Wayne Gretzky knows a thing or two about NHL arenas, having played 1,487 regular-season games during his Hockey Hall of Fame career, so his take on Rogers Place, the new $483 million home of the Edmonton Oilers, carries a fair bit of gravitas.
"I will tell you this, I've been fortunate to travel around to different arenas, I've never seen anything like the new arena in Edmonton," Gretzky said last month at the World Cup of Hockey 2016. "It's so special; it's so unique. I think the people of Alberta, people of Edmonton, Canadians for that matter, are going to be so proud of this facility. Something so unique, something I've never seen before."
Rogers Place, Oilers' new home, draws rave reviews
Wayne Gretzky calls Edmonton arena 'something I've never seen before'
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