The worst-kept secret in Calgary is no longer a secret. The Calgary Municipal Land Corporation announced on Wednesday morning the design team for the new home of the Calgary Flames. HOK and Dialog will be the designers.
HOK has emerged as one of the two biggest arena and stadium design firms in the world over the past decade. Their sports work was originally done by an internal group that spun off to form Populous, but they got back in the game with their 2015 acquisition of 360 Architecture.
HOK/360 has had their fingerprints on a ton of buildings including MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Rogers Place in Edmonton, Stockton Arena, and the Sprint Center in Kansas City.