BC Place Stadium - What could have been
But here's my beef if you will. Any city in the world can design an amazing structure with enough cash in their pockets. Case in point, the Dallas stadium that cost 1.15 Billion dollars approx. State of the art this - freaking awesome electorstatic that - giant HD video screens so even the people living on the moon can watch Cutler fake an injury during the playoff game against Green Bay (no I'm not still bitter). Oh, ya...my point. The one thing other cities can't do...is replicate the amazing scenery that Vancouver has to offer. I mean am I the only one who can't understand why they built the giant Budweiser cap looking stadium which provides no views??? Perhaps maybe a mountain view, or city view or water view...OR ALL THREE!! That's what Vancouver is known for...awesome views...oh...and maybe that girl who showed the penalty box a good time during the playoffs last year.
Again, getting back to what I can't understand. Vancouver had a guy named Greg Kerfoot offer them a brand new facility, paid for out of his own pocket, and they said, "ummm, no thanks, we'd rather do a Mike Holmes reno on BC Place and make it look like a dead spider". WTF!!?? Have you ever seen the stadium in San Francisco? Now that thing makes sense. Got yourself a nice little bay...let's build an outdoor stadium OVER LOOKING THE BAY!! Vancouver's got some nice mountains, basically surrounded by water...let's build a stadium that looks like the utensil you use to pick up spaghetti. C'mon!!
Ok. I think I'm done my rant. I put together some mock ups of what I think an awesome outdoor stadium would have looked like had Vancouver decided to incorporate some of the views. I used the Quest field in Seattle because it's a bitch'n field and with the one open end it would have allowed the people sitting in the seats to enjoy some pretty fantastic views. I'm out.
Kyle Hislop
RE/MAX
