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May 12, 2024
10:15:05pm

Magathis Lifelong Coyotes Fan

Just because it can be replaced doesn’t mean it should be replaced

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Magathis

Previous username: kakapo
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Last login: Jun 19, 2024
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Demolish Abravanel Hall? As part of a "revitalization" plan tied to hockey?

KCFan85

May 12, 7:22pm

I also question how they plan to replace convention center space....

WJCougar

May 12, 7:24pm

Jenny Wilson said it was expanded for the Outdoor Retailer, but that convention

Hypnotoad

May 12, 7:56pm

LOL....convention centers need more space...

WJCougar

May 12, 8:15pm

Demolishing it would be a huge mistake

WhirleyPop

May 12, 7:25pm

It needs to be renovated but that would cost hundreds of millions

May 12, 8:32pm

RE: It needs to be renovated but that would cost hundreds of millions

Bluedarts

May 12, 8:39pm

It would be a travesty, a huge mistake to tear it down.

Ted Lasso

May 12, 7:26pm

I mean it’s a 45 yr old building. It’s not that historical.

kotacoug

May 12, 7:36pm

“As culturally historic as a *modern* building can be”

Magathis

May 12, 7:48pm

Wouldn’t bother me

DavisCoCoug

May 12, 7:46pm

Have you been to Abravanel Hall?

Magathis

May 12, 7:53pm

Many times

DavisCoCoug

May 12, 8:37pm

RE: Many times

Magathis

May 12, 8:42pm

AH has fantastic acoustics. It would be a big mistake to tear it down.

Bluedarts

May 12, 8:27pm

Won't even shed a tear. Get it done Ryan

May 12, 7:59pm

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KCFan85

May 12, 8:17pm

This would be a quick way to lose my support. I know it doesn't really matter

Bluedarts

May 12, 8:38pm

I don’t have much attachment to AH. But razing a beloved cultural center

stenso

May 12, 8:53pm

They aren't putting the arena there. They aren't even building a new arena.

Hypnotoad

May 12, 9:43pm

Well that's not the plan... sooo...

Tesla Coug

May 12, 10:45pm

There is nothing specific to Abravanel Hall that is special (to me). Tear it down, but have plans to rebuild a newer and

May 12, 9:05pm

We don't build attractive buildings in this generation.

Plantagenet

May 12, 9:07pm

I've performed there. If it needs to go then it needs to go.

shakarocks

May 12, 9:53pm

Just because it can be replaced doesn’t mean it should be replaced

Magathis

May 12, 10:15pm

Why?

shakarocks

May 12, 10:37pm

Because it's still a wonderful place. Let it become historical.

Ted Lasso

May 12, 10:44pm

It's great. That doesn't mean it can't be rebuilt somewhere else.

shakarocks

May 12, 10:47pm

Progress must give way from time to time to create and preserve history.

Ted Lasso

May 12, 10:54pm

It's a building finished in 1979. It's not really that historic.

shakarocks

May 12, 10:59pm

Tear it down and you don't give it a chance to become historic.

Ted Lasso

May 12, 11:04pm

Why does it deserve a chance to be historic?

shakarocks

May 12, 11:14pm

Concert Halls fall into a category for me that deserve extra reason to become

Ted Lasso

May 12, 11:22pm

So how new or old does a building need to be to be deemed worth keeping? If it

Bluedarts

May 13, 12:05am

There’s a huge difference between LES and Abravanel Hall

Magathis

May 12, 11:32pm

Here's the thing, it's not that significant from an architecture standpoint.

shakarocks

May 13, 12:22am

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