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FACILITIES<br />
Venue: Gold Coast Stadium<br />
Location: Carrara, Queensland, Australia<br />
Open: 2<strong>01</strong>1<br />
Type: Australian Rules football stadium<br />
Use: AFL Gold Coast<br />
Capacity: 25,000<br />
Owner and Operator: Gold Coast City<br />
Council<br />
Architect: Populous<br />
Cost: AUD$126 million<br />
Venue: Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic<br />
Centre<br />
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia,<br />
Canada<br />
Open: 19 February 2009<br />
Type: Curling arena<br />
Use: Vancouver 2<strong>01</strong>0 Winter Olympic Games<br />
Capacity: 6,000<br />
Owner and Operator: Vancouver Board of<br />
Parks and Recreation<br />
Architect: Hughes Condon Marler<br />
Architects<br />
Cost: CAD$87.85 million<br />
THE VANCOUVER Olympic/Paralympic Centre<br />
will host the curling events for the 2<strong>01</strong>0<br />
Games and will also be a stage for the Cultural<br />
Olympiad with the installation of exhibits as<br />
part of the Vancouver 2<strong>01</strong>0 Venues Aboriginal<br />
Arts Program. Construction of the 10,000<br />
square metre (108,000 square feet) arena<br />
began in March 2007 and opened within two<br />
years. The Vancouver Organizing Committee<br />
for the 2<strong>01</strong>0 Olympic and Paralympic Winter<br />
Games (VANOC) is contributing $40.25 million<br />
to the capital budget and the City of Vancouver<br />
$47.60 million.<br />
In legacy mode, the facility will be converted<br />
by 2<strong>01</strong>1 into a multi-use sports and recreation<br />
complex featuring an ice pad, curling club with<br />
up to eight sheets of curling ice, gymnasium,<br />
field house, community centre, pre-school<br />
facility, library and offices. An adjacent 6,200<br />
square metre (66,500 square feet) aquatics<br />
centre with indoor and outdoor pools will be<br />
funded solely by the City and the Board of Parks<br />
and Recreation.<br />
CARRARA STADIUM is to be rebuilt to<br />
host the Australian Football League (AFL)<br />
Gold Coast expansion franchise from 2<strong>01</strong>1.<br />
The 25,000 capacity venue will include<br />
2,000 hospitality seats and 1,500 standing<br />
places, while the oval playing surface will<br />
also be able to accommodate an ICCcompliant<br />
cricket field; an IAAF standard<br />
athletics track, and it will accommodate the<br />
requirements of Australia’s bid to host the<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup in 2<strong>01</strong>8 or 2022.<br />
The undulating wave form of the roof reflects<br />
the nearby seascape and landscape, with the<br />
stadium being designed to be a contemporary<br />
version of “footy in the park”. Food and<br />
beverage services will be located in the park<br />
rather than inside the stadium, and will be<br />
complemented by outdoor picnic and barbecue<br />
areas. Hospitality facilities will also attempt to<br />
“bring the living room to the park” with openair<br />
luxury suites and barbecue terraces that<br />
offer views of the field of play and the park.<br />
Funding from the federal, state and city<br />
governments was confirmed in May 2009,<br />
while the AFL will be investing in both the<br />
stadium and community projects.<br />
Venue: Consol Energy Center<br />
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA<br />
Open: 1 August 2<strong>01</strong>0<br />
Type: Ice hockey and multi-use arena<br />
Use: NHL Pittsburgh Penguins<br />
Capacity: 18,087<br />
Owner: Sports & Exhibition Authority of<br />
Pittsburgh and Allegheny County<br />
Operator: Pittsburgh Arena Operating<br />
and SMG<br />
Architect: Populous<br />
Cost: USD$321 million<br />
THE NHL PITTSBURGH PENGUINS are currently<br />
based at the 16,940 capacity Mellon Arena which,<br />
having opened in 1961, is now the oldest venue in<br />
the league. Ground was broken on the new Consol<br />
Energy Centre at the 8 acre downtown construction<br />
site in August 2008 and is expected to open just<br />
two years later for the start of the 2<strong>01</strong>0/11 season.<br />
The facility will have 18,087 seats including<br />
62 luxury suites, four party suites, 2,000 club<br />
seats and 236 loge box seats. Although this does<br />
not represent a significant increase in seating<br />
capacity, the size and quality of accommodation<br />
and ancillary services has been enhanced, with<br />
the 6 level building offering 720,000 square feet<br />
of space compared to 420,000 at the Mellon<br />
Arena. It will boast a restaurant, banquet facility,<br />
two clubs, five retail locations and two food<br />
courts - one of which affords views of the event<br />
floor and the other overlooking the downtown<br />
Pittsburgh skyline. General admission spectators<br />
will be catered for by the provision of one<br />
concession point of sale for every 158 spectators,<br />
while an enclosed elevated walkway will connect<br />
to the adjacent parking garages.<br />
The arena has been designed specifically<br />
for the NHL, but the 29,470 square foot floor<br />
will have the flexibility to be configured to host<br />
other sports and entertainment events, including<br />
basketball, arena football, indoor soccer, tennis<br />
and volleyball.<br />
In April 2009, the Penguins and the Sports &<br />
Exhibition Authority announced their intention<br />
for the facility to be the first NHL arena to attain<br />
the Leadership in Energy and Environmental<br />
Design (LEED) Gold Certification, which is<br />
awarded for the design, construction and<br />
operation of green buildings.<br />
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