Post A Pic Of Your NHL Team's City Here

[Michael Griffiths]

I just got this idea from another thread, but it occured to me that every NHL city looks quite similar during a game. All you see is the building and fans and the ice. I think it would be neet for us to expose each city behind the team we cheer for. Here's Vancouver, home of my beloved Vancouver Canucks. GM Place (where they play) is just to the right of BC Place (the big dome). It's very small in comparison, but you can still see it! U2 have played in both buildings.

Vancouver: World's best city. Canada's best chance!! Here we come Winter Olympics, 2010!!

(For obvious reasons, I'm a little biased )

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

well even though my NHL team sucks here is the lovely ATL

and where the thrashers play

 

[Chizip]

i was at the philips arena for a u2 concert, good times

 

[Michael Griffiths]

Way to get into the spirit of it, Velvet Dress! Let's see those pics coming...

 

[Chizip]

st louis is small, but good things come in small packages

 

[Michael Griffiths]

i was at the philips arena for a u2 concert, good times

Yes, Chizip, I have many fond memories of U2 and those buildings, too. Right in between BC Place and GM Place is an avenue called Griffiths Way (believe it or not), and that's where Bono signed autographs and talked with fans before the Elevation concert 2 years ago. I saw ZooTV at BC Place, though it just sucks for concerts, since it's a giant air dome. Talk about echoey!

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

i was at the philips arena for a u2 concert, good times

I was there too for both concerts. too bad i didn't know you at that time...actually it is a good thing i didn't know you, you were probably under age and i could have been thrown in jail...

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

the field where i believe my braves are playing your cardinals tonight.

 

[Chizip]

wow, there is actually people at that game. i went to a playoff game there a few years ago and there were tons of empty seats. there were seriously as many cardinals fans there as there were braves fans, and this was the playoffs! needless to say we swept your butts out of town. if you wanna talk about a bad sports city, atlanta is the worst. no offense missdress, but it is true.

 

[bayernfc]

Here's Toronto....

Good effort by the Leafs last night but honestly I don't think they have a chance....

(ok i suck at this pic posting thing!!)

 

[Chizip]

the new cardinals stadium

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

i am not going to disagree with you. we do have a bunch of bandwagon fans for professional teams, college sports is a whole other story.

anyway, i am not one of those bandwagon fans at least not for the braves. i have been a braves fan since i was a kid even when they sucked in the 80's. however the football fans are coming around. this place is now insane during the season because of Vick.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

the Georgia Dome, where i saw ZooTV, but yeah back to sports, this is where the falcons play.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

Here's Toronto....

Good effort by the Leafs last night but honestly I don't think they have a chance....

(ok i suck at this pic posting thing!!)

here is your toronto pic bayernfc

 

[Michael Griffiths]

Velvet D - it's not showing up! Does it show up for you? You might have to edit it.

 

[Lemon Meringue]

Here is the Xcel Center where the Wild play. Saint Paul is much smaller than Minneapolis and not as impressive to look at.

The Xcel is a great arena, I hope U2 will play there next time they come to the area instead of the Target Center (where the Timberwolves play).

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

Velvet D - it's not showing up! Does it show up for you? You might have to edit it.

it was showing up on my work computer.

 

[Michael Griffiths]

Here are some much better pics of GM place in Vancouver:

And here's what it will look like tonight...

And what it looks like right about now...

Is that enough pictures of a hockey arena for you!?!

 

[Chizip]

its kind of bland looking for a new arena

 

[Michael Griffiths]

Yeah, there's certainly nothing ostentatious about it.

 

[Chizip]

the pride of st louis, the st louis arch

here is a description from moby himself, he posted this in his journal while staying in st louis

We're in St Louis with a night off, and luckily we're staying right by the gateway arch which is one of my favourite structures in the whole world. I might go and take a little stroll to see it bathed in moonlight in all of its splendor. The gateway arch was designed by Eero Saarinen, who was one of the most remarkable architects of the 20th century. It's almost worth a trip to St Louis just to see this amazing sculpture/structure/building...what a phenomenal thing...
The first time that I saw it I actually got a little bit teary-eyed 'cos it's so beautiful, and it looks like it shouldn't exist. Or it looks as if it fell from space millions of years ago and the United States was built around it. Too bad that's not true.

 

[Zoomerang96]

awesome pictures everyone.

 

[Zoomerang96]

Here is the Xcel Center where the Wild play. Saint Paul is much smaller than Minneapolis and not as impressive to look at.

The Xcel is a great arena, I hope U2 will play there next time they come to the area instead of the Target Center (where the Timberwolves play).

though i agree, i didnt think the target center was all that bad.

 

[Michael Griffiths]

Chizip those pics of the arches are amazing! I wish architecture like that was more prevalent. Here's a couple pics of Canada Place in Vancouver (where cruise ships doc), which is also pretty neat, though these pics don't do it justice...

Our library is quite amazing, actually. I should dig up some pics of that. Arnold Shwarzenegger did a movie in which they blew it up or something.

 

[Angel]

Michael stop it!!!!!! or i will never leave BC!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Angel]

Fine! My beautiful future city of Montreal. Home of Canada's worst hockey team, but most faithful fans.

J'aime Montreal. (that's not me )

Montreal a mon coeur.

 

[Michael Griffiths]

Angel - isn't our country beautiful? From coast to coast. Montreal is gorgeous too. I'd love to live there one day. Hey, need a roommate? Actually, I'm half serious! I would love to go to school there in a couple years.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

you know i am going to still visit you angel!

 

[Lemon Meringue]

I've always wanted to visit Vancouver. It looks very beautiful and bigger than I realized.

Saint Paul is much smaller.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

anyway there needs to be more American States photos.

more Atlanta

my 2nd home...Hartsfield International Airport