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| Bar in the President’s Club |
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| Interior Rendering |
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| Site Rendering |
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| Under construction in 1983 |
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| Dutton’s |
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| Flames’ new offices |
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| Flames’ new offices |
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| Flames’ new offices plan |
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| Main Plan |
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| President’s Club |
Project Summary
Creation of the Club Concourse/Event Floor Mezzanine featuring 45 Executive Suites totalling 528 seats, 1184 Club Seats, associated amenities including a Restaurant, Bars, Washrooms, Coatrooms, etc., and expanded office space for the Calgary Flames and Hockey Canada.
Area of Public Concourse is effectively increased by 60%.
Direct access to Second Tier Seating from the Public Concourse via new ramps and elimination of existing stairs.
Increased Handicapped Seating from 98 to 102 spaces with closer dedicated building access and parking.
Potential for additional Concessions at the Mid-Concourse.
Increased access to Public Concourse amenities through increased area and redistribution of patrons onto the new Club Concourse/Event Floor Mezzanine.
Improved sightlines for 15% of general seating through the addition of 2907 seats in 8 rows at Second Tier.
Improved access to the existing Restaurant and Suites through the addition of a 20 person capaclty, high speed elevator.
Site
Provision for 731 parking stalls, including a 1 level parking structure. This is an increase of 431 stalls from the existing total of 300.
New east access stair.
New one-way Bus Drop-off/parking area with limited circulation in adjacent communities.
New Vehicular access and drop-off circle from 14th Avenue, aligning with 5th Street providing improved public access to the building.
Exclusive Handicapped vehicle access at north-end of the building.
Improved Emergency Vehicle access.
About the Project
The Calgary Olympic Saddledome opened on October 13, 1983. At the time of its inception, it was a "state of the art" multi-purpose athletic/entertainment facility designed for the 1988 Winter Olympics and its prime tenants, the Calgary Flames Hockey Club and Hockey Canada.
Professional sport is changing and with it are its marketing strategies and its buildings. The typical arena of 10 years ago seated 15,000 to 18,000 spectators and generally accommodate more than one major sport franchise (where market condition permitted). The arena of today offers a more complete entertainment 'package' for a single-source sport market. Typically, this seats 20,000+ spectators with enhanced public services and amenities and includes clubs, restaurants, lounges and private suites at various locations in the seating bowl. Examples of this type of facility are: the Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan, built by the Detroit Pistons in the late 1980's and, more recently, the arenas in Anaheim and San Jose for NHL expansion franchises.
The proposed public improvements and enhanced amenities represented in this study will allow the Saddledome to regain its position as a prime facility by providing:
These improvements will ensure the viability of the Saddledome into the next century and will provide its primary tenants with the requisite features needed to optimize their operations. With the implementation of these improvements over the next two years, the Saddledome will once again be a "state of the art" facility in every way.
The building today remains a first class structure that has been well maintained and is in little need of significant repair. However, while the building is physically sound, there are significant functional deficiencies which prevent the building from operating in (a) manner that is satisfactory to the Saddledome's primary tenant, the Calgary Flames.
(extracted from the report entitled, Calgary Olympic Saddledome Improvement Study, dated December 16, 1993, by Stadium Consultants International)
Project Details
| Location | |
Calgary Exhibition Grounds, Calgary, Alberta |
| Client | |
Saddledome Foundation in cooperation with Calgary Flames Hockey Club |
| Architects | |
Graham Edmunds Architecture |
| Consultants | |
Structural Engineers: Mechanical: Electrical: Landscape: |
| Cost | |
$35 000 000 |
| Completion | |
1995 |
Other Graham Edmunds Architecture Projects
Banff Professional Centre
Calgary Convention Centre Renovations
Prince’s Island Estates
Professional Faculties Building
This project was published on 1996.05.01.
| © 1996- 2001 |
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