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[Roaring Flames]

I really hope they get a new pizza vendor. The last few times I had a slice at the Dome it was as thin as cardboard and tasted stale. It would be nice if they get a vendor that specializes in selling by the slice like Freshslice

 

[Tothewest]

Pizza 73 is still there. It's like $10/slice though.

Valid, counter point.....pizza is probably the only food ive seen in stadiums/arenas where it's exclusively chains

 

[trtcttc]

yah i dont see that happening, imo. Certainly on the booze side more opportunity, as @Mountain Man said. Alcohol is very easy to replicate and produce. Food is very hard. Chains likely wont adjust their pricing to give the arena its share....and I cant think of much in the way of local "fast food" that people would flock to? Even Peter's is made to order, that cant happen in an arena

I wonder if they can have overlapping restaurant as the food hall? So the food hall would have the full menu and do the food prep, and certain items are available at the concessions and only the last step is done at the concessions.

 

[Roaring Flames]

I wonder if they can have overlapping restaurant as the food hall? So the food hall would have the full menu and do the food prep, and certain items are available at the concessions and only the last step is done at the concessions.

The food hall doesn't really have the kitchen space for that, nor is it set up for that.

 

[adamyyc]

Pizza 73 is not good, and it’s even worse at the Dome. It’s so bad it’s almost good that the slices keep getting smaller. I’d definitely support replacing them with a different chain (if it can’t be local).

There isn’t any food I’d want them to keep from the Dome outside of the pocket dog (which isn’t really my favourite and I’d like to see an alternative, but I appreciate the nostalgia and would want pocket dogs to carry on), the Foothills Creamery malt icecream, and the Banded Peak beer (although I’d support having more local brews on tap).

Would love to see a local burger joint like Lil’ Empire, who could also serve up your alternative hotdog option to the pocket dogs.

I think that one of the local BBQ chains (e.g., the “Blocks”) could easily do a bacon/pulled pork/brisket Mac and Cheese.

The Dome currently sells churros, but I think a much more Calgary thing would be to sell fresh mini doughnuts (they don’t need to be exclusive to the Stampede).

Instead of the bland, frozen chicken fingers, put something like a “Strip Joint” in the arena (or have both).

Can you even get a poutine in the Dome? Get Leopolds Tavern in there (I know it didn’t originate here).

They serve Caesars at the Dome. Why not ginger beef with rice? I don’t have a recommended locale for this.

The popcorn at the Dome is not good. I’m not saying get rid of the popcorn, but give me another option. I don’t even think you can buy a bag of chips at the Dome. Something I saw in Spain was vendors selling fresh chips (patatas fritas). I think that would be a great addition.

I also think a grilled cheese would be an easy food item that could be done by a number of local places. Alumni would be my choice, even though I don’t think they even do a grilled cheese and I’d want their full menu to be available but that’d be unrealistic. Holy Grill would be another contender for me.

 

[Roaring Flames]

Instead of the bland, frozen chicken fingers, put something like a “Strip Joint” in the arena (or have both)

"How about this. You give me (a strip joint) and I convert your concessions to all chicken, no charge! Instead of hotdogs, chicken dogs! Instead of pretzels, chicken twists! Instead of beer, alcoholic chicken!"

 

[Mountain Man]

I think Leopold's is a Saskatchewan based chain. Would love to have a South Block type restaurant in one of the restaurant spaces, maybe with a takeout window in the concourse.

 

[badc0ffee]

Would love to see a local burger joint like Lil’ Empire, who could also serve up your alternative hotdog option to the pocket dogs.

Lil Empire is great.

Another option could be Clive, who already sell their burgers at the Folk Festival, so they have a track record of setting up shop for quick service/limited menu in a minimal kitchen.

 

[Surrealplaces]

I'd like to see a K-Town Fried Chicken, I think they're local.

 

[Mountain Man]

Cluck n Cleaver would be good too!

 

[itsavro]

Pizza 73 is not good, and it’s even worse at the Dome. It’s so bad it’s almost good that the slices keep getting smaller. I’d definitely support replacing them with a different chain (if it can’t be local).

There isn’t any food I’d want them to keep from the Dome outside of the pocket dog (which isn’t really my favourite and I’d like to see an alternative, but I appreciate the nostalgia and would want pocket dogs to carry on), the Foothills Creamery malt icecream, and the Banded Peak beer (although I’d support having more local brews on tap).

