Smoothie King Center lifespan

New Arena and new Stadium may never happen in our lifetimes.

I do think we will see some major renovations to the Arena though. The exterior is legitimately ugly.

better than it was though
when it opened it looked like a prison shower

a new arena is a non starter...the complex of the blender and the dome is set in stone and a bunch of money is being spent to re develop the area around them. What you see is what you get, now and forever. they would have to raze one of the buildings and play elsewhere for two years and ain’t nobody got time for that

there’s nothing wrong with either the blender or the dome that some TLC can’t fix

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a new arena is a non starter...the complex of the blender and the dome is set in stone and a bunch of money is being spent to re develop the area around them. What you see is what you get, now and forever.

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I think that’s fine for the Dome but I just don’t see if with SKC

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I think that’s fine for the Dome but I just don’t see if with SKC

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Why? The reason teams build new stadiums/arenas isn't to give the fans a shiny new building they'll think is pretty. It's typically because the older bones don't properly support more lucrative features that are a lot easier to sell in bigger cities with a large corporate base.

Maybe if the Zion era is wildly successful the team will feel the SKC is what's keeping it from making more money, but with where the team and the fan base is at now, the product on the court is what's keeping the team from making more money.

It will be interesting to see how the Benson Empire handles negotiations with the state now. Griffin is selling the "Steward of a community asset" role hard for Mrs. Benson. When Tom Benson did his shake downs and threatened to move the team, you knew he wanted the money more than he wanted to move, but you also thought he might actually move the team.

The stances Mrs. Benson has taken with the Pels really reduce her leverage. But they may not need as much leverage. Since they changed "inducements" from the state to rent from the state, maybe all they need to do is raise the rent instead of putting on a dog an pony show justifying a shake down.

the revered deer creek amphitheater is now called “ruoff home mortgage music center”...just rolls off the tongue doesn’t it

SKC is fine and the blender nickname is cool

we got bigger fish to fry

I don't see anything wrong with the SKC structurally that would demand a new one. It has been well kept up and renovations and upgrades would be sufficient enough. Yes, the exterior is ugly, but it can easily be upgraded. We don't need to tear it all down.

I think there could be upgrades to the interior.
I actually think the exterior is okay, unless you just want to add some extra- fancy facade.

I’ve grown to deal with the name, I like it better than some generic bs like 1st NTional Bank Arena, etc. Nothing would be like M. S. G.

Do people really care that much if the exterior is ugly? I was just in Toronto this past week for a convention, and there are parts of Scotiabank Arena that look like an abandoned warehouse. I honestly think that the attitude of most people in Toronto would be: "Won the chip -- don't care."

But if people think that renovations are necessary, there'll be plenty of money for that after Zion leads us to the promised land. It ain't happening until then.

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"Where do you think AD would choose to play if he could: Madison Square Garden or The Smoothie King Whatever?")

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He forced his way to the Staples Center.... Because young black millionaires love office products.