Milwaukee Bucks win NBA championship in new arena in game 6

[mikecubs]

The Bucks got the rust idea NOT from Barclays Center but a museum in Virginia. Here is what it will look like in real life.

[mikecubs]

The Bucks released a series of new renderings of their proposed downtown arena today, part of the final design package being submitted for city approval. Naturally everything looks cool and futuristic, though that's not to say it doesn't have a distinctly...Milwaukee feel to it.

This new Bucks arena render looks kind of like a beer barrel on its side, to which I say PERFECT pic.twitter.com/Snb0POgPcR

— Frank Madden (@brewhoop) March 17, 2016
I propose @brewhoop's suggestion as the unofficial new name of the #Bucks arena: "The Beer Barrel." t.co/zkRoWVBal2

— Jay Sorgi (@jsorgi) March 17, 2016

www.brewhoop.com/2016/3/17/11253402/Milwaukee-bucks-arena-images-renderings-groundbreaking

[jmt]

Mar 19, 2016 19:10:06 GMT -6 Ric O. said:

Just curious jmt, do you know if there have been any structural design type of feelers put out for MTSC? Just wondering if they have anything bigger cooking after the current list of improvements (obstructions, seat covers and such) are completed.

Nothing is floating around that I have heard of.

[mikecubs]

Groundbreaking for the new Bucks arena is June 18th.

dailycommercialnews.com/Projects/News/2016/4/Construction-to-begin-on-new-Bucks-arena-1015113W/

[mikecubs]

Bucks break ground on new multi-purpose arena

Today, the Milwaukee Bucks joined with an estimated 20,000 fans, elected officials and community leaders to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center in the heart of downtown Milwaukee. The day-long celebration marked the culmination of a multi-year effort to build this historic public-private partnership between the state, county, city and the Milwaukee Bucks.

Scheduled to open in time for the 2018-19 NBA season, the 714,000-square-foot arena is the centerpiece of a new sports and entertainment district in Milwaukee that will transform 30 acres of vacant land into a new vibrant, urban neighborhood activated by sports, entertainment, residential and office uses.

“This is a truly historic day for Milwaukee and the entire Bucks family,” said Bucks co-owner Wes Edens. “Thanks to the commitment and generosity of Senator Kohl, along with the leadership of elected officials and countless community leaders, we are beginning a new era in downtown Milwaukee. Today’s celebration, with the entire community present, shows just how bright the future is – for the Bucks, Milwaukee and the great state of Wisconsin. This effort is going to have a lasting economic impact on this community and we couldn’t be prouder to be a part of it.”

The celebration at the Milwaukee Tool Construction Site featured fans of all ages joining with elected officials, community leaders, and Bucks players past and present including Jabari Parker and Oscar Robertson. Fans were treated to a dramatic groundbreaking ceremony that culminated with the unveiling of a 40-foot by 60-foot rendering of the new arena, while also enjoying all of the staples of a traditional Wisconsin block party – live music, interactive games, and great food and drinks. The groundbreaking celebration and block party also included once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to take photos with Bucks legends on the site of the new arena and sign the construction piles that will form the foundation of the new building.

The design for the new Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center design features an intimate bowl optimized for basketball viewing with the majority of the seats in the lower level closer to the action, while still providing the flexibility to host hockey games, end stage and center stage concerts, family shows, circuses and ice events, as well as open-floor exhibitions. Both the upper and lower levels will load from the top down, creating a more efficient seating pattern free of breaks. The design caters to the next generation of fans, featuring open and transparent concourses, additional social spaces within view of the action, and a variety of experiential and premium seating options.

www.nbc15.com/content/sports/Bucks-break-ground-on-new-multi-purpose-arena-383522781.html

[mikecubs]

-From what I've read it looks like capacity for NBA will be 17,500(tied for 2nd smallest in the league with Sacramento but Sacramento's arena will have thousands in standing room not counted in the official capacity). The old arena was 18,717 in capacity.

-It will have only 34 suites compare to 42 and 6 theater boxes at the old arena. The new arena will have an undisclosed amount of "Lofts" though compare to none at the old arena.

-The new arena will have around 1,000 club seats compare to 360 at the old arena.

[mikecubs]

The Bucks new arena is 90% complete and all but 2 suites are sold out. Still no naming rights deal.

fox6now.com/2018/04/03/2-left-bucks-president-shows-off-suites-at-new-arena-accommodating-groups-of-up-to-180/

[mikecubs]

[mikecubs]

RIP Bradley Center. The Bucks lost game 7 of the 1st round in Boston last night meaning Thursday was the last basketball game ever at the Bradley Center. Tonight the Bon Jovi concert is the last event ever at the Bradley Center.

[mikecubs]

Pics from May 3rd











^^^He is the entertainment block," a cluster of buildings that the Bucks are constructing on the east side of the arena, will be ready in spring 2019







^^^skywalk connecting the arena to a parking garage

[bcmike]

Dumb question, but do they even bother putting an ice plant into these arenas that are purpose built for basketball?

[mikecubs]

May 10, 2018 9:22:14 GMT -6 bcmike said:

Dumb question, but do they even bother putting an ice plant into these arenas that are purpose built for basketball?

