After a successful preseason game and impassioned speech from former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at Climate Pledge Arena, we’re hearing more calls for the return of the Seattle Sonics to the NBA. (more…)
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How BMO Harris Bradley Center Saved Milwaukee NBA Basketball
When the Bradley Center opened for the 1988-1989 season, it saved professional basketball in Milwaukee. Now, as the Bucks prepare to open a new arena this fall, BMO Harris Bradley Center is hosting its final events before an eventual demolition. (more…)
The Fabulous Forum Turns 50
It is The Forum. The Los Angeles Forum. The Great Western Forum. And it is, as it once was and forever shall be, the Fabulous Forum, celebrating its 50th birthday on December 30. (more…)
A New Era for Venerable KeyArena
On Monday, December 4, by a 7-1 vote, the Seattle City Council approved a memorandum of understanding for a $600 million renovation of KeyArena. (more…)
End of an Era: Bucks Sign Final BMO Harris Bradley Center Lease
This new-arena stuff is getting real, as the Milwaukee Bucks (NBA) signed their final BMO Harris Bradley Center lease for the 2017-2018 season, as the team preps for a move to a new next-door arena. (more…)
Three NBA Arenas, All in a Row
We can’t think of a similar situation where three NBA arenas past, present and future were caught in the same shot, sitting side by side in the same area. But you have that with a photo of the new Milwaukee Bucks arena under construction. (more…)
The NBA and NHL Arenas That Became Finals Central
For the second year in a row, the NBA and Stanley Cup finals play out in entirely different worlds. (more…)
Sports Arena Makes Quiet Departure
In Los Angeles, the arrival of the new state-of-the-art soccer stadium is overshadowing the bygone arena whose place it is taking. (more…)
For Oracle Arena, Life Begins at 50
Talk about a late bloomer. In 2016, there is no more famous home court in the NBA than Oracle Arena in Oakland. The home of the Golden State Warriors, Oracle Arena not only hosted an NBA championship in 2015 — and nearly did it again in ’16 — it is now home to the reigning […]
NBA to Political Convention: A Rapid Transition
When you’ve waited 54 years for a major sports championship, what is seven games? Surely that was the mindset that pervaded the city of Cleveland in June, as LeBron James and the beloved Cavaliers needed to go the distance against Golden State to make real the city’s greatest sports fantasy. (more…)
