Talk:Scotiabank Place

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[edit] Kanata

Hmmm, Shouldn't the address be Kanata, Ontario? ccwaters 20:00, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, the article says that Kanata was merged into Ottawa, so based on that info, I'd say no. Then again, I am unfamiliar with Canadian addresses and the like, but that's what it looks like to me. RADICALBENDER★ 20:12, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

Its been 4 years and the Senators and the Corel Centre still list their address as Kanata. I'd imagine is like giving out a Queens, NY addy. I'm not to familiar with Ottawa, been there once about 15-20 years ago. I'm not an authority, but I'd say use the address they use. ccwaters 20:30, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

The address is still Kanata, as far as I know. -- Earl Andrew - talk 20:51, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

I changed the postal address to Kanata, which the Corel Centre and the Senators still use. I assume there are situations along the lines of a X Main Street being in Ottawa proper and the neighborhood formerly known as Kanata. I left all references of the arena being in Ottawa alone. There already is an explanation of Kanata being absorbed in the article. ccwaters 14:27, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

There were mass street name changes after the amalgamation so there would be no problems for emergeny vehicles. -- Earl Andrew - talk 16:55, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Canada Post hasn't changed the mailing addresses yet as it would cost the city a small fortune to do. -- Spinboy 23:07, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

The thing is that Corel Centre is located in Ottawa. A valid solution could be to post it as 1000 Palladium Drive, Ottawa (Kanata), Ontario just until Canada Post decides to change the mailing address to mere Ottawa. Nikele

The first paragraph clearly states that the arena is in Ottawa in the area that was formerly Kanata. There is no attempt to hide that. If the official mailing address is Kanata, then the mailing address listed in the article should reflect that. ccwaters 13:30, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

i live in ottawa and the person who put the address as ottawa is wrong. even though its now part of ottawa you still have to put it as kanata cuz its a suburb

[edit] Location

• The article suggests that the Corel Centre is located next to a 400-series highway due to transportation reasons, which is pretty far from the truth. Its location is due to the fact that Terrace Investments owned the land in Kanata, and an NHL hockey team/arena was the hook they tried to use to bring their lands within the urban boundary (the lands were zoned at the time for agricultural uses, and were unlikely to be rezoned for urban uses unless Terrace could "wow" the public authorities). The arena's location is due to a real estate redevelopment scheme, therefore, and was not chosen due to any transportation criteria. At the time, when Terrace was seeking municipal and OMB Official Plan and rezoning permissions to allow the arena, many argued that a downtown location would be preferable from a transportation perspective. Terrace, unsurprisingly, refused to consider a downtown location because they did not own any land downtown and a downtown site would have torpedoed the rest of the redevelopment scheme in Kanata (ironically, the OMB eventually did shoot down the rest of the redevelopment when it approved the arena, and it wasn't until years later that the surrounding lands began to be redeveloped with business and retail uses).

  As anyone who has used the Queensway to get to and from a game at the Corel Centre can attest, putting the arena out in Kanata might not have been the best decision from a transportation perspective. Skeezix1000 16:30, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Seating Capacity

There are a lot of conflicting statements about the seating capacity, one says it was increased 19,311, another area says 20,004, and it also says the seating capacity was increased by 2,000 from 18,500 making 20,500. As far as I know, the league still considers and attendance of 18,500 to be a sell out for the team, but most games featured attendance significantly higher than that capacity due to standing room. I looked at the website but couldn't find any numbers, does any one know for sure?