Katz Group is proposing a $450 million arena to be built by Edmonton based PCL Construction. The primary tenant would be the Edmonton Oilers of the NHL. The design was inspired by a drop of oil This is oil country, after all!
Alberta is very wealthy. They can afford the best money can buy. They're not going to build something ordinary like Staples Center or General Motors Place.
Ugly? You're crazy. Apart for Sprint Center, this is the first nice arena design I've ever seen proposed in north America. The standard arena on this continent looks like a giant Best Buy big box store.
I just love this design. This is 10 times nicer than any arena in the world with the possible exception of the Sprint Center in Kansas City. It makes everything else on this continent look like a piece of crap. I'm just salivating over these renderings. About time we got something nice.
Katz Group is proposing a $450 million arena to be built by Edmonton based PCL Construction. The primary tenant would be the Edmonton Oilers of the NHL. The design was inspired by a drop of oil This is oil country, after all!
It takes balls to put forth a design like that and I think it's one of those that we don't think really know how it turns out until it's built. Either it will be great or awful. Kudos to them for taking a chance though and fingers crossed for great.
I like the design, those concourses look amazing. That sky-walkway looks really cool, but really dangerous. Hockey fans aren't exactly known as teetotalers.
Frankly I don't see how anyone can find this design "ugly". It is quite different, yes, but it is definitely not as "bold" as those Gehry museums or the ROM Crystal in Toronto.
I think we've reached a point in arena designs where being generic needs to be considered lazy, unambitious and flat out bad. This is why I applaud anyone attempting to make their own mark ... even the currently under construction arena in Perth, Australia. Aesthetically, it looks quite unpleasing but at least they have broken free from the mold.
Besides going to see the Leafs last year, I haven't watched an NHL game in about 10 years so I'll take your word for it! :colgate:
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