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[Hilman]

Rogers Place signing going up above the entrances:

http://www.rogersplace.com/time-lapse/

 

[Daveography]

They want to make sure no one ever forgets the name of this place.

 

[Daveography]

Mick6 ‏@Blackirishmick6 16 hours ago
Week145 Aug4/16 The exterior looks so close to being done. #RogersPlace #IceDistrict #EdmontonOilers pic.twitter.com/EY4EbhBFot

 

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Looks like the next two weeks are "cleanup" weeks where Rogers Place is concerned.

 

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Please note how much light is recast at street level from reflections off of Rogers Place facades.

 

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If you hadn't guessed, I love the light play on this buildings forms.

 

[Hilman]

Throwback Wednesday??

These were the 3 options the arena had back in 2013:

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news...own+Edmonton+arena+options/7860633/story.html

 

[Daveography]

Glad we didn't end up with any of the above-ground parking options. In some ways I like the 104 Ave. plaza entry in Option C over the winter garden, though. I was honestly never that big a fan of it, though admittedly it looks really cool, and I'm happy for the Janvier piece going in it.

 

[Hilman]

https://twitter.com/RogersPlace/status/763471190685917184

https://twitter.com/tedgbauer/status/763476450536226816

 

[Daveography]

I'm reasonably sure that thing is bigger than my house.

Edit: I just checked. It is.

Scoreboard: 46.5' wide
My house: 42.5' wide

Don't even need to compare the height, mine's a bungalow.

 

[Hilman]

 

[Marcanadian]

They want to make sure no one ever forgets the name of this place.

At least there won't be a big Ted Rogers statue outside of it like the Rogers Centre. Or will there be?

 

[Daveography]

@Marcanadian lol, not that I know of, but then the man has basically no connection to Edmonton, unlike Toronto.

The Gretzky statue is being moved from Rexall to Rogers Place, though.

 

[Marcanadian]

Yeah, he's getting polished too. I wonder if Gretzky will be on hand for the opening.

 

[Daveography]

IMG_20160810_205330 by Cristian Petrutiu, on Flickr