Ok... maybe not THAT large...

When I was younger, I made multiple hockey arenas out of Legos and had little games going on. I don't have many minifigs or a boatload of bricks for that matter so they only took up 2 large base plates at the most.

I'm a Phoenix Coyotes fan... and as a Lego builder a dream of mine someday is to build a hockey arena. Doesn't have to be Jobing.com Arena (home of the Coyotes) but I want to build an arena that has a playoff hockey game going on. So imagine this

But out of Legos :)

Why the playoffs? Well... because that's when the teams have their white outs, red outs, etc... and with the towels waving (I would use bananas painted white lol) it's an atmosphere not many sports get to experience. Has anyone ever done such an undertaking? I know it wouldn't be for a longgg time yet, but if I'm able to do one of the MTS Center, Jobing.com Arena, Joe Louis Arena, or say Consol Energy Center, are there any references really? Or would I be a first per say... lol

Just want to know thoughts too about it if you guys would like to share!

And maybe I'd have to do college... 19,000 lego minifigs would get expensive to say the least... so more like 5,000 then lol

Edited June 28, 201212 yr by The Snake 87

18,000 minifigs? That is gonna be too big. Even 1000 is a lot. Take a look at this:

This is Yankee Stadium in micro scale, and that holds 58,000, so imagine how big a minifig scale one would be!

There's also this mini scale Ohio Stadium:

And this minifigure scale Allianz Arena:

So as you can see, this is gonna be a huge project. Good luck planning, designing, and building this thing!

For some inspiration, here is a minifig scale hockey rink, but it's not even close to a 18,000 seater!

What is the purpose of this topic? If it's to suggest an idea, we do have this thread. If it's to inspire people, we do have this thread. If you're planning to build one yourself, please wait to start a topic until you have photos of the project. Thanks.

That's all I needed prateek... man was I understating the thing. It would be sweet though for sure! But I'll stick to the smaller scale one then...

And the purpose was to really gather info and talk about it and share ideas really. Not only did I need some input, but if other members had any ideas like this then the pics that prateek provided clearly show the scale that I would be encountering. Unless I somehow got a job at Legoland California and made a lego scaled HP Pavilion... even though I saw a topic about scaling I just wanted some input really. I apologize.

In the future please be more clear in what you're asking or discussing. If you could please edit your first post to add a bit more information about what it is you're wanting from other members, that'd be great. Once I know a bit more, I'll clarify your title for you as well.

Thanks for the link Prateek, I love the Brickshelf MOC except for the out side of the building.

But Coyotes, eh? How did you enjoy their playoff run? lol

Go Canucks go!

How comfortable are you working with Lego? I would first establish a scale. By setting a scale, you'll know what parts you can work with and which parts will work well for certain details.

Interestingly enough, I've been working on an arena (actually a stadium) for a little while. I'm doing the (American) football stadium of the college I go to, Boise State University (hint: It's the one with the blue football field ) Anyway, I had thought about doing it for a while, but I'm not a experienced MOCer and I didn't exactly know the scope of the project. I finally decided on a stadium that would fit on a 32 x 32 baseplate. That's relatively small, too small to even realistically show individual people as 1 x 1 round plates. But it's the perfect scale for certain parts showing certain details, plus it's small enough to fit comfortably on a desk, which is something I wanted (so that I could show it off when I get a real job, of course )

I'm not telling you to go that small for your arena, as it's far too small for a minifig scale (My model is actually more in line with the Lego Architecture series in terms of scale). All I'm saying is, know what you're going for and don't just start buying minifig seats off Bricklink. Go on Brickshelf, search "Lego Arena" and "Lego Stadium" and soak in some design techniques and ideas. When you're ready, hop on LDraw or MLCAD and build yourself a digital model sans minifigs (worry about them later). That's basically what I did and it worked out pretty well. I look forward to your results

(PS my stadium is nearly done and will hopefully be posted to the Special Themes board by mid-August, before school starts up again )

Thanks for the link Prateek, I love the Brickshelf MOC except for the out side of the building.

But Coyotes, eh? How did you enjoy their playoff run? lol

Go Canucks go!

Absolutely loved it! Not happy about how our series went against LA... but hey at least we lost to the Champs. lol

And Apollo. I'm pretty comfortable actually. My idea was something along these lines

No roof obviously, but I'd show off at least the lower bowl of whatever arena I chose (including the box suites), the ice surface as close to scale as I could get, and some of the concourse and outside. I want to make it so you can tell what arena it is, recognize some key details, but still enjoy the action taking place without a disrupted view.

This is probably a better built representation of what I'd want.

Funny thing is... if I was to do such a massive project, the amount of minifigures in those 2 pics combines wouldn't be enough to fill 3 to 4 sections of Jobing.com Arena... haha

And if I'm able to move in with my dad or grandma (my step bro is a huge Lego nut and has tons or Lego models on display) I would be able to get help too so I'd at least have 4 hands at work and a good sized area to do it.

Edited July 1, 201212 yr by The Snake 87