It has been very good to Grant Fuhr.
Posted on 06/25/2020 1:49:28 PM PDT by llevrok
The new arena under construction at Seattle Center has a name: Climate Pledge Arena, as announced by Oak View Group, NHL Seattle and Amazon Thursday in what promises to be nothing short of a transformational partnership for the city and Pacific Northwest, sports and entertainment industries and the planet.
The partnership was formed to make the Climate Pledge Arena the first zero-carbon arena in the world, powered exclusively by renewable energy including both on-site and offsite solar rather than the widespread standard use of natural gas in arenas and stadiums. The arena will run solely on electric for daily operations, eliminating all fossil fuels from the building and installing the first all-electric dehumidification systems in the National Hockey League.
"Our goal is to make sure every visit to this arena will be enjoyable and memorable, and sustainability is a large part of that," said Tim Leiweke, CEO of Oak View Group and leader of the arena project. "It is not just about one arena, it's the platform. We challenge music, facilities, concert tours and sports. It is our time to step up to face the challenge of our generation. We must take steps to build arenas and stadiums that front-and-center align with our zero-carbon mission statement."
(Excerpt) Read more at nhl.com ...
And can the team mascot name be the Fighting Thunbergs?
An arena being built for a sport that generates ice in June for recreation is claiming to make a climate pledge?!
Who cares ... probably won’t be used except for a homeless shelter or autonomous area.
What materials are they using to build this? Are there any plastics in the building? How do they account for the heat island impact of such a structure?
Solid team name.
An autistic, Communist HS dropout.
Perfect for Seattle.
How do they stop all the people inside from breathing out ,LOL
I didn’t know Seattle was getting a team. What will it be called?
The Antifas. No wait, that’s their soccer team.
The Seattle Pots (Poop on the sidewalks)
I guess they were out of Lemon Pledge.
The NHL has gone Full Climatard.
Never go Full Climatard.
The Seattle Antifa Global Socialists in a good name. It can be shortened down to AntifaGS. Their symbol can be a pasty faced male, dressed all in black, taking a dump on a hockey puck.
I like that one better than mine. You can however, use the logo I suggested. It fits either name.
Why not just Soy Boys?
Isn’t hockey a sport that is the epitome of white privilege?
If they have a zero carbon mission statement why are they still alive?
So, they can’t find a commercial sponsor, then?
Were I building any kind of professional sports venue right now, I would be doing my best to do anything and everything to attract clientele, not push them away. They have staked a side; we will see if those that disagree love professional sports enough to attend.
And hockey, mind you, is not an inexpensive sport to attend...
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