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On Tuesday, Scotia Place celebrated one year since the construction of the project started. Photo/CityofCalgary
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On Tuesday, Scotia Place celebrated one year since the construction of the project started.

Airdronians and Calgarians have shown excitement for Scotia Place for all the different events and sports games it will hold, including being the next home of the Calgary Flames.

According to the City of Calgary, here is what happened over the past year:

  • Removed 308,000 m3 of dirt and materials.
  •  8,200 m3 of concrete have been poured to date.
  •  200+ workers on-site daily.
  •  770 tonnes of structural steel are already on-site (it will be close to 6,500 tonnes once complete).
  • 50+ concrete support columns have been poured.

Calgarians and Airdronians will soon see the next phase as the structure starts to rise toward street level later this year. The project remains on schedule for a fall 2027 opening.

Through 2025, structural concrete and steelwork will be completed, starting with the current foundation walls and continuing to incorporate access ramps, stairways, elevator cores, and underground columns. During this phase, subterranean plumbing, electrical, and mechanical systems will also be installed.

Scotia Place will feature a 1,000-seat community arena, year-round food options, public plazas and meeting areas, and The Calgary Flames Store in addition to concerts and major sporting events.

Also, according to the City of Calgary, "Scotia Place will have quiet respite spaces designed to reduce anxiety, stress or sensory overload. These spaces provide a calming, restorative space during large events that can be noisy and overstimulating."

In order to make room for more than 41,000 cubic meters of concrete (enough to fill 24 hockey rinks one meter deep), 9,000 metric tons of rebar (the weight of 1,500 elephants), and more than 4,450 kilometres of wire (roughly the distance of a round-trip ticket from Calgary to Chicago), Scotia Place will have removed more than 308,000 cubic meters of dirt, or 123 Olympic swimming pools, once it is finished.

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