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

[Gianstoppable]

Brazzers Center anyone?

Nah The Porn Hub

Bang Bros arena

[old skool]

Heard on the radio yesterday Bango will be at a couple Wendy's and Blaze Pizza in Racine handing out free tix to the home opener. I think they said New Berlin Wendy's but I missed the time. I happened to get lucky and have a call out that way today, anybody remember what time it was for?

Handing out free tickets for a home opener does not bode well for a franchise supposedly on the upswing.

Detroit reportedly had to do the same thing when they opened their new arena yesterday. That has to be a concern for Bucks ownership as they look ahead to opening a new arena of their own. Detroit could not sell 10,000 tickets for the first game in a new arena? Wow. That is astounding. I can't believe the Bucks will struggle so much selling seats at the new arena. Detroit is a bigger market but they were probably hurt by moving to the downtown and the reality that they are coming off a down year without many prospects for future success. But still.

The Bucks seem to be pinning much of their ticket sale success on full season tickets. Usually that means heavy corporate support. But corporate support relies on the local business community and the Bucks are drawing on a notably smaller population. At the same time, they are increasing the number of higher priced seats and reducing the number of upper level cheapies.

[WimpyDeer]

Heard on the radio yesterday Bango will be at a couple Wendy's and Blaze Pizza in Racine handing out free tix to the home opener. I think they said New Berlin Wendy's but I missed the time. I happened to get lucky and have a call out that way today, anybody remember what time it was for?

Handing out free tickets for a home opener does not bode well for a franchise supposedly on the upswing.

Detroit reportedly had to do the same thing when they opened their new arena yesterday. That has to be a concern for Bucks ownership as they look ahead to opening a new arena of their own. Detroit could not sell 10,000 tickets for the first game in a new arena? Wow. That is astounding. I can't believe the Bucks will struggle so much selling seats at the new arena. Detroit is a bigger market but they were probably hurt by moving to the downtown and the reality that they are coming off a down year without many prospects for future success. But still.

The Bucks seem to be pinning much of their ticket sale success on full season tickets. Usually that means heavy corporate support. But corporate support relies on the local business community and the Bucks are drawing on a notably smaller population. At the same time, they are increasing the number of higher priced seats and reducing the number of upper level cheapies.

Or people can't justify spending out the ass for the home opener against the Cavs.

[old skool]

Bucks tickets are exceedingly affordable. My Bucks seats would cost two or three times as much for the same location in the United Center. I expect to pay more, not the same or less, in the new Bucks arena.

Regardless of price, I can't imagine that an season opening game in a brand new arena with less than half of the seats filled was a good result for Detroit last night or would be a good result for the Bucks twelve months from now.

[EastSideBucksFan]

Heard on the radio yesterday Bango will be at a couple Wendy's and Blaze Pizza in Racine handing out free tix to the home opener. I think they said New Berlin Wendy's but I missed the time. I happened to get lucky and have a call out that way today, anybody remember what time it was for?

Handing out free tickets for a home opener does not bode well for a franchise supposedly on the upswing.

Detroit reportedly had to do the same thing when they opened their new arena yesterday. That has to be a concern for Bucks ownership as they look ahead to opening a new arena of their own. Detroit could not sell 10,000 tickets for the first game in a new arena? Wow. That is astounding. I can't believe the Bucks will struggle so much selling seats at the new arena. Detroit is a bigger market but they were probably hurt by moving to the downtown and the reality that they are coming off a down year without many prospects for future success. But still.

The Bucks seem to be pinning much of their ticket sale success on full season tickets. Usually that means heavy corporate support. But corporate support relies on the local business community and the Bucks are drawing on a notably smaller population. At the same time, they are increasing the number of higher priced seats and reducing the number of upper level cheapies.

They give away a certain number of tix every year to the home opener. But, this home opener is not sold out yet. With a 4 game homestand and Cavs pricing, the Mecca game (and pricing) has created a huge surplus of tickets for the first week of games. Lots of people are skipping the Cavs opener to go Saturday night or just skipping because of Mecca game.

