Del Preston
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Northlands Coliseum likely to be demolished
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It served its purpose. I lamented a little about losing the Edmonton Gardens. But that also served its purpose.
AddyTheWrath
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Damn that’s kinda sad. I’m pretty young compared to the majority on hf but even I have a lot of great memories of Northlands/Rexall - most importantly my first time watching the Oilers ever.
I think the building will always have a special place in the hearts of Oilers fans even if it’s physically gone.
I think the building will always have a special place in the hearts of Oilers fans even if it’s physically gone.
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BigFuzzyDice
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Demolishing it is such a waste. I hear the cowgary flames are looking for a new barn. Should sell it cheap, hell make it free with pickup...
La Bamba
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It's sad it's getting demolished but the memories of that arena will always live on. Besides, we have the beautiful Rogers Place now so we'll be fine 
Good. Maybe we can finally get rid of the stickied thread.
Dump that would cost to much to renovate and operate. Heck the adbestos removal alone would make it not worth doing anything with.
This way we'll save the 2 million per year owed to katz and the 1.5 per year in current operating costs.
My memories will be what i saw there. Not the ugly old building itself.
Dump that would cost to much to renovate and operate. Heck the adbestos removal alone would make it not worth doing anything with.
This way we'll save the 2 million per year owed to katz and the 1.5 per year in current operating costs.
My memories will be what i saw there. Not the ugly old building itself.
rboomercat90
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Took a drive around that area a couple days ago, it’s been a long time since I’ve been around there. Was shocked to see the Fireside restaurant was now a medical clinic and pharmacy. It had been a staple in that neighbourhood for decades. I grew up in that neighbourhood and it’s sad to see what it is now. Probably the most depressing area of the city. I think when they extended Capilano Drive (now Wayne Gretzky Drive) to the Yellowhead it isolated and crippled that whole area. The Oilers moving downtown finished it off. I think demolishing the Coliseum is probably the right way to go now. They’ll need that land to try to develop that area somehow, even still I bet it’ll take decades to make that area vibrant. It won’t be easy.
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This is on 118th and 75th from 1960, looking west. The entry at the front of where the Coliseum now stands is at the right, where the Hayward's sign was.
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I know I'm not from the city, but it is a hoarders mentallity to want to keep something that only has sentimental value to you (you meaning the hockey fans, myself included). We all have glorious memories of that place, but the city invested in this new arena for us, and it owes it to the non hockey fans to not spend millions a year to keep a memory running and falling apart, when the land could sold and used to help develop the area.
Demolishing the arena won't change the memories we have of it.
Demolishing the arena won't change the memories we have of it.
Jumptheshark
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I hope they make it into affordable housing. While I have not been back to Edmonton for awhile, many of my friends have moved away as the cost of buying a house in Edmonton vs their wages--they ended buying outside of Edmonton and driving in to work
They already did auction off a ton of stuff, including the large oilers sign which fetched over 20k!
Wonder what happens to some of the other valuable things like the score-board? It's not exactly new any more, but I wonder if they could find buyers for four large video screens?
Skolman
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Ya I purchased some items from that auction. Won the huge McDavid picture that was in the dressing for the last season, autographed by him to. Was hoping to grab some more items once/if they go on sale
Dan Kelly
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Aww man I remember The Edmonton Gardens when I was a teen....I loved going there for Oilers WHA games! Loved going up to the 2nd deck behind the net to the top, only 2nd deck we had in that old dump, then realising you can't see the net on the other side of the ice because the old rack of lights were hanging in the way, LOL.
I last went when the second incarnation of the Oil Kings were in town. Everyone was more interested in the Oilers being the new team in the NHL and there'd be like only one or two hundred at a game. At least I could get a nice freshly made burger with onions hot off the grill at intermission. The crowds were so bad that the playoff games were held in Lloydminster
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I think it would be better if they turned it into a hockey museum/retail space but kept the structure of the building intact.
Dan Kelly
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oh yeah, the building was built to withstand world war 3 and they couldn't blow up the first time so they had to blow it up again?
