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Members of the commission voted unanimously to approve the permit for Scotia Place, which will seat 18,400 people for hockey games and sporting events and 20,000 for concerts. It will be built in Calgary's Victoria Park neighbourhood.
The new arena will be owned by the City of Calgary and operated by the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation (CSEC), which owns the NHL's Calgary Flames and other sports properties.
Excavation work is already underway at the arena site. The building will be ready for the hockey season in fall 2027.
The building will be equipped with 600 solar panels that will generate on-site power and will be connected to the District Energy Centre on Ninth Avenue S.E., the city says. The venue is designed to be fully electrified and net-zero by 2050.
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