Honestly, I don't know why you are so obsessed with demolishing stadiums. Any new stadium will become dated rather quickly, and it becomes a money pit for the local municipality (unless it is privately funded like Sofi, Chase Center, or Oracle Park). I don't think every team needs a new stadium, to be honest. Yes, for some teams there is a good argument to be made, with Tropicana Field, the Oakland Coliseum, FedEx Field, and Smoothie King Center being the most notable examples. With that said, however, there are many other stadiums that you call 'dated' that I personally think are decent, if not great, stadiums (Chase Field comes to mind). I think that demolishing AT&T Center would be a good example of the problems with replacing decent stadiums-who will foot the bill? What logic is there in replacement, outside of the owner of the team wanting 'a shiny new thing'?
San Antonio is better off building a subway/lightrail that connects At&t center/the eastside to downtown. Honestly the stadium is only 5 minutes from downtown.
Yes new downtown arena for the Wemby era! Hemisfair was for George Gervin, Alamo dome was for David Robinson, ATT was for Tim Duncan. For those who aren't from the city, the Att center was supposed to help the economy in the eastside of the city develop (which is one of the worst areas in the city for development) back when it was planned but fast forward 22 years later absolutely NOTHING has changed and improved therefore no growth was ever made. That project is over time to move on downtown where there's plenty of economic growth opportunities with all the stores, restaurants, attractions etc. available.
The Spurs arena is one of the most beautiful arenas I’ve seen in the inside. The outside looks like a massive warehouse! The exterior is horrible. They should just get a new arena downtown and actually spend the money to attract great players. Don’t be building horrible arenas just to save money San Antonio
If they pay for it on their own they can do what ever they want. NO more tax money for these wealthy owners. They can go get loans. Giants, Warriors 49ers all paid for their own buildings with little to no public funding.
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Memphis has the best arena in the NBA according to latest ranking. And that's not including the $250-350 million renovation coming soon.
Honestly, I don't know why you are so obsessed with demolishing stadiums. Any new stadium will become dated rather quickly, and it becomes a money pit for the local municipality (unless it is privately funded like Sofi, Chase Center, or Oracle Park). I don't think every team needs a new stadium, to be honest. Yes, for some teams there is a good argument to be made, with Tropicana Field, the Oakland Coliseum, FedEx Field, and Smoothie King Center being the most notable examples. With that said, however, there are many other stadiums that you call 'dated' that I personally think are decent, if not great, stadiums (Chase Field comes to mind). I think that demolishing AT&T Center would be a good example of the problems with replacing decent stadiums-who will foot the bill? What logic is there in replacement, outside of the owner of the team wanting 'a shiny new thing'?
The Spurs are about to head into a new era. A new arena in that new era would fit very well.
Arena lifespans are really short. Outside of MSG the oldest one is 30 years old. They would last 50/60 years before.
they just built a new arena
Why do arenas only last 20 years?
You should go into the rendering business since you have an obsession with that word lol.
Then nba, mlb, NFL want new building in 5 yrs bring building up to modern state
Waste of money. Bothing wring with their current arena.
San Antonio is better off building a subway/lightrail that connects At&t center/the eastside to downtown. Honestly the stadium is only 5 minutes from downtown.
Yes new downtown arena for the Wemby era! Hemisfair was for George Gervin, Alamo dome was for David Robinson, ATT was for Tim Duncan. For those who aren't from the city, the Att center was supposed to help the economy in the eastside of the city develop (which is one of the worst areas in the city for development) back when it was planned but fast forward 22 years later absolutely NOTHING has changed and improved therefore no growth was ever made. That project is over time to move on downtown where there's plenty of economic growth opportunities with all the stores, restaurants, attractions etc. available.
The Spurs arena is one of the most beautiful arenas I’ve seen in the inside. The outside looks like a massive warehouse! The exterior is horrible. They should just get a new arena downtown and actually spend the money to attract great players. Don’t be building horrible arenas just to save money San Antonio
If they pay for it on their own they can do what ever they want. NO more tax money for these wealthy owners. They can go get loans. Giants, Warriors 49ers all paid for their own buildings with little to no public funding.
What would happen if the spurs get another first round number one pick in 10 years from now. Would they need another new arena ?
"If you're trying to renovate the SK center….you would need god to do that." 🤣🤣