CALGARY — Construction has begun on the new $800-million arena for the NHL's Calgary Flames.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek joined others Monday picking up a chrome shovel to symbolically turn the sod to launch the multi-year process to replace one of the NHL's oldest arenas.
"This is a place where dreams will be realized, where champions will be made and our community will come together to celebrate, to be entertained and to enjoy." The facility, with a seating capacity of 18,400, is expected to be completed in 2027. At that time the Saddledome will face the wrecking ball.Bill Johnson, with the design firm HOK, said there was a lot of consultation with Indigenous groups.
"We came up with a fairly direct idea that this is a meeting place and this was the birthplace of this community and people gathered around the fire, and what better building type than a building that was designed to bring people together."
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