Arenas are seen as the heart of Canada’s number one sport, hockey. Back in 1975 the Enmax Centre was built to hold the Canadian Games and since then it has evolved to be known as southern Alberta’s primary entertainment facility. The Enmax Centre is attached to Lethbridge College and located right off of one of Lethbridge’s main roads, Mayor Magrath and is on a main public transit route making it quite easily accessible. The Enmax Centre is known as the “home of the Lethbridge hurricanes” (Enmax Centre) which is the city of Lethbridge’s western hockey league (WHL) team; but, it also holds many concerts, bull riding shows as well as numerous other communal events. Due to the variety of uses of this space it is considered to be very dynamic
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This essay will explore the many ways in which public spaces like the Enmax Centre are both inclusively and exclusively separated, specifically in regards to socioeconomic and sociocultural status.
There are many ways in which the Enmax is divergent in who frequents it when just looking it as a hockey arena alone. From 6 month old children attending games with their parents to the group of elderly women all wearing their bright red hurricanes jerseys, it is proof that a game like hockey is something that can bring many different kinds of people together with a variance in both gender and age. While most people may assume that one would see more males then females at these games this is not always the case, as most of the time there is a generally equal spilt of the sexes but they appear to be attending these games for different reasons. A vast majority of the males at this game appears to be in their twenties and sitting with a large groups of guys around the same age, drinking mass amounts of beer and acting somewhat loud and unruly, to …show more content…
These suites are used specifically for businesses and their clients and provide food and beverage service, which is something not offered for regular seating; as well, it has a private space for approximately 12 people with “comfortable theatre style and bar style seating” (Enmax Centre). This is part of the socioeconomic culture of the games as they are quite expensive and secluded. Yet, when it comes to concerts or other events at the Enmax Centre this inclusivity that a hockey game can provide is not always the case. Floor seats or lower bowl seats would be significantly more expensive then the upper seats or ‘nose bleeds’ when it comes to a popular artist putting on a show, this changes the dynamic aspect of the Enmax Centre from a place of inclusivity to exclusivity. One who might be able to afford to go to the hockey game for entertainment might not be able to afford going to a concert of a well-known artist or band; this shows the difference in the socioeconomic perspective of sport and music as watching a sports game might possibly seem somewhat lower class compared to going to a musical
This essay will explore the many ways in which public spaces like the Enmax Centre are both inclusively and exclusively separated, specifically in regards to socioeconomic and sociocultural status.
There are many ways in which the Enmax is divergent in who frequents it when just looking it as a hockey arena alone. From 6 month old children attending games with their parents to the group of elderly women all wearing their bright red hurricanes jerseys, it is proof that a game like hockey is something that can bring many different kinds of people together with a variance in both gender and age. While most people may assume that one would see more males then females at these games this is not always the case, as most of the time there is a generally equal spilt of the sexes but they appear to be attending these games for different reasons. A vast majority of the males at this game appears to be in their twenties and sitting with a large groups of guys around the same age, drinking mass amounts of beer and acting somewhat loud and unruly, to …show more content…
These suites are used specifically for businesses and their clients and provide food and beverage service, which is something not offered for regular seating; as well, it has a private space for approximately 12 people with “comfortable theatre style and bar style seating” (Enmax Centre). This is part of the socioeconomic culture of the games as they are quite expensive and secluded. Yet, when it comes to concerts or other events at the Enmax Centre this inclusivity that a hockey game can provide is not always the case. Floor seats or lower bowl seats would be significantly more expensive then the upper seats or ‘nose bleeds’ when it comes to a popular artist putting on a show, this changes the dynamic aspect of the Enmax Centre from a place of inclusivity to exclusivity. One who might be able to afford to go to the hockey game for entertainment might not be able to afford going to a concert of a well-known artist or band; this shows the difference in the socioeconomic perspective of sport and music as watching a sports game might possibly seem somewhat lower class compared to going to a musical