Paying $50 plus to sit in the BC upper deck is a tall order to expect it to sell out.

I wouldn't use Detroit as a direct example to be worried about attendance at the new arena. Milwaukee as a city and Bucks as a franchise are in much better situations than Detroit and the Pistons.

[JustinCredible]

Heard on the radio yesterday Bango will be at a couple Wendy's and Blaze Pizza in Racine handing out free tix to the home opener. I think they said New Berlin Wendy's but I missed the time. I happened to get lucky and have a call out that way today, anybody remember what time it was for?

Handing out free tickets for a home opener does not bode well for a franchise supposedly on the upswing.

Detroit reportedly had to do the same thing when they opened their new arena yesterday. That has to be a concern for Bucks ownership as they look ahead to opening a new arena of their own. Detroit could not sell 10,000 tickets for the first game in a new arena? Wow. That is astounding. I can't believe the Bucks will struggle so much selling seats at the new arena. Detroit is a bigger market but they were probably hurt by moving to the downtown and the reality that they are coming off a down year without many prospects for future success. But still.

The Bucks seem to be pinning much of their ticket sale success on full season tickets. Usually that means heavy corporate support. But corporate support relies on the local business community and the Bucks are drawing on a notably smaller population. At the same time, they are increasing the number of higher priced seats and reducing the number of upper level cheapies.

They give away a certain number of tix every year to the home opener. But, this home opener is not sold out yet. With a 4 game homestand and Cavs pricing, the Mecca game (and pricing) has created a huge surplus of tickets for the first week of games. Lots of people are skipping the Cavs opener to go Saturday night or just skipping because of Mecca game.

Paying $50 plus to sit in the BC upper deck is a tall order to expect it to sell out.

I wouldn't use Detroit as a direct example to be worried about attendance at the new arena. Milwaukee as a city and Bucks as a franchise are in much better situations than Detroit and the Pistons.

This, and the fact that our fans have been conditioned by the Kohl era to get cheap tickets. The cost to attend playoff games last season was a rude awakening compared to when I went to all the playoff games in the Kohl era. I still went but certainly could see how people will be squeezed out by the prices. It will be interesting to see what happens with attendance as prices go up even higher in the new arena. Hopefully they can fill that thing.

[Thunder Muscle]

Heard on the radio yesterday Bango will be at a couple Wendy's and Blaze Pizza in Racine handing out free tix to the home opener. I think they said New Berlin Wendy's but I missed the time. I happened to get lucky and have a call out that way today, anybody remember what time it was for?

Handing out free tickets for a home opener does not bode well for a franchise supposedly on the upswing.

Detroit reportedly had to do the same thing when they opened their new arena yesterday. That has to be a concern for Bucks ownership as they look ahead to opening a new arena of their own. Detroit could not sell 10,000 tickets for the first game in a new arena? Wow. That is astounding. I can't believe the Bucks will struggle so much selling seats at the new arena. Detroit is a bigger market but they were probably hurt by moving to the downtown and the reality that they are coming off a down year without many prospects for future success. But still.

The Bucks seem to be pinning much of their ticket sale success on full season tickets. Usually that means heavy corporate support. But corporate support relies on the local business community and the Bucks are drawing on a notably smaller population. At the same time, they are increasing the number of higher priced seats and reducing the number of upper level cheapies.

They give away a certain number of tix every year to the home opener. But, this home opener is not sold out yet. With a 4 game homestand and Cavs pricing, the Mecca game (and pricing) has created a huge surplus of tickets for the first week of games. Lots of people are skipping the Cavs opener to go Saturday night or just skipping because of Mecca game.

Paying $50 plus to sit in the BC upper deck is a tall order to expect it to sell out.

I wouldn't use Detroit as a direct example to be worried about attendance at the new arena. Milwaukee as a city and Bucks as a franchise are in much better situations than Detroit and the Pistons.

