New team offices adjacent to the UC (moving the MJ Statue?!?)

umfan83 · Post #1 » by **umfan83** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:42 pm

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/br ... llery.html

The new facility will house Bulls, Blackhawks, Levy Restaurants and United Center employees, as well as a new Blackhawks and Bulls retail store. The location planned for the new 190,000-square foot building is the current United Center Parking Lot H.

Renderings:

Looks nice I think it will be a ni-

*sound of a record stopping abruptly* Wait what??

This rendering shows that the Michael Jordan statue will be moved inside a new building adjacent to the United Center.

WTF??

khufure · Post #2 » by **khufure** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:04 pm

or they could make another MJ statue.

umfan83 · Post #3 » by **umfan83** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:08 pm

khufure wrote:or they could make another MJ statue.

I hope so. I'm not like violently opposed to moving it, but I guess I would prefer to see it stay outside. It's iconic out there.

Here's an article about it: http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150122 ... r-building

Fans and guests can gather in the atrium before, during and after games and events, officials said.

The statute draws fans from all over the world, many of whom don't have tickets to a game or who visit when the Bulls aren't in town or in season.

However, officials could not immediately say whether the atrium would be open on days when there isn't an event or game.

Let's hope so! Like the article says, it is a tourist destination, people come from all over the world and they want to see the MJ statue.

WestsideResider · Post #4 » by **WestsideResider** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:10 pm

That looks so freaking dope.

jc23 · Post #5 » by **jc23** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:57 pm

Nice building but they need to keep the statue in front of the UC.

edit: it would cost extra so it wont happen, but why not locate the statue to the madison side or in front of the other parking lot opposite Madison. It would require some construction work on the streets to make it fit and still have room for people and cars to get by, but the iconic look will still be there.

If it is to be inside that new building they better have a kick ass idea of where to put it, that picture is very underwhelming.

BeatDaCavs420 · Post #6 » by **BeatDaCavs420** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:15 pm

I have no problem with this I think its a great idea and it looks awesome