Would love to see a local burger joint like Lil’ Empire, who could also serve up your alternative hotdog option to the pocket dogs.

I think that one of the local BBQ chains (e.g., the “Blocks”) could easily do a bacon/pulled pork/brisket Mac and Cheese.

The Dome currently sells churros, but I think a much more Calgary thing would be to sell fresh mini doughnuts (they don’t need to be exclusive to the Stampede).

Instead of the bland, frozen chicken fingers, put something like a “Strip Joint” in the arena (or have both).

Can you even get a poutine in the Dome? Get Leopolds Tavern in there (I know it didn’t originate here).

They serve Caesars at the Dome. Why not ginger beef with rice? I don’t have a recommended locale for this.

The popcorn at the Dome is not good. I’m not saying get rid of the popcorn, but give me another option. I don’t even think you can buy a bag of chips at the Dome. Something I saw in Spain was vendors selling fresh chips (patatas fritas). I think that would be a great addition.

I also think a grilled cheese would be an easy food item that could be done by a number of local places. Alumni would be my choice, even though I don’t think they even do a grilled cheese and I’d want their full menu to be available but that’d be unrealistic. Holy Grill would be another contender for me.

You can get a poutine at The Angry Chicken (where The Zone used to be) right above section 105. I worked in there a couple times until I left last year.

I don't like the popcorn either. Unless you saw it being made in the machine at the start of a game, it's likely the popcorn you were eating was from a batch that was in a food-safe "buffer" bag where we often stored a bunch in the popcorn room. We'd just dump an entire bag into the machine to warm them up and then bag them throughout the night if we weren't able to make fresh batches and keep up with demand or if the popcorn machine broke. No one was really able to tell the difference anyways. The popcorn you get at McMahon is actually made at the Saddledome a couple days before Stamps games, then transported over.

Another note, the fries we used were from Cavendish Farms haha

 

[luk_o]

Is anyone aware of any details on the seating color or seating pattern design? A sporadic pattern with different tones of red would be my preference, or I hope they just do solid red at the very least.

 

[Tothewest]

Pizza 73 is not good, and it’s even worse at the Dome. It’s so bad it’s almost good that the slices keep getting smaller. I’d definitely support replacing them with a different chain (if it can’t be local).

There isn’t any food I’d want them to keep from the Dome outside of the pocket dog (which isn’t really my favourite and I’d like to see an alternative, but I appreciate the nostalgia and would want pocket dogs to carry on), the Foothills Creamery malt icecream, and the Banded Peak beer (although I’d support having more local brews on tap).

Would love to see a local burger joint like Lil’ Empire, who could also serve up your alternative hotdog option to the pocket dogs.

I think that one of the local BBQ chains (e.g., the “Blocks”) could easily do a bacon/pulled pork/brisket Mac and Cheese.

The Dome currently sells churros, but I think a much more Calgary thing would be to sell fresh mini doughnuts (they don’t need to be exclusive to the Stampede).

Instead of the bland, frozen chicken fingers, put something like a “Strip Joint” in the arena (or have both).

Can you even get a poutine in the Dome? Get Leopolds Tavern in there (I know it didn’t originate here).

They serve Caesars at the Dome. Why not ginger beef with rice? I don’t have a recommended locale for this.

The popcorn at the Dome is not good. I’m not saying get rid of the popcorn, but give me another option. I don’t even think you can buy a bag of chips at the Dome. Something I saw in Spain was vendors selling fresh chips (patatas fritas). I think that would be a great addition.

I also think a grilled cheese would be an easy food item that could be done by a number of local places. Alumni would be my choice, even though I don’t think they even do a grilled cheese and I’d want their full menu to be available but that’d be unrealistic. Holy Grill would be another contender for me.

All good ideas, i've seen all those in other arenas/stadiums, but produced in-house.....guessing the economics just dont work to have 3rd parties.

Is anyone aware of any details on the seating color or seating pattern design? A sporadic pattern with different tones of red would be my preference, or I hope they just do solid red at the very least.

100% wont be red, Detroit did that and changed them out 2 years in. I'd bet it'll be black

 

[Roaring Flames]

I agree they'll likely be black. What I don't get though is wouldn't black seats stand out more than red seats when everyone wears a red jersey to the game?

 

[Tothewest]

I agree they'll likely be black. What I don't get though is wouldn't black seats stand out more than red seats when everyone wears a red jersey to the game?

for playoffs yes, but every seat is full anyway. Regular season doesn't have the same "red" vibe