Loudest Arena?

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Loudest arena with the most buzz??

Suns
16
7%
Warriors
34
14%
Jazz
24
10%
Heat
9
4%
Celtics
35
15%
76ers
13
5%
Raptors
76
32%
Bulls
1
0%
Other
31
13%
 
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Loudest Arena? 

Post#1 » by Kobe187 » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:29 pm

With the NBA playoffs about to start, the arena atmosphere is amazing to watch, the noise level and buzz gets cranked way up by extremely passionate fans, who has the best overall atmosphere and loudest arena out of the current playoff teams?




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Post#2 » by miamiheat319 » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:33 pm

Raptors and Heat have had two of the best atmospheres out of the arenas I've seen games at so I went with them. Toronto particularly impressed me when I saw a game there

Oh, and fwiw, it's been a while since they've seen the playoffs but the Kings did set the record for loudest indoor crowd a while back :D

https://www.sactownroyalty.com/2013/11/15/5110128/kings-fans-set-guinness-world-record-for-indoor-crowd-roar
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Post#3 » by Swish1906 » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:34 pm

USA: "Wooah, its going to be so loud in the playoffs!"

Europe: "Hold my pyrotechnics..."

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Post#4 » by CraftylikeaFox » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:34 pm

It should be the Warriors, but the lower levels are a lot of non-passionate Bay Area, tech people. The die-hards have kind of been relegated to the mid and back levels. So overall, it's the Raptors.
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Post#5 » by RunOKC » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:34 pm

Raptors/Jazz

Honorable Mention to the Suns. Pre Chase center I would have chosen the Warriors.
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Post#6 » by Duffman100 » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:37 pm

I will say the one Raptors playoff game I went to, it was so loud I couldn't hear my own thoughts.
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Post#7 » by SeanieWard » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:37 pm

Warriors and New York

But I remember in the early to mid 2000s I would say Dallas and Sacramento had that title

It seemed like the arenas actually used to be louder back then but maybe that's just a myth
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Post#8 » by mulamutti » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:44 pm

its not brooklyn or cleveland for sure. I went to elimination games for those teams in the playoffs and was able to get 45 dollar tickets from scalpers outside! In Toronto I dont think you can get into jurassic park for that much.

Milwaukee was pretty loud when i went there. Utah seems loud but haven't been.. Raptors and golden state used to be loud, but i think there's way too many rich bandwagon fans attending games now honestly.
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Post#9 » by GSWFan1994 » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:46 pm

My house's TV room, with a few friends snoring like multiple jet engines after an afternoon of BBQ, beers and treats.
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Post#10 » by SNPA » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:47 pm

Arco.
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Post#11 » by Tyakack » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:47 pm

I would say probably raptors or warriors.
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Post#12 » by OBisHalJordan » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:48 pm

Why are the heat on here? They seem to have the worst fan base. The stadium doesn't even fill up until the first quarter is half over!

As a Celtic fan, its always fun to see the a lot of Celtic fans show up at away games. There's a lot of New England snowbirds in FL and I've seen some Heat and Magic games where the Celtics get more applause and cheers than the home team.
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Post#13 » by Apz » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:49 pm

SeanieWard wrote:Warriors and New York

But I remember in the early to mid 2000s I would say Dallas and Sacramento had that title

It seemed like the arenas actually used to be louder back then but maybe that's just a myth


Think dalkas had pretty good support in the po these last years too
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Post#14 » by TB » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:52 pm

As a Warriors fan I have a feeling Chase Center in the playoffs (this will be the first season since it opened) will be okay but drop in these rankings a bit. Just too expensive and the lower bowl corporate wine cellars take up a ton of space.

But Oracle during WE BELIEVE was the loudest environment I'd been to in a basketball game. And those early Steph MVP playoff runs were a pretty close 2nd. I expect Chase to get loud, but the days of Roaracle are probably over.
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Post#15 » by flow » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:58 pm

Everyone saying GS, they're in a new arena in a different city.
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Post#16 » by Nate505 » Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:01 pm

Without having a decibel meter handy I'm not sure if there's one definitive "loud" arena.

There are to me tiers of loud NBA arenas that have been consistently good throughout the years. Utah and Toronto are the first that come to mind for me for that upper tier.
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Post#17 » by MagicBagley18 » Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:22 pm

miamiheat319 wrote:Raptors and Heat have had two of the best atmospheres out of the arenas I've seen games at so I went with them. Toronto particularly impressed me when I saw a game there

Oh, and fwiw, it's been a while since they've seen the playoffs but the Kings did set the record for loudest indoor crowd a while back :D

https://www.sactownroyalty.com/2013/11/15/5110128/kings-fans-set-guinness-world-record-for-indoor-crowd-roar


I really don’t wanna bait a fan base but Miami? Come on man. I went to a playoff game there and a lady was knitting a sweater in front me. They show up to games late and leave early. I’m not saying the building can’t get loud or it’s not a great place to play or a great city but atmosphere and loud? No chance.
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Post#18 » by MagicBagley18 » Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:24 pm

No order for me....knicks, Boston, Toronto, golden state, Philly, Utah. I’m sure there’s more doing this off the top of my head
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Post#19 » by otwok » Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:24 pm

SNPA wrote:Arco.


I remember back in the day when the Kings were good, it was so much fun watching their home playoff games. That looked like a really tough place to play
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Post#20 » by The Laker Kid » Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:07 pm

Portland.. best fans in the world, right next to Raps
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