Not quite NHL size but here are some stats about the new arena:

Building Dimensions
Building Footprint: 131,000 sq.ft.
Interior Area (all levels): 440,000 sq. ft.

Fixed Seats
Club Seats: 936 seats
Lower Bowl: 8812 seats (includes private suites, party suites and club seats)
Upper Bowl: 6203 seats
Private Suites: 1032 seats in 46 suites
Party Suites: 88 seats in 2 suites

Seating Configurations
Centre-Stage Concerts 16,345
End-Stage Concerts 16,170
Hockey/Curling 15,015
Rodeo/Motorcross 13,198
Concert Bowl 2,200 to 8,097

Washrooms
Women’s 15
Men’s 12

Food Concessions – Fixed
Main Concourse 6
Upper Concourse 6

Mobile Carts
Main Concourse 8
Upper Concourse 15

for further information about the facility you can go here – www.truenorthproject.mb.ca

I hope this helps clarify the status of the Winnipeg arena situation.

While there are people that beleive Winnipeg will never aquire an NHL team again, people also beleived that about Minnesota. With the new CBA anything can happen and only the next year or two will tell the story of whether teams can survive in small markets. The heart in Winnipeg for a team is more than incredible. There was nothing like sitting in the Winnipeg arena when the Jets were in the playoffs, white everywhere, deafening noise from the crowd. Winnipeg is a hockey city and the NHL will return here one day soon. I’m betting by 2008.

PHJ

Cecil Turtle