The_Admiral Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I was for it until I saw it (and read about how icky the whole process was). My distaste for boboism certainly doesn't help, either. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I guess it would match the Art Museum, kind of.I'd be much more excited about that if I weren't absolutely sure they'd stick this place on one of the current arena sites, or across the street from the BC (a good couple miles from the Art Museum, for those unfamiliar with the city). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 Exterior design-wise, I'd call it an upgrade from the BC, which is a fairly undistinguished building. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMac12 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 How do you move that across the pond? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 How do you move that across the pond?Demolish the s~~t out of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 Sure, it looks big. But it folds up nicely, and fits right in the overhead compartment. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 How do you move that across the pond?Either by air or by sea.As they did with the first London Bridge was moved to Lake Havasvu, AZ from 1968-71. Duh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac the Knife Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I wonder if, after buying the arena, dismantling it, shipping it across the ocean and half of the country, and converting it to meet top-tier North American arena standards, if there'd be any real savings over that $500M price tag.Yeah, there sure would be. A really generous cost for the relocation might be $100 million. Put another (again, generous) $100 million toward land acquisition, and another $40 million toward customization of the facility, and you're still in at $250 million - a steal by NBA facility standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I think we're missing the most important point in all of this... nobody in Milwaukee wants this friggin' thing. Half of us don't even want a low-rent NBA franchise that can't do any better than scraping for the bottom seed in a league where over half the teams make the playoffs and getting swept out of the first round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 In the event that this will not be in any remote proximity to the MAM, I can't think of anything more incongruous to good old bricks-and-steel downtown Milwaukee than a big shiny white cylinder. I mean, with dismantling it and shipping it over by air, they're literally dropping it into the city. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil G Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I guess it would match the Art Museum, kind of.I thought the Pantheon was more abstract. Bruh check out my last.fm And my Rate Your Music Fantasy Teams: Seattle Spacemen (CFA) Signature credit to Silent Wind of Doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Wonder where in Milwaukee they'd put it? Tear down the Bradley center..or maybe the U.S cellular arena?Since this arena would essentially replace the Bradley Center, it would make more sense to tear that down. Not only does the Cell have way too much history (NBA Finals, NCAA Tourneys, MU's 1977 title run, UWM's 2005 Sweet Sixteen run, only venue in WI that The Beatles ever played, etc.) but without it, Milwaukee would have no indoor venues with a capacity between 2,500 and 18,000... that's way too big of a gap.That said... they can keep this thing the hell away from Milwaukee as far as I'm concerned. They want to add 8,000 seats to it? Why? So the Bucks can play in front of 2,000 more empty seats?Also, the Admirals still need a place to play. If Milwaukee is seriously considering doing this, I guess it means they've finally abandoned whatever NHL ambitions they may have had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Do they still? I thought that died twenty years ago. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 It sure as hell won't be close to what this new San Francisco arena looks like for the Warriors....my oh my! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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