Actually, the BMO Centre is currently a consumer trade show space - targeting local attendees visiting the Home and Garden show or World of Wheels. The new BMO is a tier one convention centre - targeting international visitors (such as the 30,000 Rotarians from around the world who are expected...

Would you invest YOUR money in a restaurant or business located in the “perimeter of the building”? Try walking into your bank with that business plan and see what they say.

Here is the latest render. It shows a bit of the canopy roof. I am not sure what the rest of the roof looks like (other than what I said previously - that a lot of thought has gone into the view from Scotsman's Hill - so it will not be ugly).

No. I am neither affiliated with the project nor working on it (although I do have intimate knowledge about it). I never bothered to inquire about the exterior finishings. We won't have to wait long to find out though. By Stampede week the exterior will be complete (which is crazy considering it...

Retail on the south side doesn't make sense. There will be nowhere to park (unless you paid the Stampede $15 - which you wouldn't do to buy a coffee or souvenir). Pedestrian traffic could never support a business in that location. The festival/retail/restaurant strip is Stampede Trail.

Actually, there was a lot of consideration put into the Scotsman's hill view. You will notice there is no HVAC or mechanical on the roof. Take a look at the height of the building and remember it is only three floors. The mechanical is situated on publicly inaccessible half floors (between the...

The fort structure around Rotary House will be coming down within the year and Wedickville will get some love. The Big4 isn't going anywhere anytime soon (until there is a need for a third hotel on the property).

Don't forget 17th Ave will soon be going through the park and Stampede Trail will be completely redeveloped shortly (with or without an event center).

I edited my post to remove those words at the same time you posed this (because it sounded brash and I didn't intend it that way). My point was 99.9% of people will not know the difference between the renders and the actual building (just like they don't remember the differences between the...

Are you saying it's an ugly building or it doesn't look like the renderings? Big difference. It is not a bad-looking building by any means and it will be amazing when the great lawn is completed. This will soon be one of the iconic buildings in Calgary.

Trust me, when you see the inside you will forget all about the outside.

Not at all. Inside the South wall is a pre-convention corridor. The addition of the extra windows makes the area bright and spacious. I can tell you first hand that it is an amazing view looking outward from the inside. In this case function is far more important than matching a rendering.

Relegation won't ever happen in North America. Teams pay big bucks for the exclusive rights to play in their respective leagues. Imagine Charlotte FC being relegated to a lower league after spending $325MM USD for an MLS expansion team (only to be replaced by a $6MM CAD CanPL team).

Yes, Calgary is looking at a 400m track for the field house. There are many 200m indoor tracks in Calgary.

It is if you need to put public money into a new or substantially renovated football stadium.

Interesting idea. Has this strategy actually been implemented (and succeeded) anywhere? darwink mentioned LA. Some of the obvious challenges would be access to bathroom facilities.

Nothing to comeback from (I don't have a horse in the race). I just have an appreciation for comedic irony 👍

Hmmm... and this comment comes from someone whose footer says this: 'My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.' — Jack Layton No anger in your post. It's just so...

You're seeing too much in this. Smith referenced QC because the Premier said Quebec was going after a team. Regardless of the fact she was driving outside her lane, the statement had nothing to do with inflaming anyone. At the end of the day, the Flames aren't going anywhere (US or QC).

No, it covers an 11,000 sq ft elevated outdoor patio off the Brand Room as well as the performance area at ground level. Guests can also step out of the rain.