Worst stadium in the NBA

[Catchall]

Is the Nets' main practice facility basically in the basement of Barclays? It looks like there's a practice court down there.

[monopoman]

Stadium are a relic from a time before tv cameras. The nba doesn't need them anymore. They just keep building them the same way because they are stealing public money.

Most of the money generated is from the courtside seats and the area right around the lower bowl. If an arena has maybe 18,000 seats, most of the revenue is generated by the best 4000 seats.

The upper bowl is the most expensive to build (by far) and generates the least revenue per seat by far. These seats also give a worse view than watching on tv.

If you are watching a game on tv, it doesn't matter if the crowd is 5,000 people or 20,000.

If these owners were spending thier own money to build the areans maybe that would think about costs of building differently.

A 5,000 seat arena, where every one of those seats is a great one, and offers the kind of fan experience that someone paying that money expects is what the NBA needs.

Seating should be spacious. Bathrooms should be plentiful. Food should be quaility and reasonably priced. Treat the customer good and the ticket prices will reflect the value of the experience.

I had the worst seats in the building nearly for game 5 where Dame hit his big shot to win against OKC, it's still one of my all time favorite games I have ever been too.

What you talk about may be true, but those upper seats are great and some of the most die-hard fans are up there. This is even more true for teams like the Lakers or Warriors where ticket prices are far higher in general, you are basically saying **** everyone that can't afford at least a $1000 ticket. That $1000 might also be extreme low-balling a big enough game say a deep playoff game or a NBA finals game.

I am just saying unless you can afford that premium ticket, the experience is better watching it on tv. Even if you don't agree and you think the stands are better, TV is pretty good as an option. You probably would have enjoyed that game if you watched it with a bunch of die hard fans on TV as well.

Keep in mind that most games are not great games. Stadium food is terrible, terrible for you, and very very overpriced. The seats are cramped. You are required to squeeze past strangers to get to your seat or from your seat to the bathroom. The experience is trash.

A lot of NBA stadiums are mostly empty, most nights for this reason. If the experience was good they would be less empty. The experience can be good in a smaller space and the stadium would be much cheaper to build. The NBA could easily afford to build it's own stadiums without begging the goverment for money.

Why should a private orginazation with billionare owners and mulitmillionare employees get public money to build thier buildings? Does the govt pay the rent where you work?

Depends on the place, and I don't really give a **** about stadium food since I typically eat beforehand. It is far more memorable to see it in person, I have it etched in my mind and even in 40 years when I am an old man I bet I still remember it.

The Moda Center also has a lot of food options for a sports arena, and many of them are quality restaurants. Sure, some think watching on TV is just as good and for comfort you are damn right, but there are some that think going to concerts is not worth the money which I also heavily disagree with.

Portland also is one of the few cities that really doesn't pay to build these stadiums, we might change that with a fund to get a baseball stadium, but the Moda Center was built by Paul Allen about 30 years ago with his own money, at most we might have offered some tax breaks.

[The4thHorseman]

The worst location was the old Cleveland Coliseum. It was built out in rural area located in part of the snow belt about 30mins from downtown Cleveland It would get heavy lake effect snow from nearby Lake Erie. Was a nightmare at times getting in and out of there.

[Roger Murdock]

The united center sucks

[itrsteve]

I know this is a thread about the worst, but. The Fieldhouse in Indy is now 25 years old. It was considered the best "basketball" arena in the world when it was first built. Still top notch, from what I've been told. I've never been to another one.

This list is before the new Clipper Arena was finished (Currenting being scheduled for demolition)

2024-25 NBA Arena Rank Top to Bottom
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41557829/top-nba-arenas-td-garden-intuit-dome-more

Personally I think the fieldhouse is awesome. It's placed in a great area within the city, the corridor before the gates is super cool as well. I had zero complaints on the game I caught there last year.