I had a friend on the crew that did the old Inglewood Forum, he told me it took around an hour. I read that it takes from 90 minutes to all day, depending on the design and crew…
]]>What is regularly? There were 11 arenas in 2018-19 that were shared by franchises of each league. In a lot of cases, it’s not possible. Winnipeg doesn’t have an NBA team, Orlando doesn’t have an NHL team.
To your point, yes, arenas can and will flip flop. And if you own TMobile, whoever you are, yeah, you want all the action you can get, if the deal makes you serious coin. It’s not as if there’s no modern precedent for shared facilities. Detroit is the city with a relatively new arena the pulls double duty. Three of the 11 opened after 1999, so it’s not an outdated practice. And I’m guessing a few NBA arenas double as homes for minor league hockey, but I don’t know that offhand. Milwaukee, maybe.
End of the day, it seems like everyone wants a building they control, so long as taxpayers pay for a big chunk of the construction cost, with no ownership stake. Maybe an NBA team is desperate enough to move to Vegas with little control over its building. You’re right, TMobile would probably welcome all the added traffic and beer sales if it reaps huge financial benefits.
I’d like to see a video showing how the conversion from NBA to NHL takes an hour. If that’s true, that’s impressive.
]]>NBA and NHL teams regularly share arenas across the country, it takes a crew about an hour to change a basketball floor to an ice rink. I imagine T Mobile is chomping at the bit to get an NBA team and their 40 plus home games a year…
]]>But I can’t fathom building a $4 billion arena without already having an NBA team in place. Hell, I can’t fathom building an arena that expensive even if the Timberwolves were playing at Thomas/Mack this fall, waiting for a new home. There’s zero logic behind putting an arena next to Sahara at this point, unless it can be done on the cheap. And that ain’t happening. Ever.
This is the most bizarre fantasy that never goes away.
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