Calgary Flames' Scotia Place starting to look like a real NHL arena
Time sure does fly.
In many ways, it feels like construction on Scotia Place, the soon-to-be home of the Calgary Flames, only just got underway. In reality, however, it’s been over two years since shovels first hit the dirt for the building NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has deemed “State-of-the-art.”
Rather than just being the hole in the ground it started as, Scotia Place has quickly risen well above ground level, to the point that it truly resembles an NHL building.
As the image shows, the height of the building is now on full display. As you can see, exterior panelling is continuing to be plastered on the outside of the building at a rapid rate.
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This is where things really get fun. The entire northwest corner has made some phenomenal progress from where it was just one month ago. The green enveloping continues to make its way around the building, to the point where you can no longer see in from street level.
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Another area where a ton of advancement has been made is the southeast corner. This is arguably the biggest area of upgrades as of late, with upper-level steel framing having made tremendous strides. There is also a ton of progress being made on the structure of the Esso Community Arena, which can be viewed above on the front right of the image.
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As all the images show, the siding throughout the entire building has come a long way from just a few months ago.
While these updates continue to be promising, there is still plenty of work to be done. Scotia Place isn’t expected to be ready until the 2027-28 campaign, meaning one more season remains at the iconic Saddledome. Once Scotia Place is complete, the Saddledome will be torn down a short time later.