Pens Offer Updated Renderings of new Arena

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm, these look like the ones that were up 4-5 years ago . . . WTF is up with that ? ? ? How about some shots of the inside of the Pens new pen (get it ha, ha ? ? ? )

Pens New Arena Rederindgs (Look like the old ones though )



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Penguins Unveil Updated Arena Drawings

Joe Sager | pittsburghpenguins.com Nov 13, 2007, 5:18 PM EST

The Penguins’ new home is starting to take shape.



The team unveiled exterior designs for its new multipurpose arena on Tuesday.

“This is another milestone for us as we move forward with the new arena,” Penguins CEO Ken Sawyer said. “This next step is getting approval for the site plan from the City Planning Commission. That process has reached a point now where we submitted our plans.

“We talk a lot about hockey and it’s natural for us to focus in on that, but always remember that this arena will be used more dates for other events. It is really, really important to us that this is a multipurpose arena and is really a treat when you’re there for a concert of family show.”

The arena design, which calls for an adjacent 500-space parking garage and about two and a half acres of green space, will incorporate many of the best features of new arenas from all around the country.

“There’s a lot of work to be done inside, but we’re very excited about where we’re headed with the design,” Sawyer said. “We need some more input from our fans and season ticketholders. We have been around to virtually every arena in the league and other leagues often, more than once, and we’re trying to pick the best things we see in other arenas to make sure we have the composite of what is the best arena out there in our minds. We certainly know it’ll be one of the best in the United States.”

The approximately 18,500-seat arena’s interior will stress sightlines and accessibility as well as many high-tech amenities.

“The arena is just going to be exceptional. We’re going to replicate some of the great ideas we’ve seen out there,” Sawyer said. “We’re going to have a series of restaurants and food and beverage opportunities. The concourses will be a lot wider than what we have now and a lot easier to move around. Of course, what you don’t see here is our commitment. We want to have the best and latest in electronics.”

Wayne London of HOK Sport, the firm in charge of the building design, is thrilled with the plans.

“This is really an exciting building for us. We have visited all of these arenas and we are picking the best of the best and putting them in this building,” he said. “We compliment the Penguins and their staff because we have never on a project, as an architect, had this much input up front. Same with the city. We worked with relentlessly with everyone, taking in their comments and reflected those into the design to where this is just going to be an outstanding, outstanding facility. We are going to be extremely proud to be a part of it.”

The progress on the arena has been steady.

“There’s a lot of work left to happen,” Sawyer said. “Our plan is to be under full-scale development of the building by next June or July. We may be in the ground a little bit ahead of that doing some excavation and foundation work, but we’re on time for our Fall of 2010 opening.

“We’re excited with a lot of things about this arena.”

 

You're right, I posted a link to that same video last year ( the link is dead now)

http://www.thisboardrocks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=117204&highlight=arena
I hope if they've been waiting for this arena deal to get going for so long, they have updated the design a bit.

 

For SDS xo



A neighborly gesture: Penguins reduce arena height, refine design
The Penguins have tweaked the design of the new arena, slightly reducing its height and refining features to address neighborhood and city concerns, as they skate toward a late June construction start.

Architects detailed the changes and presented the latest renderings of the team's new home yesterday during a briefing before the city planning commission, which will hold a public hearing on the project in two weeks.

The two biggest revisions were made to address concerns voiced by some Hill District residents about the look of the arena's eastern facade and to accommodate requests for a pedestrian connection between arena entrances on Centre and Fifth avenues on the west side.

HOK Sport, the arena architect, has placed more windows on the facade's eastern side, facing the Hill, and added banners along Centre Avenue in an effort to make the building more appealing and to enliven its street presence.

"It will be much more animated, much more detailed," said Don Carter, president of Urban Design Associates, a local architectural firm assisting in the project.

Architects also have designed a public thoroughfare that will run between two of the main arena entrances, one on Centre and one on Fifth. The pathway will be situated between the Epiphany Church and the arena's 40- to 80-foot glass atrium facing Downtown.

Planners and the city's Contextual Design Advisory Panel had sought such a connection in earlier reviews of the arena plans. The Penguins at first objected, saying the church didn't want the pathway for safety reasons. The team now is considering a similar thoroughfare on the eastern side.

Among other changes, HOK has reduced the height of the arena by about 10 feet, to 163 feet at its highest point.

Wayne London, principal of HOK Sport, said the change was made primarily to "reduce the volume of the building so aesthetically it fit into the neighborhood a little bit better." It had the added benefit of cutting the overall cost of a project under a very tight budget.

With the changes, the project is on schedule toward a late June construction start. The timetable was aided last week by the implosion of the former St. Francis Central Hospital and the purchase of a small synagogue on Colwell Street by the city-Allegheny County Sports & Exhibition Authority. Both stood in the path of the new building.

"That pretty much clears the way for complete site preparation," Penguins spokesman Tom McMillan said.

The 18,500-seat arena is under a 24- to 25-month construction schedule. The Penguins intend to open it in time for the start of the 2010-11 hockey season.

The site also will include a 500-space parking garage.

The team is investigating the potential for a 125- to 150-room boutique-style hotel as part of the complex. It also is considering other potential uses at the site, including a community ice rink, parking and green space.

The public hearing on the arena project development plan is scheduled before the planning commission on April 8, followed by a vote on April 22.

 

It looks like they are trying to do like Bobcats Arena (i.e. entry plaza by the main door, which is cool). But still, what about the seating bowl ? ? ?

 

Don't know about no bowl, but just came across this. Sorry, couldn't print the pretty circle graph.

http://www.post-gazette.com/polls/default.asp?pollID=2460

The design for the Penguins' new arena has been criticized by one architect as looking like a Home Depot home improvement store. (Read article) Do you find the design ...
A.Attractive - 466 (29%)
B.Unattractive - 639 (39%)
C.I don't care if it's pretty or ugly - 325 (20%)
D.Can I get paint samples with that beer? - 198 (12%)
1,628 Respondents

 

Another update on the Penguins new arena design . . .. Hmmmmmm, this revision might stick !!!!


New Penguins Arena Gets Revised Again

 

Here you go, looks really flat. Can't really be that flat, can it?

Architectural renderings provide a look at the exterior and interior of the Pittsburgh Penguins' new $290 million arena, designed by HOK Sport.
http://www.post-gazette.com/multimedia/?videoid=100843

 

FUTURE HOME OF CHAMPIONS!!!

 

The new arena is going to have 18,087 seats. Get it, 87? That's cool. During the groundbreaking ceremonies they used shovels made from Crosby's sticks.


Live construction cam! http://penguins.nhl.com/arena/index.htm

 

That shit right here is live. I thought I was posting a screen capture but I was reading all the responses to this thread one night and it was dark! omfg, it's alive.