Cyric
Active Member
Some updates from the latest CMLC newsletter along with an inteior shot.
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Kate Thompson, CEO of Calgary Municipal Land Corporation, says a lot of progress has been made since last year. It’s a 565,000 square foot addition to the BMO Centre, making it the largest convention centre in Western Canada. pic.twitter.com/9kpwUU3oyD
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
BMO Expansion by the numbers:
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
600 workers on site
6 days per week
150 lifts on site
30,000 square feet of drywall installed daily.
80% of the work is taking place at a height of at least 20 feet
“It’s just as functional as it is beautiful,” Cowley says the spaces are defined and strategically placed.
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
We’re heading inside now. pic.twitter.com/4P0I3rp3V1
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
There are 9000 metric tones of steel in this building. CMLC says that part was completed in 11 months. pic.twitter.com/JXblsNPOdS
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
Good morning from Stampede Park - we’re about to get a tour of the BMO Expansion project. It will be the final tour before doors open ahead of Stampede 2024. pic.twitter.com/IaXtsi8O5q
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
NEW: CMLC plans to honour the Corral on this wall of the BMO expansion entrance. They’ve scanned the old neon cowboy from the Corral and will reproduce it in this location. pic.twitter.com/W4wpEQuRss
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
The meeting rooms average 1,700 square feet. But some can be opened up into a 5,000 square foot meeting space, CMLC says.
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
Here’s a look at the general lobby on the second floor. It’s a massive open space they refer to as “the exchange.”
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
It’s meant to be a gathering space. There will also be a bar on this floor. pic.twitter.com/eO61CIuacP
This is what the future biggest fireplace in Canada looks like right now. pic.twitter.com/NDiIkUMqLQ
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
This room will serve as the Brand Room for the Calgary Stampede.
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
Officials say there have already been inquiries for weddings in this space. It connects for an 11,000 square foot outdoor patio space. pic.twitter.com/mXgVFcEUPd
Here’s a peak down to the grand entryway under the arch.
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
It will also serve as a performance space during the Calgary Stampede. pic.twitter.com/yghLJWxmPO
Welcome to the 3rd level of the BMO expansion. pic.twitter.com/SmXIHmyUVA
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
From up here you can get a pretty good view of the 17th Ave extension project onto Stampede Park. Until recently, a lot of this work was behind large fencing. pic.twitter.com/bqaAVrZgUC
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
I had to split it up because the forum will only allow 5 media posts at a timeLooks like he accidentally broke his thread. Here's the start of the first half...
Good morning from Stampede Park - we’re about to get a tour of the BMO Expansion project. It will be the final tour before doors open ahead of Stampede 2024. pic.twitter.com/IaXtsi8O5q
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
The photo-op. pic.twitter.com/2qhBFujYnC
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
I had to split it up because the forum will only allow 5 media posts at a time
Is it meant to be split up into smaller spaces to have more than one dinner at once?50,000 square feet is more than 4,000 for dinner. This thing is insane. To have that capacity in a ballroom not the trade hall is amazing.
This is what the future biggest fireplace in Canada looks like right now. pic.twitter.com/NDiIkUMqLQ
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023This room will serve as the Brand Room for the Calgary Stampede.
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
Officials say there have already been inquiries for weddings in this space. It connects for an 11,000 square foot outdoor patio space. pic.twitter.com/mXgVFcEUPdHere’s a peak down to the grand entryway under the arch.
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
It will also serve as a performance space during the Calgary Stampede. pic.twitter.com/yghLJWxmPOWelcome to the 3rd level of the BMO expansion. pic.twitter.com/SmXIHmyUVA
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023From up here you can get a pretty good view of the 17th Ave extension project onto Stampede Park. Until recently, a lot of this work was behind large fencing. pic.twitter.com/bqaAVrZgUC
— Adam MacVicar (@AdamMacVicar) June 22, 2023
Couldn't have said it better. The 17th Ave extension is atrocious and cheap looking. Very few trees, basic concrete design, very wide and imposing, univiting and uninteresting. They better landscape the hell out of the BMO grounds in front of the building to soften the blow of 17th. I just don't get how some designers and planners can't see the most basic and obvious issues.The Coral sign is a cool idea, glad its legacy will live on. Seeing the finished product on the exterior mostly complete; I don't like the random much darker panels but that's nit picking, and it really is too bad about the 17th Ave extension being such a let down.
How the 17th Ave extension is even a project I don't know, it's a large concrete slab with five trees and a bike lane to nowhere (I know there's Enmax Park, but there's no bike lane on Macleod or 17th, so where does it go? Maybe up to 12th Ave along the train station but then it's on the wrong side of 17th).
All-in-all this is better than it was before but from the outside (where most will interact with the building), only marginally.