Rogers Place: part II: What is the good, the bad, the ugly what to improve

[Paralyzer]

Ugh really?



This is just as bad as Canucks 7th man banner

 

[RipsADrive]

Ugh really?



This is just as bad as Canucks 7th man banner

That's ridiculously stupid...

Hopefully there's enough push back so they won't.

"Here are the championship banners for some of the most legendary teams in NHL history and the one for that time a bunch of people bought a lot of tickets to a concert."

 

[alphahelix]

Definitely hate that.

 

[awesomo]

please tell me they will remove that

 

[rboomercat90]

That's ridiculously stupid...

Hopefully there's enough push back so they won't.

"Here are the championship banners for some of the most legendary teams in NHL history and the one for that time a bunch of people bought a lot of tickets to a concert."

Pretty obvious that the Oilers aren't the only and likely biggest priority of the Katz crew.

 

[Del Preston]

You guys are going to be really mad when my "27,000 posts" banner goes up in a couple months.

 

[Muscles Glasses]

I don't see why it's a big deal. Rogers Place is just as much of a entertainment venue than a hockey rink, and Garth Brooks concert run here is unprecedented in this city. it's just a piece of fabric that is hanging from the top of the arena. I don't think I could find a bigger non-issue if I tried.

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

I don't see why it's a big deal. Rogers Place is just as much of a entertainment venue than a hockey rink, and Garth Brooks concert run here is unprecedented in this city. it's just a piece of fabric that is hanging from the top of the arena. I don't think I could find a bigger non-issue if I tried.

As an out of towner, I think that it's important other entertainment events that take place in the arena be acknowledged and referenced too. Without them, the arena wouldn't exist.

I just think if they were going to have something referencing Garth's string of concerts, they could've found a better way to go about it. That one just looks tacky... a plaque somewhere on the concourse or just a simple banner in a corner of the rafters without the text at the bottom would have been a better direction to go.

 

[JarvisFunk]

Ugh really?



This is just as bad as Canucks 7th man banner

This is so Saskatoon of you guys

 

[sepHF]

A Garth Brooks banner? Are you kidding me? I'm speechless, who's decision was this?

 

[sepHF]

Never heard of this guy before. But clearly, he is an idiot. Lowest common denominator. Another Howard Stern wannabe...

Anyways, back to the subject at hand...Rogers Place...

Do yourself a favour and look him up, he is one of the funniest people on earth. Was in Edmonton last year for a show, it was fantastic.

 

[McPuritania]

Ugh really?



This is just as bad as Canucks 7th man banner

That's just plain embarrassing.

 

[Dorian2]

You guys are going to be really mad when my "27,000 posts" banner goes up in a couple months.

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I don't particularly have an issue with the Garth Brooks banner. As long as it has it's own area where maybe a few more music banners can hang. A single act selling out 9 entire shows is actually a pretty damn big deal in a place with our population base.

 

[PBandJ]

I love it.

That's a ridiculous accomplishment, only cities to do more were Chicago and Minneapolis I believe.

Only banner we'll be seeing go up for a long time anyway.

 

[PeakMcOil]

That is so awful, words can't even describe it. I'm speechless. May as well put up 1,000,000 urinal flush banners while we're at it.

 

[PBandJ]

So many people said in the lead up that this building would be about more than just a hockey team who hasn't been relevant in 30 years. I didn't believe them, but I'm glad to see they were right.

 

[ZJuice]

That's dumb ********
Not happy about the google g in our stands for all eternity.

**** you whoever came up with that idea and whoever pushed it through

 

[alphahelix]

As someone else said, give him a plaque or something else. ****, build him a golden statue and put it in the square, I don't care. But this is really inconsistent with the tradition of the banners- and as many have stated it is completely out of place for a visitor who did good business and made a lot of money for a couple of days to have his name up in the rafters next to legends who busted their ***** for years and won championships.

He should hang a 9 sell-outs banner in his recording studio, not in Rogers Place.



Someone pointed out it was only second to Chicago & Minneapolis, a city of 400,000 ... great, so we're really special then. I'm sure they'll be hoisting him to the rafters , right?


This guy sucked a couple million dollars out of the local economy, good for him.

 

[PBandJ]

MSG has banners for legendary musical moments.

Guess they suck and should demo the whole thing.

 

[Mowzie]

I don't mind the sentiment, but that's a big arena with way too many bare walls. Start a separate wall to honor these types of things.

 

[Hugo McStiglitz]

Hanging it in Ford Hall or something instead would have been cool IMO.

 

[Paralyzer]

Hanging it in Ford Hall or something instead would have been cool IMO.

Agreed. I don't want it next to the Oilers and oil kings champion banners....WAY too tacky IMO.

 

[Muscles Glasses]

Hanging it in Ford Hall or something instead would have been cool IMO.

I 'member the 9 sold out shows Garth Brooks played in Ford Hall.

Just like I remember the 583 goals Wayne Gretzky scored at Rogers Place.

 

[Speed220DChalavan]

Place the banner somewhere else instead of alongside the Oiler greats.

Pretty ridiculous.

Hopefully the banner is quickly removed much like the Oilers ''100 straight sell outs" banner or the Edmonton Rush retired Jimmy Q. banner.

 

[PBandJ]

Place the banner somewhere else instead of alongside the Oiler greats.

Pretty ridiculous.

Hopefully the banner is quickly removed much like the Oilers ''100 straight sell outs" banner or the Edmonton Rush retired Jimmy Q. banner.

Why would you hope for a repeat of an already disrespectful act?

I hope it stays and Rogers continues celebrating legendary musical moments like that mickey mouse org Madison Square Garden does.