The Calgary Sun · Mar 16, 2017
Commissioner urges Calgary to work towards new arena
The question alone threw Gary Bettman off guard.
What, the commissioner of the National Hockey League was asked, are the short-comings of the Calgary Flames’ current arena?
“Seriously?” Bettman asked. “Have you been to any of the other (NHL) buildings?”
When Kid Rock performs at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena in early September, the first act to Christen the new building, it will officially make the Scotiabank Saddledome the oldest NHL arena in the (now) 31-team loop.
Built in 1987, the Dome is what it is.
Parts of it were renovated after the flood damage of 2013, but shortcomings are putting it politely.