Arena Construction - Make pitch for ASG in 22/23. pg 95

[MickeyDavis]

This is the Bucks forum. We complain about things before they even happen. It's who we are damn it.

[Gianstoppable]

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Looks much better seeing it like this as opposed to the rendering pic.

Was still hoping for a long widescreen display like some other arena's. HOU's is ridiculous.

Cool idea but the "corners" of the board seem pointless in the video, at least the video on that rendering didnt match up with the other sides. unless its complete wrap around video I dont really get it, but I'll wait until I see an actual video before making an actual judgement.

[FrieAaron]

Cool idea but the "corners" of the board seem pointless in the video, at least the video on that rendering didnt match up with the other sides. unless its complete wrap around video I dont really get it, but I'll wait until I see an actual video before making an actual judgement.

I do agree with that, and imagine most of the time they'll be black. Having even the bucks logo there like they show or some other background just makes it look needlessly noisy. Biggest potential there is definitely wrapping stuff around it, like you say.

[HKPackFan]

I hope it has the same effect as Jerry's world.

I saw Superbowl 45 in Jerry's Dallas Stadium and that scoreboard was truly incredible. It took up 3/4ths of the field and the HD quality was brilliant. IT was so good, sometimes I had a hard time taking my eyes off the scoreboard and looking down at the play on the field.

That was 2009/2010. I would expect in 2018 Technology has only gotten BETTER. I have faith the Bucks scoreboard is going to give a similar wow effect.

[Chapter29]

Very cool scoreboard. Can't wait to see it and the arena.

Talk about the Bucks leaving Milwaukee? Yeah right. Come on are you guys that bored? It's not even the offseason.

[Matches Malone]

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[FlagsFlyForever]

I don't think the NBA would let the Bucks leave after they built the new arena. It would set a terrible precedent to any other NBA team trying to get their city to build an arena.

[trwi7]

I don't think the NBA would let the Bucks leave after they built the new arena. It would set a terrible precedent to any other NBA team trying to get their city to build an arena.

Yeah, any team trying to get money from the city/county/state would have almost no chance (not making an argument that they should.)

Just imagine what council(wo)men, mayors, governors etc. are going to say. How do we know that you aren't just going to move the team in 5 years like they did in Milwaukee? That's not something the NBA is ever going to want to deal with.

[trwi7]

I see we've gone from 200 events to around 160.

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[Prince12]

I see we've gone from 200 events to around 160.

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Yeah but that's only because of how good we are looking on the court now, they expect and extra 6 weeks of basketball a season.

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

I see we've gone from 200 events to around 160.

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For the bradley center this year, there were 43 Bucks games, 2 NCAA tournament games and 20 MU games. That's 65 and could be more when the Bucks make there playoff push.

He said 100+ plus about 70 basketball games if we get some success. I think you are splitting hairs when he's basically saying 175 events to 200.

[jeramey]

Photos of the arena construction and updates on all of the surrounding projects. http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2017/03/03/friday-photos-bucks-arena-taking-shape/

[MickeyDavis]

Photos of the arena construction and updates on all of the surrounding projects. http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2017/03/03/friday-photos-bucks-arena-taking-shape/

I'm assuming it's you who took the pics. Thanks. Keep them coming.

[VooDoo7]

Photos of the arena construction and updates on all of the surrounding projects. http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2017/03/03/friday-photos-bucks-arena-taking-shape/

Thanks for posting. I drove past the other day and meant to get some pics, but was running late for an appointment so I couldn't.

I forget, is the new arena supposed to be shorter (height-wise) than the BC?

[HaroldinGMinor]

Amazing how quickly things progress once they start putting in the steel.

[Black_Dragon]

Photos of the arena construction and updates on all of the surrounding projects. http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2017/03/03/friday-photos-bucks-arena-taking-shape/

Thanks for posting. I drove past the other day and meant to get some pics, but was running late for an appointment so I couldn't.

I forget, is the new arena supposed to be shorter (height-wise) than the BC?

