It is Election Day in Edmonton

No referendum this year, but in 3 years its very likely Edmontonians will be voting to fund, or not, a new Sports Palace for the Drug Lord and his minions.

October 16, 1970. The good citizens said no to the Omniplex;   30,000 football seats, 10,000 hockey seats.

The original downtown arena.
A frickin' beautiful building.
Innovative too, with the hockey arena underneath the football field

  

There was an earlier version, more the ugly, giant bunker style.   But it envisioned the now de rigueur Club Seating.  So, unlike 60s Edmonites, the building was ahead of its time.