Depends on the arena. The Milwaukee one will have an ice plant.

www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2018/02/23/nhl-pre-season-games-disney-ice-shows-possible-new-milwaukee-bucks-arena/363833002/

Also it won't be a horseshoe like Barclays. The Bucks owners have 100% ruled out NHL though given Milwaukee is already the smallest market by far with 2 of either NBA,MLB,NHL. The Bucks won't let the Admirals play there either. The ice is for the frozen four/Disney on ice etc.... The admirals are playing at UW Panther arena the Bucks old home from 1968 to 1988. The Bucks current home will be demolished.

I don't think the new Sacramento arena or Miami has an ice plant. As far as other basketball only arenas I know Indianapolis has a plant/minor league hockey but it's a horseshoe like Barclays. Houston/Portland/Cleveland/Oklahoma City/Orlando are non horseshoes and have ice plants. Portland has the Winterhawks and Cleveland has minor league hockey too. The Oklahoma City arena was built for hockey because in 2002 OKC didn't know if they would get a NBA or NHL team(it was one or the other given the small population). Houston had the Aeros. Orlando has minor league hockey.


Utah I think has an ice plant but it's an extreme horseshoe(only 14,000) capacity and that was before the renovation where basketball capacity was reduced from 19,911 to 18,306 by chopping off last row upper deck areas.

Charlotte has an ice plant but it's an extreme horseshoe(14,100). They had minor league hockey but last I heard the team wanted to move out.

San Antonio has a plant/minor league team but it's a horseshoe.

The Suns arena obviously has a plant since the Coyotes used to be there but it was a horseshoe.

The new Golden State Warriors arena in San Francisco opening in 2019 will be a horseshoe and I don't think it will have a plant.

I have no clue on New Orleans and Memphis.

[bcmike]

Thanks Mike!

I always wanted Portland to get an NHL team. I feel like the fan base would be more organic than Seattle, although Paul Allen seems to disagree.

[mikecubs]

May 14, 2018 9:23:38 GMT -6 bcmike said:

Thanks Mike!

I always wanted Portland to get an NHL team. I feel like the fan base would be more organic than Seattle, although Paul Allen seems to disagree.

More organic??? Seattle pulled a Canada type thing selling out in minutes for a lousy location/compromise arena. Paul Allen would only do it at his price because Portland is a lot smaller than it's 3M population because of it's lack of corporations/income doesn't keep up with the cost of living. He's not paying $650M for a team! Seattle is ultra rich. You go to Seattle to become a corporate slave. Portland is known a "retirement" community for the young. LOL

www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/magazine/will-portland-always-be-a-retirement-community-for-the-young.html



Key points-Portland, meanwhile, has the opposite problem. It has more highly educated people than it knows what to do with. Portland is not a corporate town, as its neighbors Seattle and San Francisco have become. While there are employment opportunities in the outdoor-apparel business (Nike, Adidas and Columbia Sportswear are all nearby) or the semiconductor industry (Intel has a large presence in Hillsboro), most workers have far fewer opportunities. According to Renn, personal income per capita in the city grew by a mere 31 percent between 2000 and 2012, slower than 42 other cities, including Grand Rapids, Mich., and Rochester. And yet people still keep showing up. “People move to New York to be in media or finance; they move to L.A. to be in show business,” Renn said. “People move to Portland to move to Portland.”

David Albouy, an economics professor at the University of Illinois, has created a metric, the sacrifice measure, which essentially charts how poor a person is willing to be in order to live in a particular city. Portland, he discovered, is near the top of the list. Even when college-educated residents get jobs there, they earn 84 cents for the average dollar earned in other cities, according to Greg Schrock and Jason Jurjevich, professors of urban studies at Portland State University. In 41 of the country’s 50 largest cities, young, educated people earn more than they do in Portland.

Portland’s paradox is that it attracts so many of “the young and the restless,” as demographers call them, that it has become a city of the overeducated and underemployed — a place where young people are, in many cases, forced into their semiretirement.

I do think eventually could Portland get a 2nd team long term due to having enough population growth to make up for the lack of corporations at some point. There's talk of a group who will build a 32,000 seat MLB stadium for an expansion team on the Portland public schools site near the arena. The group would build 8,000 apartments to help pay for the park.


www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2018/04/18/group-makes-offers-for-property-to-build-mlb-ballpark-in-portland-now-comes-the-tricky-part/#1f32512a1818

Note-even though Seattle is MUCH better for sports due to the $$$$ Portland is a MUCH better city(the best "big" one in the United States and the 2nd best in North America next to Vancouver Canada in my opinion) The state itself is prettier than Washington too. The Hood River valley is the most beautiful area on earth!

[bcmike]

I live in Vancouver (New Westminster actually) and its magnificent, however I find at times its a city lacking identity. The city is so transient and made up of people from all over Canada and the world that sometimes it struggles to find itself. For example I've always maintained that Winnipeg is actually a much better city for live music, festivals, and of course sports. Don't get me wrong there are tons of events in Vancouver but there doesn't seem to be a cohesiveness to it. Maybe I'm not articulating properly.

Anyway, I love Portland, its the Winnipeg of the pacific Northwest Of course you're right Seattle proved me wrong with its big season ticket drive. All I know is that I can go to Portland and talk hockey with random people at the sports bar, if I do that in Seattle they look at me like I'm form Mars.