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Superdome basketball configuration
Posted on 4/1/10 at 9:45 am
Posted on 4/1/10 at 9:45 am
In the past, the court has been placed on top of one football sideline, and temporary seating was used to accomodate the other side of the court, like this:
Recently, the midfield placement has been used in Detroit, Houston, and Indianapolis with an elevated court (boxing ring style), allowing the entire arena to be used. Like this:
Any idea if the Superdome will use a midfield court setup for next year's regional and the final four in 2012?
Here is a better photo of Ford Field's basketball setup
Recently, the midfield placement has been used in Detroit, Houston, and Indianapolis with an elevated court (boxing ring style), allowing the entire arena to be used. Like this:
Any idea if the Superdome will use a midfield court setup for next year's regional and the final four in 2012?
Here is a better photo of Ford Field's basketball setup
This post was edited on 4/1/10 at 9:52 am
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Posted on 4/1/10 at 9:52 am to Germano Tiger
the rule now is you gotta have 70,000 capacity, so you gotta have it at center of the football field...
Posted on 4/1/10 at 9:56 am to chalmetteowl
I have watched a few basketball games in the superdome. A couple from the Terrace, and it was terrible and like watching ants. If they have it at center field now, I would not pay any kind of money to watch a final four unless I was somewhere around the court or in the plaza section.
Posted on 4/1/10 at 9:59 am to Germano Tiger
i have to think those behind the goal seats suck. no elevation, you could be 30 rows back watching a game played at the same level you are at
Posted on 4/1/10 at 10:01 am to Germano Tiger
The NCAA has actually purchased a kit that they move around from final four to final four so all the championship sites are the same.
Posted on 4/1/10 at 10:05 am to threeputt
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The NCAA has actually purchased a kit that they move around from final four to final four so all the championship sites are the same.
Hasn't the NCAA done that with all the tournament sites?
Posted on 4/1/10 at 10:08 am to Kracka
From what I saw last weekend, Syracuse and St. Louis were still using the old end-zone placement and no raised court. This may have been because attendance wasn't expected to be over 35-40K. On the other hand, Reliant was set up in the midfield configuration, but they host the FF next year, so I'm assuming the NCAA wanted to test it out.
Posted on 4/1/10 at 10:11 am to Kracka
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Hasn't the NCAA done that with all the tournament sites?
No clue, but I heard a guy from the Superdome/NO Arena on the radio last week and he said that for the final four that the NCAA has bought this kit and moves it from arena to arena.
Posted on 4/1/10 at 11:11 am to threeputt
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No clue, but I heard a guy from the Superdome/NO Arena on the radio last week and he said that for the final four that the NCAA has bought this kit and moves it from arena to arena.
I think I heard that on either TV or ESPN radio that the NCAA purchased courts a few years ago and they send them to all the sites that the tournament is held in. That is why all the courts look the same. As far as the configuration, I would imagine that the final four site is the only one that has to have the court in the middle of the stadium. I have no idea why the Carrier Dome wasn't done like Reliant and others. I assume maybe the Carrier dome cannot set it up that way? It's always been done the way it was last weekend. Who knows.
Posted on 4/1/10 at 11:16 am to Germano Tiger
The seats in the Superdome are so far away from the field as it is, if they try to put a basketball court at mid-field there will be about 1,000 good seats in the place. If you aren't sitting in the temporary seats on the first few rows by the court, you'll need a telescope to see anything.
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