Airdrie residents following developments at Scotia Place will be pleased to hear the City of Calgary has released another update, and plenty of progress is being made.

According to the City of Calgary, concrete is still being poured for the parkade walls and main concourse. Other items mentioned in the update include:

  • The steel framework progressed on the upper deck.
  • Began steel installation for the SW restaurant.
  • Prepared the floor of the food hall and north restaurant for concrete to be poured.
  • Started to install precast concrete.

According to Scotia Place, with structural steel continuing, the roof is next on the project's schedule, while interior work will be completed throughout the year.

In their previous update about what was worked on in December, a lot of steelwork was done:

  • Lower-tier structural steel is progressing on the north side of the bowl.
  • Poured the slab for the Team store.
  • Continued installation of structural steel for the underground loading dock.
  • Continued pouring concrete for the main concourse and club level.
  • Upper-tier steel is progressing on the south end.
  • Continued pouring the foundational walls for the parkade.
  •  Structural steel reaching the building’s full height

The arena development project remains on schedule for completion by summer 2027.

Scotia Place will feature a 1,000-seat community arena, year-round food options, public plazas and meeting areas, and The Calgary Flames Store in addition to concerts and major sporting events that Airdronians will be able to enjoy.

Also, according to the City of Calgary, "Scotia Place will have quiet respite spaces designed to reduce anxiety, stress or sensory overload. These spaces provide a calming, restorative space during large events that can be noisy and overstimulating."

To make room for more than 41,000 cubic meters of concrete (enough to fill 24 hockey rinks one meter deep), 9,000 metric tons of rebar (the weight of 1,500 elephants), and more than 4,450 kilometres of wire (roughly the distance of a round-trip ticket from Calgary to Chicago), Scotia Place will have removed more than 308,000 cubic meters of dirt, or 123 Olympic swimming pools, once it is finished.