Editing Atlas Arena

[[Image:Atlas Arena.jpg|thumb|An aerial view of Atlas Arena.]]
[[Image:Caprica - Atlas statue at Atlas Arena.jpg|thumb|The figure of Atlas standing over the arena.]]
'''Atlas Arena''' was a [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] stadium in [[Caprica City]], {{RDM|Caprica}} and was the home field for the [[Caprica City Buccaneers]] prior to the [[First Cylon War]] {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)|Rebirth}}.  

An enormous venue dominated by a statue of [[Atlas]] himself, Atlas Arena was able to accommodate more than 30,000 spectators<ref>In "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]," Sister [[Clarice Willow|Clarice]] claimed 100,000 Capricans would die in an attack on Atlas Arena.'</ref>  and hosted Pyramid Worlds Championships games {{CAP|Unvanquished}}.

Team owner, wealthy industrialist [[Daniel Graystone]], often frequented games at Atlas Arena, observing the matches from his luxurious owner's box with his wife, Doctor [[Amanda Graystone]] {{CAP|Rebirth}}.  

Some 58 years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], an [[Soldiers of the One|STO]] terrorist cell led by Sister [[Clarice Willow]] used [[holoband]] simulations of a bombing at Atlas Arena to convince [[Monotheist Church|monotheist]] leaders on [[Gemenon]] to accept Willow's notion of [[apotheosis]] {{CAP|Unvanquished}}. After receiving approval from the Monad [[Monotheist Church#Conclave|conclave]], she and two of her husbands, [[Nestor Willow]] and [[Olaf Willow]], prepared to make the simulation a reality along with a number of suicide bombers and STO confederates working at the Arena. Moments before the match between the Buccaneers and the [[Gemenon Twins]] was to begin, the attack was thwarted by a team of [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit|Cylon]]s ordered into action by Daniel Graystone during the [[Battle of Atlas Arena]], resulting in minimal damage {{CAP|Apotheosis (episode)}}.

== Notes ==

* According to BSG and ''Caprica'' visual effects supervisor [[Doug Drexler]], Atlas Arena was based upon the architectural designs of [[Wikipedia: Santiago Calatrava|Santiago Calatrava]],  "We decided that it’s architectural inspiration would come from renowned architect Calatrava. This ties nicely to the the Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]] from BSG, also Calatrava inspired. Atlas stadium was built by modeling maestro [[Pierre Drolet]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/vancouver-as-caprica-city/|title=caprica city|date=31 January 2010|accessdate=14 October 2010|last=Drexler|first=Doug|format= |language=English}}</ref>

* Atlas Arena in the pilot episode of ''Caprica'' was shot at the [[Wikipedia: General Motors Place|General Motors Place]] in downtown Vancouver, home rink of the [[Wikipedia: Vancouver Canucks|Vancouver Canucks]]. These scenes were later reshot on the ''Caprica'' sound stages for the aired version of the episode and all other subsequent episodes featuring Atlas Arena.

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