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Old 10-23-2009, 07:53 PM   #26
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Old 10-23-2009, 07:58 PM   #27
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$500million? wtf

Now I don't have the article here but waaaaay back when they were talking about doing this didn't they say the whole point of doing this after the Olympics would be that the cost would be significantly cheaper? If I recall the pre Olympic amount would have been about $500million and now post Olympics it still costs $500 million? WTF how much would this have really cost if we completed this for the Winter Games? 1 billion? wow

Ok just found 1 article but it wasn't exactly the one I was looking for. First of all I know the article states that it's an estimate but still.

"Replacing the entire roof with a similar design would cost about $20 million, while a retractable roof is estimated to cost $200 million, according to proposals by BC Pavilion Corp., the Crown corporation that runs the stadium"

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-col...lace-roof.html
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Old 10-23-2009, 08:54 PM   #28
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the 500 mill encludes all up grades to bc place, I wouldnt be suprised if they put in new seats as well
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Old 10-23-2009, 09:10 PM   #29
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Old 10-23-2009, 09:18 PM   #30
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i hope thats a $500m full reno and not just a roof. seems pretty steep for a soft top, that should be able to buy a hard top like every other major retractable roof.

i dont really understand the point of a retractable roof on BC place. it will never be open.
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Old 10-23-2009, 09:59 PM   #31
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Sort of looks like the 02 arena in London.
It's modeled after the soccer stadium in Frankfurt that was remodeled for World Cup '06. I've been to that stadium and it is gorgeous...we can only hope that BC Place ends up somewhat close...
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Old 10-23-2009, 11:09 PM   #32
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What a waste of money for a friggin' old place... sigh
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Old 10-23-2009, 11:12 PM   #33
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well lets hope its going to be better then Toronto, it was made to be retractable but now since it leaks and everything they can't
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Old 10-24-2009, 04:38 PM   #34
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$500 million for a frigging roof, talk about priorities?


For comparison's sake, the whole stadium for the 2012 London Olympics is "only" US$715.4 million.
$500 million includes the $65 million dollar renovations for the olympics and the cost of building the temporary stadium at Empire Stadium for the BC Lions (the soccer field at Hastings and Cassiar)

the majority of that money will come from the lease of the land around the stadium to build office towers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgYG4PPYiJA

here is a video of the rendering i wonder how long it will take for the nimbys in their condos to get them to turn off the lighting effects.



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Old 10-24-2009, 04:55 PM   #35
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its the same government that wont allow a private individual to build a multi million dollar stadium on the water front with his own money

shit dun make sense
um no.

the port authority owns the land/tracks where the whitecaps owner wanted to build the stadium.
www.portmetrovancouver.com

the city of vancouver approved the stadium a LONG time ago.
the bc government has nothing to do with any of this idiot

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i know this is BC place, but i perfer that money goes toward upgrading GM PLACE...

stop abusing fail button
you fail gm place is privately owned, the bc government owns bc place...
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