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Post by sledlen on Jan 3, 2011 15:46:58 GMT -5
Took this pic while they were destroying the front of the building. I had many demolotion pics..but I've lost them..doh!!!!!
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Post by Comrade Fox on Jan 3, 2011 15:53:15 GMT -5
Took this pic while they were destroying the front of the building. I had many demolotion pics..but I've lost them..doh!!!!! Sounds excellent. Sadly, I cannot see the picture.
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Post by jhendrix70 on Jan 3, 2011 16:04:55 GMT -5
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Post by KillerBrew on Jan 3, 2011 21:42:16 GMT -5
Great pictures. The garbage that you found, some of that must have been there for over 10-15 years.
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Post by Yar on Jan 12, 2011 19:07:41 GMT -5
Really enjoyed those pics. Thanks Hendrix!
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Post by Douggy-D on Jan 12, 2011 19:36:03 GMT -5
Can anyone tell me how many obstructed seats were in Winnipeg Arena? I've heard a wide range of numbers, from 800 to 35% of the Arena (That's over 5,400 seats).
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Post by CravenMoorhead on Jan 12, 2011 22:41:49 GMT -5
I miss the "new" Coke. It really was not that bad.
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Post by shtinky on Jan 17, 2011 14:50:24 GMT -5
Can anyone tell me how many obstructed seats were in Winnipeg Arena? I've heard a wide range of numbers, from 800 to 35% of the Arena (That's over 5,400 seats). I went to loads of Jets games as a kid, and being a kid, my buddies and I were very familiar with the nosebleeds and cheap seats. I don't ever remember having an obstructed view seat where I couldn't see the entire ice surface - the old arena didn't have pillars or anything like that which would cause obstructions. Now having said that, there were many seats (especially in the upper deck and right up under the upper deck overhangs) where you could basically see the ice and NOTHING else - not the scoreboard (they had TVs overhead for that), not the rest of the seating bowl, etc. But you could always see the entire game. In addition, there were a bunch of seats in the corners and at the ends of the upper decks that weren't pointed directly at the ice, but you could still see everything from there (you just had to tilt your head a bit). There were also standing room spaces scattered here and there, but they weren't obstructed view. The old rink really wasn't as terrible as some make it out to be. For what it was - a 1950s hockey arena - I thought it was pretty good.
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Post by Douggy-D on Jan 17, 2011 19:26:48 GMT -5
Shtinky, just curious, but how much were those nosebleed seats that you bought when you were younger, like $10? I know the average Jets tickets were only $20-25 so how much were the nosebleeds?
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Post by DKehler on Jan 17, 2011 21:36:27 GMT -5
Can anyone tell me how many obstructed seats were in Winnipeg Arena? I've heard a wide range of numbers, from 800 to 35% of the Arena (That's over 5,400 seats). I went to loads of Jets games as a kid, and being a kid, my buddies and I were very familiar with the nosebleeds and cheap seats. I don't ever remember having an obstructed view seat where I couldn't see the entire ice surface - the old arena didn't have pillars or anything like that which would cause obstructions. Now having said that, there were many seats (especially in the upper deck and right up under the upper deck overhangs) where you could basically see the ice and NOTHING else - not the scoreboard (they had TVs overhead for that), not the rest of the seating bowl, etc. But you could always see the entire game. In addition, there were a bunch of seats in the corners and at the ends of the upper decks that weren't pointed directly at the ice, but you could still see everything from there (you just had to tilt your head a bit). There were also standing room spaces scattered here and there, but they weren't obstructed view. The old rink really wasn't as terrible as some make it out to be. For what it was - a 1950s hockey arena - I thought it was pretty good. I don't think that's true. At the very last rows on at least one of the sides, you could not see the ice surface at the far boards.
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Post by shtinky on Jan 17, 2011 22:39:06 GMT -5
Shtinky, just curious, but how much were those nosebleed seats that you bought when you were younger, like $10? I know the average Jets tickets were only $20-25 so how much were the nosebleeds? Oh man, my memory is a bit foggy, but I'm pretty sure that when I started going to games in 1987 you could buy seats way up high in the south end (behind the net) for $7 at 7-Eleven. That went up by a buck or so each season so that it got up to around $11 in 1991. That wasn't the box office price, but a promo price exclusive to 7-Eleven. I think right up until the Jets left you could buy nosebleeds for around $15 or so.
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