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August 12, 2009
Class of '99
One year. Eight new arenas. How they changed the industry then and are reinventing themselves today.
Portfolio.com
by Don Muret
This uncritical look at the '90s sports-facility building boom (it's penned by a writer from SportsBusiness Journal, whose business is promoting sports business) includes a look at the inspiration for the "Barclays Center."
In addition, Conseco’s tight basketball-specific layout is a design that New Jersey Nets owner Bruce Ratner wants to emulate at the proposed Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
“Before those buildings opened, there was a tendency to come up with one-size-fits-all arenas,” said Jay Cross, a former sports executive involved in developing arenas in Toronto and Miami. “It was the first attempt to design a building unique to the culture of those cities.”
NoLandGrab: "The first attempt to design a building unique to the culture of those cities?” How exactly is a design emulating Indianapolis's culture "going to evoke Brooklyn like never before?"
Posted by eric at August 12, 2009 10:47 AM