The parking lot that will be the site of the new Calgary Event Centre, photographed with the Scotiabank Saddledome in the background on Friday, January 5, 2024. Gavin Young/Postmedia

C of Green? What Calgary’s event centre can learn from sustainability efforts in other new NHL arenas

Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena and the New York Islanders' UBS Arena have built in a wide range of features to reduce their carbon footprints

by · Calgary Herald

Construction of Calgary’s new $800-million event centre and NHL arena is expected to get underway in 2024.

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And with the City of Calgary targeting some ambitious environmental goals, a question remains how sustainable the upcoming infrastructure will be and how the new arena will align with the city’s carbon emission-reduction targets.