The Saddledome is going to be very, very busy this season
For the past while, the Scotiabank Saddledome has been the regular home of the Calgary Flames, Calgary Hitmen and Calgary Roughnecks. Those teams were joined by the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers in 2022-23, but the juggling act of fitting the Hitmen and Wranglers into the schedule resulted in the Hitmen play some games on…
I can’t help but wonder how all of this will affect the ice quality in the building. With that many games and events, with that many ice-resurfacings as well as floors over the ice being put on and off, as well as that many crowds of people in an out of the building, this means all kinds of variables such as heat, humidity, and so many others are going to be changing day to day and hour to hour. Will this result in worse ice this year?
