archited
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Anyway, all of this is at least 3 years off.
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MacLac
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Before kick off to construction or to completion?
archited
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Completion... maybe even 4 or 5 years.
Out of Towner
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Calgary may syphon off a couple of concert dates from Edmonton but a Calgary stop might also encourage more acts to take a swing into Alberta. Vancouver has always had a better concert scene than Edmonton partly to a larger population but also due to its proximity to Seattle. Overall though, the new Saddledome probably won't have much effect as Edmonton has a long and strong history of headbangers supporting its concerts. Still remember standing in line for a couple hours to get tickets for when the Who played the Coliseum back in the 70's. Still have the guitar pick that BB King gave me after a dinner show at the hotel on 105st in the 80's. David Bowie at Commonwealth in the 80's and several times after. The Stones at Commonwealth. Tragically Hip and Midnight Oil at Clarke Stadium. The list goes and on. Not sure if the Kinsmen Field House (probably not) and Myer Horowitz Theatre still host shows but Edmonton has always had a strong concert scene and that's unlikely to change.
David A
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Yes, I suspect what we will see after the new Calgary arena is completed are fewer performers that do two or three shows here, but more one in each city.
David A
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Good point about Commonwealth, although it is more limited to the spring to fall season, it does seem to regularly get some very nice concerts too and there is no similar facility elsewhere in Alberta.
Greenspace
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PWHL in Rogers (7000 people avg), Oil Kings in Event Park or Expo Arean (3000 avg).
archited
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Nah... the Oil Kings can get to 7,000 average per game and the PWHL if we can field a good team out of the gate would average somewhere between 10,000 and 12,000 per game. All three could stay in Rogers, remembering that a good chunk of revenue comes from concessions. Hockey town that Edmonton is, both teams could see post-season runs. The excitement for one bleeds to excitement for the others -- Katz knows and understands this.
IanO
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Except that the OKs get 4k and I would think that the PWHL is more realistically 7-10k.
TAS
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Sometimes I forget that Edmonton is going to be 1.25ish million by the end of 2025, and the region will be 2 million soon. It makes supporting various franchises with some decent crowds much more feasible.
IanO
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MacLac
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Ian, why don’t you post the new Fan Park renderings on SSP? Give that group something to bitch about….lol
mcr
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The OKs are currently averaging 6,700 this season. Granted, their 'normal' games are more in the 4,800 - 6,000 range and are boosted by some larger attendance games. They've only had 4 games below 4,500 this year and none sub 4,000. Conversely, they've had 11 games over 7,000. They pull a lot better than expected and have led WHL attendance for quite a few years now, many years by a not insignificant margin (1,000+).
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Gronk!
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IanO
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Not exactly the fancy one we were shown earlier....