CTC Summer Upgrades Revealed

[FuriousSenator]

Didn't see a thread for this one yet. About $15M worth of upgrades to CTC done over the summer.

http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/hoc...-detail-major-upgrade-to-canadian-tire-centre

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[Sun God Nika]

Yay more security, Club Bell looks nice.. But the thought off seeing those better off people all the time will make me feel a little more envious

 

[Ttracer*]

Ridiculous, this is tighter than airport security. No re-entry, you must stay in your seat for 3 hours and get no fresh air between periods? Unbelievable to say the least

 

[The Lewler]

Looks good, and improves cashflow. Win win.

I've barely had time between periods to get a drink and use bathroom let alone step out of the building ... so no re-entry .. meh.

 

[Inkling]

Glad they're upgrading the food selection. I'd love for some local microbrew beer, but not holding my breath.

 

[JessicaN]

Glad they're upgrading the food selection. I'd love for some local microbrew beer, but not holding my breath.

Molson exclusive unfortunately.

 

[DylanSensFan]

Molson exclusive unfortunately.

Better than Budweiser at least...

 

[Busboy]

Looks good, and improves cashflow. Win win.

I've barely had time between periods to get a drink and use bathroom let alone step out of the building ... so no re-entry .. meh.

I've never had to leave the building during a game so this change also doesn't bother me.

 

[Buck Aki Berg]

Ridiculous, this is tighter than airport security. No re-entry, you must stay in your seat for 3 hours and get no fresh air between periods? Unbelievable to say the least

I must have missed that part about walking around being forbidden.

You'll live.

 

[Smash88]

Don't smoke anymore, so doesn't personally affect me, but it's still a real dumb thing to do. This will cause more problems than if they just left it the same as before.

 

[sensR4real]

This is mandated l;eague wide. We need to live this way now. Once you get through the metal detectors you will forget about them....

Ridiculous, this is tighter than airport security. No re-entry, you must stay in your seat for 3 hours and get no fresh air between periods? Unbelievable to say the least

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

Ridiculous, this is tighter than airport security. No re-entry, you must stay in your seat for 3 hours and get no fresh air between periods? Unbelievable to say the least

Based on your post, I feel like you are outraged just for the sake of being outraged.

Re: security, it is definitely not tighter than airport security. You don't take your belt or shoes off. Also, this is a league-wide thing, it's not just the Sens. Ya, it's going to be a pain, but there is no point being upset over a league-wide change when it comes to safety.

Re: re-entry, There were like two places last year to go for a dart (so it's not even fresh air anyway). When I've done it, it ends up being way more of a hassle than it is worth. Might suck in a long playoff game, though, but that is almost a non-concern. I think Smash88 said in the Visiting CTC thread, where this was actually discussed already, it's cool to pick on smokers now. So there will be a fair amount of complaints and head-aches for the ushers. But what can you do.

 

[WilderPegasus*]

Better than Budweiser at least...

Swill is swill. You'd hope the Senators would want to support local businesses like Beau's or BTP but money talks.

 

[Bileur]

Swill is swill. You'd hope the Senators would want to support local businesses like Beau's or BTP but money talks.

It would be amazing if CTC had local beers on tap.

Heck there's a pretty obvious candidate in Big Rig beer.

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

It would be amazing if CTC had local beers on tap.

Heck there's a pretty obvious candidate in Big Rig beer.

Won't happen. But if a pint of Canadian at CTC costs what, 11 bucks or something now, imagine the cost of a micro brew pint

Swill is swill. You'd hope the Senators would want to support local businesses like Beau's or BTP but money talks.

I'm curious, do the sit-down restaurants at CTC only sell Molson as well? Rickards is under the Molson umbrella I think, at least it's better than nothing.

 

[philb613]

Smoking thing might suck for a few but I believe we were one of the only areans last year to allow people to leave to smoke and re-enter, so now we're just like everybody else.

 

[Bileur]

Won't happen. But if a pint of Canadian at CTC costs what, 11 bucks or something now, imagine the cost of a micro brew pint

Clearly it can't happen while they have an exclusive agreement.

It seems crazy to raise the prices even higher but you're probably right that they would.

 

[jbeck5]

I've never had to leave the building during a game so this change also doesn't bother me.

Do you know how cheap it was to park near an entrance, go with a full car, and during intermissions rip bowls and crush beers in your car? This will suck.

 

[Xamar*]

Smoking thing might suck for a few but I believe we were one of the only areans last year to allow people to leave to smoke and re-enter, so now we're just like everybody else.

Edmonton has always allowed that.

 

[sens4life]

The bag checks, esp for kids food needs is ridiculous.

I had a few times late last season where we brought in drinks in my sons sippy cup in addition to food products and was told everything would have to be left outside. We couldn't even check in the food at guest services to pick up after.

had to kiss goodbye a $10 cup because of it...just ridic.

 

[WilderPegasus*]

It would be amazing if CTC had local beers on tap.

Heck there's a pretty obvious candidate in Big Rig beer.

I wonder if there would be a conflict of interest in doing that while Phillips is still under contract.

 

[littleD]

As if being "wanded" and the odd pat down wasn't bad enough. Having metal detectors is pretty disgusting. What has been getting in to NHL arenas to make metal detectors a necessity?

 

[starling]

Great, if I'm a terrorist I will blow **** up in line to metal detectors then.
Don't even have to buy a ticket now. Yay.

 

[littleD]

$15 million... any WiFi for the whole arena included in that?

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

As if being "wanded" and the odd pat down wasn't bad enough. Having metal detectors is pretty disgusting. What has been getting in to NHL arenas to make metal detectors a necessity?

Well, some guy brought a gun to a Lightning-Canadiens playoff game last season.

Blame him I guess.