EdmTrekker
Senior Member
Whats the actual hard construction budget for the project?
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MacLac
Senior Member
Dialog and HNTB to lead design of Edmonton’s Event Park
OEG Sports & Entertainment (OEGSE) and the city of Edmonton have selected Dialog and HNTB as lead designers of the new Event Park, to be located at the
www.canadianconsultingengineer.com
archited
Senior Member
I am happy to see HNTB in the finals -- I expect to see great things in the final solution.
Barnaby
Senior Member
Everything they've been involved with besides Levi's Stadium has been great. I'm sure it'll turn out well.
TAS
Senior Member
So it's not going to look like this?
Barnaby
Senior Member
Those are the conceptual renderings. Massing will probably be quite similar.
archited
Senior Member
'Ats roight guvnah... but it depends on or if either HNTB or Dialog even did this rendering to begin with. OEG may have done this internally. I am more interested on how HNTB will handle the "programmable" space -- gliding/stacking roof or fabric roof that covers like the fair "caterpillar" ride. There is an opportunity here for some real innovation that may make this structure stand apart.
inclusion
Active Member
My understanding is that OEG wants to use the existing fan park for the remainder of 2026 (octoberfest likely one of the last events), then move it to a temporary site north of the MacDonald Building, and begin infrastructure construction on the current site late 2026 or early 2027. Explains the phasing of Village to north / west parcels first, since the east half will house the event/fan park until the main site is complete.
For the north west sites, they were contemplating whether the existing zoning works or not - grant funding is still tied to having some work completed before they receive the money, I can't recall if that means construction needs to be complete by end of 2028 or just the structural stuff. Given Mark's previous prioritization comments, I wonder if it's the latter. Regardless, we haven't seen a development permit for any of the village stuff yet, so not surprising that the company he is connected with isn't prioritizing this.
For the north west sites, they were contemplating whether the existing zoning works or not - grant funding is still tied to having some work completed before they receive the money, I can't recall if that means construction needs to be complete by end of 2028 or just the structural stuff. Given Mark's previous prioritization comments, I wonder if it's the latter. Regardless, we haven't seen a development permit for any of the village stuff yet, so not surprising that the company he is connected with isn't prioritizing this.
ADob
Active Member
Are they keeping the MacDonald building or is the classic Edmonton thing going to happen to it?
degrandprix
Active Member
All the renders and site plans so far have shown it being retained, as far as I can recall.
IanO
Superstar
The original intent was to restore/convert to modern lofts.
*fingers crossed.
*fingers crossed.
Ed from Ed
New Member
I hope so! Doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it structurally, at least I haven't heard of anything? I think development behind Rogers is LONG overdue and I hope actual shovels will be in the ground soon so we can see one or more of the condos start going up!!
IanO
Superstar
^LONG overdue.
The promise is fading.
The promise is fading.
Didama
Active Member
Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but apparently the current tent being used in the fanpark will be kept and used nearby as a sort of fanpark 2.0
mcr
Active Member
I've always been a little surprised that the renders showed the main entrance to the interior portion of the Event Park being on the corner of 101 St & 105 Ave. Wonder if that stays in the final designs?