Rogers Place
multi-use indoor arena in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Rogers Place is a multi-use indoor arena in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Construction started in March 2014. The building officially opened on September 8, 2016. The arena can hold 18,500 people during hockey games and 20,734 during concerts.[12]
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| Address | 10220 104 Avenue NW |
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| Location | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Coordinates | 53°32′49″N 113°29′52″W / 53.54694°N 113.49778°W |
| Public transit |    MacEwan station 7 110X 500X |
| Owner | City of Edmonton |
| Operator | Oilers Entertainment Group[3] |
| Capacity | Hockey: 18,347 Basketball: 19,500 Concert: 20,734 |
| Field size | 1,110,900 sq ft (103,210 m2) |
| Surface | Ice |
| Scoreboard | 14 m × 14 m × 11 m (46 ft × 46 ft × 36 ft)[1] |
| Construction | |
| Started | March 3, 2014[2] |
| Built | March 2014–September 2016 |
| Opened | September 8, 2016 |
| Construction cost | CA$480 million ($512 million in 2020 dollars[4]) |
| Architect | 360 Architecture[5] DIALOG[6] Manica Architecture[6] Arndt Tkalcic Bengert[6] |
| Project manager | ICON Venue Group[9] |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti[6] DIALOG[7] |
| Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc.[6] |
| General contractor | PCL Construction[8] |
| Main contractors | PCL Construction[10] |
| Tenants | |
| Edmonton Oilers (NHL) (2016–present) Edmonton Oil Kings[11] (WHL) (2016–present) | |
| Website | |
| www | |
References change
- ↑ Neufeld, Lydia (16 May 2016). "Scoreboard for new Rogers Place will be largest in the NHL". CBC/Radio-Canada. CBC News Edmonton. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ↑ "Construction on Rogers Place Begins". CTV Edmonton. March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Katz Group, Sports and Entertainment". Katz Group of Companies. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
- ↑ Inflated values automatically calculated.
- ↑ Staples, David (January 16, 2012). "With 360 Architecture, Edmonton's Arena Project Will Have the Right Designer". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Edmonton Arena" (PDF). Thornton Tomasetti. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Most exciting phase of downtown arena construction begins". Edmonton Journal. September 30, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- ↑ "PCL Chosen to Build Downtown Arena". CBC News. April 13, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- ↑ Stolte, Elise (January 16, 2012). "Downtown Arena Project Moves Forward with Project Manager and Architect Choices". Global News. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ↑ "Rogers Place Hockey Arena". Government of Alberta. Government of Alberta. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ↑ Jones, Terry (April 17, 2014). "With Rogers Place Plans, What You Can't See Is Just As Strong As What You Can". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ↑ Salz, Allison (June 2, 2014). "Edmonton media get sneak peek at downtown arena construction site". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
