FOCAL POINT
GAME ON The first NHL hockey game at Rogers Place will see the Oilers take on their provincial rivals, the Calgary Flames, on October 12. The centrepiece of a downtown transformation leads up to that faceoff. And there’s much more to come as the ICE District takes shape.
TIMELINE March 3, 2014 Excavation and foundation work begin Fall 2014 Erection of steel and concrete structure Spring 2015 Interior work begins Summer 2015 Exterior completion Spring 2016 Concrete ice slab is poured September 8, 2016 Opening Day
-photo courtesy Oilers Entertainment Group
Owner City of Edmonton Design and Construction Partner Edmonton Arena Corporation Operator Oilers Entertainment Group Project Manager ICON Venue Group Architect HOK Construction Manager PCL Construction Management Inc.
Structural Steel Supplier Structural-Heavy Steel Construction, a division of Canam Group Local Subcontractors Stantec, Hemisphere Engineering, DIALOG, AMEC, CDML, Bunt and Associates Engineering Cost $613.7 million (arena, winter garden pedestrian crossing, LRT link, land, pedestrian corridor, community rink) Site area 9.5 acres (the site of an old railyard, several dirt parking lots, a casino)
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