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0BobLobLaw0 wrote:I think about a year ago Dave Sobelman tweeted about a partnership with the bucks. I wonder if that's for this upcoming season or for the new stadium?
When Johnson returned to Milwaukee in 2008 to be honored as a member of the Bucks’ 40th anniversary team, he shared fond memories of his early years in Milwaukee.
“I’ll never forget playing at the MECCA, with the colorful floor, the fan support, how loud the fans would get,” Johnson said. “The teams we had when I first got here, the first two or three years, with myself and Junior (Bridgeman) and Quinn Buckner and Sidney Moncrief and Brian Winters, and with Don Nelson, who was in his first full year as a head coach in my rookie year. When all of us came up together, our motto was ‘Green and Growing’ at that time.”
The Bucks did not reach the playoffs in 1978-79, but returned in 1979-80 and became postseason fixtures for 12 years. They moved to the Eastern Conference and became members of the Central Division in 1980-81.
Johnson was an NBA All-Star and an All-NBA Second Team selection in 1979-80 and 1980-81 before earning another All-Star berth in 1982-83. He helped the Bucks rise from their “Green and Growing” status to become one of the NBA’s premier teams.
“After about five years, I told (Bucks executive) John Steinmiller, ‘I think we’ve outgrown that now. We need to shed that. We need to mature and do some things,’” Johnson said. “To be one of the elite teams in the Eastern Conference and the whole NBA was a special treat.”
Before being welcomed home during the franchise’s 40th anniversary ceremony at the Bradley Center on March 28, 2008, Johnson reflected back on his heyday of nearly 30 years earlier across State Street.
“They don’t make ‘em like the MECCA anymore,” Johnson said. “It was the last of the intimate, cozy kind of arenas where the fans kind of felt like they were a part of the whole scene going on out on the floor.
“When you talk about favorite memories … I’d go up for a lob pass and catch it and dunk it and the organist would play, ‘He flies through the air with the greatest of ease ...’
MickeyDavis wrote:The council again rejected Silk yesterday. They already lost a lawsuit and a +$400K judgement (with attorneys fees pending) the last time they voted it down and now they will likely lose another lawsuit. And at some point there will be a Silk downtown. I understand the arguments against it but at some point you have to cut your losses, especially when it's not YOUR losses, it's taxpayer losses.
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drew881 wrote:Hard Rock Cafe and House of Blues would be fairly gross, but it at least diverts the morons into one location so that you can enjoy the better entertainment options. If you did have a legit brewery run the outdoor rooftop bar, who would it be? Could you get someone like Lakefront? That would be pretty amazing. It probably won't be a beer brand, but something like that would be pretty amazing. Some sort of beer garden with representative stalls from major Wisconsin companies would be ridiculous as well.
EastSideBucksFan wrote:My biggest concern is pricing people out of being able to attend.
paulpressey25 wrote:MickeyDavis wrote:Cup holders please.
When I was at Suns game in PHX a couple years back I couldn't get over how comfortable their seating was in the lower bowl. I'm not talking the top ticket club seats but even the average stuff 35-40 rows back. Leather chairs with recline and....cup holders. It was great. Oh and did I mention the seats were actually oriented towards the court.
Good things coming.
MickeyDavis wrote:The BC has the smallest lower bowl, 11,000 seats. It will be interesting to see the new configuration.