Rogers Place provides update on damage suffered in nasty Edmonton storm

There were likely a lot of nervous NHL and hospitality officials in Edmonton over the last 24 hours after a nasty thunderstorm caused damage to Rogers Place, home of the Oilers and one of two arenas hosting NHL teams for the league's Return to Play program. All in all, though it sounds like things could have been much worse. Arena staff provided an update Friday after Thursday's flood damage was assessed.

"After a thorough assessment of Rogers Place and associated facilities it has been determined the damage experienced last night was due to significant water flow mixed with hail, which led to excess pressure on the facility's storm drainage system causing two pipe couplings to fail," said arena officials in a statement.

"One was located above the terminus of Ford Hall and the other was located on the mezzanine level corridor on the southwest side of Rogers Place. The water damage is restricted to those two areas of the building, with the terminus experiencing more significant water damage."

However, staff are insisting that the plan to host games at the facility starting with exhibition action on July 28th will not be affected.

"Crews have begun work on the affected areas and we do not foresee any significant delays or barriers to either Oilers training camp or preparations and activities related to our hosting as NHL hub city for the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs."

As you can see by this video, there was reason to be nervous as water poured into the building Thursday.

Dan Iveson, Edmonton's mayor, said during a news conference that the damage was "cosmetic and is to the roof's surface, as opposed to any structural damage"

"It doesn't look good but … the building is sound and it will be possible to recover from this quickly," said Iveson.

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