Rogers Place: part II: What is the good, the bad, the ugly what to improve

[McPuritania]

Hanging it in Ford Hall or something instead would have been cool IMO.

Completely agree. This banner does not belong next to Champions.

 

[Jet Walters]

Completely agree. This banner does not belong next to Champions.

Banners are fine if they're earned in good time, if you're at Rogers set Garth's on fire.

 

[Muscles Glasses]

Completely agree. This banner does not belong next to Champions.

Garth Brooks is a champion in a different field. I would almost guarantee that more people in Edmonton know who Garth Brooks is than Al Hamilton.

 

[PBandJ]

Garth Brooks is a champion in a different field. I would almost guarantee that more people in Edmonton know who Garth Brooks is than Al Hamilton.

The guy probably did more for charity and the community in two weekends here than any Oiler will do over a career.

 

[sepHF]

Nickelback should get a banner since they sold so many tickets in Edmonton over the years.

Also let's replace the Gretzky statue with a statue of Garth Brooks

 

[Stoneman89]

I think Garth Brooks is a phenomenal artist, nice, charitable guy, and has set the bar for shows here with 9 consecutive sellouts over a couple weeks. But they shouldn't be putting up a banner for him next to the hockey guys. Ridiculous. Put a big pic of him performing here on one of the many vacant wall spaces and stick a plaque beside it, commemorating his record shows, and leave more spaces available for other big acts who come through. Leave the banners for the primary tenants who are there 9 months/year. If he discovers a cure for cancer, put a statue of him outside city hall.

 

[McPuritania]

Garth Brooks is a champion in a different field. I would almost guarantee that more people in Edmonton know who Garth Brooks is than Al Hamilton.

Good for him. He doesn't operate out of Edmonton though. A plaque or whatever is fine. Hell, a banner hanging somewhere other than the rafters would be fine with me.

 

[Muscles Glasses]

Nickelback should get a banner since they sold so many tickets in Edmonton over the years.

Also let's replace the Gretzky statue with a statue of Garth Brooks

Sure, if Nickelback can sell out 9 shows in 6 days and give back to local charities and have a top 20 grossing tour of all time, then sure give them a banner too.

But I guess I don't have the same religious reverence for a piece of fabric hanging from the roof that others have.

 

[McPuritania]

Sure, if Nickelback can sell out 9 shows in 6 days and give back to local charities and have a top 20 grossing tour of all time, then sure give them a banner too.

But I guess I don't have the same religious reverence for a piece of fabric hanging from the roof that others have.

Then you really shouldn't care if there's a banner or not, yet you are arguing for it.

 

[Muscles Glasses]

Then you really shouldn't care if there's a banner or not, yet you are arguing for it.

I don't care. A piece of fabric hanging from the rafters doesn't belittle the career of Wayne Gretzky, and it doesn't sully the 1990 Stanley cup win. I just find it silly that people are upset by something so trivial.

 

[Stoneman89]

I don't care. A piece of fabric hanging from the rafters doesn't belittle the career of Wayne Gretzky, and it doesn't sully the 1990 Stanley cup win. I just find it silly that people are upset by something so trivial.

People love tradition. Nothing wrong with that. Rexall had the giant action photos of musical stars that came through on many of the walls. Great idea that they should continue.

 

[OilerTyler]

Maybe they'll hang a banner for the winner of the Professional Bull Riding thing that's coming too.

 

[McPuritania]

I don't care. A piece of fabric hanging from the rafters doesn't belittle the career of Wayne Gretzky, and it doesn't sully the 1990 Stanley cup win. I just find it silly that people are upset by something so trivial.

Hockey is steeped in tradition, and reverence. Are you really surprised people are prickly over this? I'm not. I'm sure on the Garth Brooks message board, they're less inclined to be upset.

 

[Muscles Glasses]

Hockey is steeped in tradition, and reverence. Are you really surprised people are prickly over this? I'm not. I'm sure on the Garth Brooks message board, they're less inclined to be upset.

Not really to be honest. Message boards tend to have extreme reactions to little things.

 

[McPuritania]

Not really to be honest. Message boards tend to have extreme reactions to little things.

People on message boards also have a tendency to use hyperbole to describe opinions that differ from their own.

 

[Stoneman89]

And here is the best part of the announcement.


"Garth Brooks and Ticketmaster have been working together for more than twenty years to ensure tickets get into the hands of real fans."

Nothing against Brooks, but, TM getting tickets into the hands of real fans?
Excuse me while I ****ing laugh. Guess that's why when a show sells out in 15 minutes, about 10,000 tickets show up immediately after on places like Stubhub for triple the price.

 

[awesomo]

my buddy said Staples did the same thing with Taylor Swift. So Taylor is up there lol

 

[rboomercat90]

Garth Brooks is a champion in a different field. I would almost guarantee that more people in Edmonton know who Garth Brooks is than Al Hamilton.

Ouch.