BC Lions 2011

[CFP!]

Time lapse for the new roof.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 2ctjyeJH8k

[Rumsfeld]

Time lapse for the new roof.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 2ctjyeJH8k

Cool vid. Notice how it's cloudy pretty much every day? Fucking Vancouver.

[Eddy Punch Clock]

As far as I know, about 42,000 tickets have been sold, not bad, but the capacity is 54,000 and change. I'd love to see a sell out crowd, but I'm not thinking that's happening.

I'd be surprised if it wasn't a sell out by tomorrow night.

The Beatles bought their own records to create a a major buzz. David Braley will follow suit and buy any remaining tickets just before kick off.

[ukcanuck]

BIG night for the lions, and BC place.

I read a post from the peanut gallery on TSN's page saying 50,000 tickets sold, dont know how true that is but it would be 50,001 if I was home tonight...if you are going have a 9 dollar beer for me

[Corb]

This half time show is so tremendously bad, it is almost good in a campy way.... but falls short

[dhabums]

On my phone at the game, but a quick review

A waste of 500m dollars, I don't understand where it went.

25 minutes to get a beer, totally understaffed stupidity.

No tv in the bathrooms for $500M.

Half time show was high school garbage at best.

Apparently my seat is wider, but I am not fat. I assume anyone who comes here will be disappointed considered the massive cost.

[CFP!]

A waste of 500m dollars, I don't understand where it went.

Didn't you see the domw from the outside?

25 minutes to get a beer, totally understaffed stupidity.

Uh, did they sort of strike tonight? They (they staff) said they would not affect tonights games.

No tv in the bathrooms for $500M.

What is this, Dallas...I mean NFL?

Half time show was high school garbage at best.

Indeed, even worse than the BEP at the West final a few years back. Eeeek.

Apparently my seat is wider, but I am not fat. I assume anyone who comes here will be disappointed considered the massive cost.

Shhhh, dont worry. The taxpayers wont notice.

[Corb]

On my phone at the game, but a quick review

A waste of 500m dollars, I don't understand where it went.

25 minutes to get a beer, totally understaffed stupidity.

No tv in the bathrooms for $500M.

Half time show was high school garbage at best.

Apparently my seat is wider, but I am not fat. I assume anyone who comes here will be disappointed considered the massive cost.

Did you look up?

How would you know if you're fat? Get a second opinion.

[ukcanuck]

On my phone at the game, but a quick review

A waste of 500m dollars, I don't understand where it went.

25 minutes to get a beer, totally understaffed stupidity.

No tv in the bathrooms for $500M.

Half time show was high school garbage at best.

Apparently my seat is wider, but I am not fat. I assume anyone who comes here will be disappointed considered the massive cost.

Hey Suess Murphy, Dhabums, is it that your socks are too tight?

[Jovorock]

Half time show was high school garbage at best.

I thought the half time show was good, especially the guy on clarinet .

[dhabums]

A waste of 500m dollars, I don't understand where it went.

Didn't you see the domw from the outside?

It most definitely looks nicer but it really couldn't be any worse than it was. Maybe my expectations were too high. The roof from the inside seems like a lot of work to have a small hole looking at the night sky.

On a good note, the horrible line ups and incompetent staff limited my in game beers to 2 from the usual too many. $10.50 for a "premium" 20 oz beer. No idea what that would have been, there was only Bud and Bud Lite. $8.50 for a 14oz Bud. Oh, and no lids.

[RoyalDude]

Renovating BC Place was a waste of Money. We just put half a billion dollars of lipstick on a pig. The Lower bowl seats are too shallow, you still need binoculars to watch the game itself cause your miles from the action. The players look like minions on the field.

[BCReefer]

Yawn - most people have nothing better to do but complain.

The Lions won again, tied for first place. I hate the fact that they are in first place because I am tired of Wally but damn they are in first place.

[dhabums]

Yawn - most people have nothing better to do but complain.

The Lions won again, tied for first place. I hate the fact that they are in first place because I am tired of Wally but damn they are in first place.

I admit, complaining about last night was better than being there thus my in game complaint. I could have stood in line again, but complaining was also better than that. I realize some people want to wear blinders, but it was over half a billion dollars to make the building prettier. Not pretty, just prettier. And now we are stuck with the place for another 20 years.

On a night when winning should have been the story, almost everyone I spoke to was astounded at just how bad it was in there. Want a beer? Miss a quarter.

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Does anyone know why the screens facing the endzones are so much smaller than the sideline big screens? I hope there is a good reason rather than "we ran out of million dollar bills" reason.

[ukcanuck]

Yawn - most people have nothing better to do but complain.

The Lions won again, tied for first place. I hate the fact that they are in first place because I am tired of Wally but damn they are in first place.

I admit, complaining about last night was better than being there thus my in game complaint. I could have stood in line again, but complaining was also better than that. I realize some people want to wear blinders, but it was over half a billion dollars to make the building prettier. Not pretty, just prettier. And now we are stuck with the place for another 20 years.

On a night when winning should have been the story, almost everyone I spoke to was astounded at just how bad it was in there. Want a beer? Miss a quarter.

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Does anyone know why the screens facing the endzones are so much smaller than the sideline big screens? I hope there is a good reason rather than "we ran out of million dollar bills" reason.

To be fair I can understand your complaints about the service, the post game radio show was stacked with callers complaining abut the massive lines, the question I have is that the BC Lions fault? If i remember correctly the concessions were always run by BC Place Staff. and ultimately isn't that who is still responsible? I am surprised after years of experience running events there like the Olympics and other high profile events that they wouldnt be able to get it right the first time.