Yes, it will be shorter. However Sq. ft. will increase from 550,000 (Bradley Center) to 714,000.

[MickeyDavis]

From the JS

There's a countdown clock in the trailer office for Mortenson Construction, the general contractor for the new Milwaukee Bucks arena that's rapidly taking shape in downtown Milwaukee.

The clock read 511 days on Monday, in time with the Bucks' goal to be open for the 2018-19 season. But standing at the top of the concourse level - the worst seats in the house - one can experience now how different this arena will be.

Instead of the dizzying climb up the sharply raked upper bowl at the Bradley Center, the new arena is the opposite. Even surrounded by cranes and construction workers, it's easy to see that the upper level is smaller and closer to what will be the floor. The lower level is wider and larger than that of the Bucks current home, visible just to the south through the steel frames.

"The people who live here who have not experienced basketball in a facility designed for that - it's huge," said Denver Callahan, Mortenson's senior superintendent for the new arena.

Putting more fans closer to the action is a key part of the design of the $524 million arena. The majority of the seats will be in the lower level, compared to the Bradley Center, designed for hockey, where the most seats are in the upper level. The Bradley Center has 10,000 seats in the upper level; the new arena will have 6,000, and 10,000 in the lower bowl.

The arena construction has moved rapidly in the past couple of months, and the swooping, wave-like roofline is taking shape, framed by the towers of curved steel ribs on the north side. Starting in the northwest corner, where the players parking lot will be located, the construction is unfolding in a "radial" or fan-like fashion, Callahan said during a top-to-bottom tour of the site.


A veteran of more than three decades of work on such projects around the country, including four valued at more than $1 billion, Callahan expressed satisfaction with the progress so far.

"Overall, for the winter here in Milwaukee, It's been very, very good," he said. "Right now, we're right on schedule."

Today there are about 275 workers on the site. That will grow to about 800 at the end of the year, Callahan said.

Callahan praised the professionalism and quality of the largely local workforce at the site.

"That's a highly motivated bunch of employees out here," he said. "Working for the home team. That's what it's all about."

Perhaps the most striking sight of the tour came from the high northwest corner of the arena, looking across the intersection of N. 6th St. and Juneau Ave. There are three major construction sites tied to the new Bucks development - the arena itself, the practice facility to the northwest and a parking garage on the north side of Juneau.

Work is rapidly progressing on the "back of the house" which will house the arena's electrical, heating and cooling equipment. Getting that in place is crucial, as the building will be enclosed and heated by Thanksgiving, Callahan said.

Several takeaways from the visit:


•Workers are pouring and finishing about 10,000 square feet of concrete a day. Early Monday afternoon, crews moved finishing equipment over the freshly poured concourse floor. "They're using a very aggressive mix" of concrete that hardens quickly, he said.

•Two shifts of workers are on the site. The evening crew includes workers who are moving the precast stadia into place - the large step-shaped pieces that form row after row of the seating bowl. One by one, semitrailers roll into the bowl, and a crane is used to lift the long precast concrete pieces into place. About eight such lifts take place each evening, Callahan said.

•A "snow gutter" runs along the entire north end of the curved roof which will be heated to prevent snow from building up and pouring from the top of the massive structure. The snow will melt into the huge gutter and be drained away.

•This summer, six large trusses will be erected across the bowl, leading to the building's "topping off' ceremony in fall.

Callahan said that Mortenson emphasizes safety on the construction site.

"It's the first thing we plan for and the last thing that we think of when we go home at night."

[VooDoo7]

Short video tour.

http://www.jsonline.com/videos/sports/nba/bucks/2017/03/07/take-sneak-peek-inside-new-bucks-arena/98856588/

[Gianstoppable]

Wisconsinesc.com has been my porn lately, move over pornMD there's a new sheriff in town, and she's made of metal.

[0BobLobLaw0]

Bucks are bidding for the 2020-2021 All-star game. I would imagine they should get it for the new stadium, but an All-star game in February/Milwaukee doesn't scream awesome for most players.