Oh Calgary West, when I was a youngin' playing soccer, you didn't exist, but now as an adult, I can go freeze my buns off watching games in your bubble.
Wha?
The SE Soccer Centre used to have a bubble (giant inflatable space containing 4 indoor fields), but collapsed for the last time and will never be resurrected. This is all you get at Calgary West. All bubble, all the time. But I am really hoping since this soccer dome was built after the millennium, I am hoping they invested on better building materials for this bubble construction.
All you need to know is it is quite cold when participating as a spectator.
The fields are money though, they have change rooms for the teams to use before and after their match. There is a little coffee/snack bar, and the ladies who run it are really nice and will give you a ziploc bag full of ice if you request it, cause your significant other injured his hand during the warm up.
AND
No more entry fees!!!!!!!
I used to rue the day and think of elaborate ways to sneak past the gatekeeper so I didn't have to pay $2 to WATCH someone play non-professional soccer.
But now it's free to enter, (as it should be) and I can go on strolling in as if I own* the place.
*does not own the Calgary West Soccer Centre read more