From Leafs to Raps in Less Than Three Minutes

20070225_conversion.jpgBetween hockey games, basketball games, and countless other events, the Air Canada Centre is a pretty busy place. If you've ever wondered what happens to the ice, how the basketball court is assembled, and where all those extra seats come from, there's a film by videographer Bernard Weil you'll probably want to watch.

His video, recorded last December between a Leafs and Raps game, shows a crew of 18 men working at the conversion for 8 hours, which is about the amount of time it takes for the hangover from those twelve-dollar beers to kick in. The three-minute video is available on The Star's website and it can be viewed as a medium-bandwidth Flash movie or a high-definition Quicktime clip.

Image from the Toronto Star.

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Incredible time-lapse clip. I've always wondered how it was done, and this visual answers a lot of my questions. Thanks for sharing this.

Posted by: Jerrold at February 26, 2007 10:20 AM

That was amazing!

Thanks Ian

Posted by: Derek at February 26, 2007 3:08 PM

So there's ice under the basketball court. Wow.

Posted by: Mike Jones at February 27, 2007 5:07 AM

Very interesting short.

Thanks for posting.

Posted by: Japhet Bower at February 27, 2007 5:24 AM

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