pushing the envelope on the matter.
We could of done just like Winnipeg and get ourselves the minimum required building capacity and features but that would of probably of delayed his dream becoming true.
Just to point out that the ''J'ai ma place'' model and the model the city introduced last week are not the same models. So those links are kinda outdated.
Just to point out that the ''J'ai ma place'' model and the model the city introduced last week are not the same models. So those links are kinda outdated.
I'd like to see the exterior... it all looks great from the inside but a steel and glass ultra modern arena doesn't seem like a nice fit for QC. Ironically, I'd hope it looks more like Jobing or the Prudential Center
This is the only exterior rendering that I could find.
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