With a clean, modern design and enough technology goodies to impress the tech-savvy Bay Area crowd, Chase Center opens as the new home of the Golden State Warriors (NBA) with something for everyone. (more…)
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Bucks Unveil Fiserv Forum
With a unique exterior designed to evoke a maritime feel and an interior with plenty of discrete seating areas and some very unique spaces, Fiserv Forum enhances the fan experience for Milwaukee Bucks and Marquette Golden Eagles fans. (more…)
A New Target Center? Mostly
Target Center will never be a great NBA facility. It’s too small, it’s landlocked, and it doesn’t provide for the many social spaces found in many new arenas. But with the most recent round of upgrades, it’s become an above-average NBA arena—one providing a sorely needed boost to a franchise on the rise. (more…)
Little Caesars Arena, and The Fan Experience
Throughout its planning and construction process, Little Caesars Arena—the new home of the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Pistons—drew plenty of attention. (more…)
Take Note: Utah Jazz Transform Vivint Smart Home Arena
At Vivint Smart Home Arena, the Utah Jazz are relishing in a new experience. The arena is providing new benefits to fans and players alike, thanks to a $125-million renovation that essentially overhauled the facility from top to bottom. (more…)
Reviving a Classic Milwaukee Arena
It’s new life for a classic midcentury arena in Wisconsin, where the old Milwaukee Arena – now UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena – has been spruced up and now radiates a rediscovered charm thanks to improvements fueled by the Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) and the Wisconsin Center District. (more…)
Arena Visit: Royal Farms Arena
To know the history of Baltimore’s Royal Farms Arena is to know how the facility has ably served a major market despite being undeniably obsolete. While a replacement has been eyed for decades, the venue that first opened in 1962 as the Baltimore Civic Center continues to plug along, attracting major concerts, shows, and performances […]
Arena Visit: Amway Center
{jathumbnail off} From the outside, Amway Center looks like a fairly normal arena, maybe a little nicer than most and more than suitable as the frame for plenty of videoboard advertising targeting thousands of drivers passing daily on I-4. Walk inside the arena to the seating bowl, though, and one thing will be immediately clear: […]
Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre
The home of the Abbotsford Heat (AHL), Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre is the center of entertainment and sports in this British Columbia community. Year Opened: May 10, 2009Capacity: Hockey 7,000; In the Round, 8,500; End Stage, 6,700; Half House, 3,700 Owner: City of Abbotsford Architect: PBK ArchitectsWeb Site: abbotsfordcentre.ca Phone: 604/743-5000Anchor Tenants: Abbotsford Heat […]
AT&T Center / San Antonio
Completed in 2002, the AT&T Center is now home to the Spurs (NBA), the AHL’s San Antonio Rampage, and the WNBA’s San Antonio Silver Stars. The Spurs won their second NBA Championship during their inaugural season at the arena, defeating the New Jersey Nets in six games. Year Opened: 2002 Capacity: 18,500 (basketball), 13,000 (hockey), […]
Bank of Kentucky Center / Northern Kentucky Norsemen
Bank of Kentucky Center, home of Northern Kentucky Norsemen.Opened: 2008 Capacity: 9,400 for basketball, 10,500 for concerts Suites: 12 Budget: $68 million ($54 million from the state, $6 million in naming rights and $8 million from NKU) Architects: GBBN (Cincinnati) and 360 Architecture (Kansas City) Construction: Turner Management: SMG Website: bankofkentuckycenter.com Phone: 859-442-2652 Parking: Plenty […]
Arenas aren’t just for hockey and basketball any more
Arenas are learning that it pays to be multi-faceted.The days of baseball stadium also serving as football fields … and vice versa … seem to be coming to an end. But such is definitely not the case in the world of small towns arenas. The cost of running the places … even such mundane things […]