I agree, their marquee pricing is asking alot. And we were talking in the ticket thread earlier that the MECCA may have been overpriced as there are still tickets available for that. When they announced it, you would've thought instant sell-out. But to your point, I opted to skip the Cavs game to go next week. If no MECCA game next week, I likely would've went tomorrow night --- especially being last home opener in BC. I don't know if they're doing anything out of the norm for that.

[Wisky4life]

http://milwaukeerecord.com/sports/get-early-look-inside-soon-completed-oshkosh-arena/

Not the Bucks arena but of the Herd's arena. Looks pretty cool. Going to have to get up there for a game this year.

[HurricaneKid]

Heard on the radio yesterday Bango will be at a couple Wendy's and Blaze Pizza in Racine handing out free tix to the home opener. I think they said New Berlin Wendy's but I missed the time. I happened to get lucky and have a call out that way today, anybody remember what time it was for?

Handing out free tickets for a home opener does not bode well for a franchise supposedly on the upswing.

Detroit reportedly had to do the same thing when they opened their new arena yesterday. That has to be a concern for Bucks ownership as they look ahead to opening a new arena of their own. Detroit could not sell 10,000 tickets for the first game in a new arena? Wow. That is astounding. I can't believe the Bucks will struggle so much selling seats at the new arena. Detroit is a bigger market but they were probably hurt by moving to the downtown and the reality that they are coming off a down year without many prospects for future success. But still.

The Bucks seem to be pinning much of their ticket sale success on full season tickets. Usually that means heavy corporate support. But corporate support relies on the local business community and the Bucks are drawing on a notably smaller population. At the same time, they are increasing the number of higher priced seats and reducing the number of upper level cheapies.

They give away a certain number of tix every year to the home opener. But, this home opener is not sold out yet. With a 4 game homestand and Cavs pricing, the Mecca game (and pricing) has created a huge surplus of tickets for the first week of games. Lots of people are skipping the Cavs opener to go Saturday night or just skipping because of Mecca game.

Paying $50 plus to sit in the BC upper deck is a tall order to expect it to sell out.

I wouldn't use Detroit as a direct example to be worried about attendance at the new arena. Milwaukee as a city and Bucks as a franchise are in much better situations than Detroit and the Pistons.

Its all about value. I live in Madison and between taking a few hours off, driving there and back, the massive hikes in tix pricing I just find myself wanting to watch from home. I'm a ticket snob and good seats are just getting really pricey. It probably cost me $500 to go between snacks, a few drinks, travel costs, etc. I just paid $500 for a BenQ 2050 projector and have a 120" screen to watch games on. Same thing happened to me for football. Its just a far better experience at home at a point where it just costs too much to go to games. I get to pause and rewind as I see fit, I get good food, my choice of drinks, etc.

I got courtside tix ~12 years ago for a LeBron game for $25/. I got courtside seats 6 years ago for a Heat game for $55/. Last year it cost me ~$280 to sit in comparable seats. Meanwhile other means of consumption have improved in quality AND price. And its not like the teams don't know. They get most of their money from TV viewership for that very reason.

[MickeyDavis]

Football is a much better experience on TV vs. in person but basketball is far better live. I get the time/cost aspect certainly.

[Gianstoppable]

No way could I make a 6pm game on a weeknight so that's where they lost me. 7pm or 730 for opening night. Also, opening night in the NBA isn't always a sellout anyway, opening day in baseball has MUCH bigger buzz, especially with the Brewers. The Bucks aren't there yet but they will be very very soon. You have to win games and excite fans to rejuvenate the state wide and even city itself to get the casual fans to come out. Next year's attendance will be great and I think it maintains it as long as the team continues to improve and show what they are showing right now.

[MickeyDavis]

Demolition of the BMO Harris Bradley Center will be a yearlong process that will not include a controlled implosion, the Milwaukee Bucks announced Monday.

The Bucks said they have hired Veit & Co. Inc., a Minneapolis firm with a New Berlin office, to dismantle the 30-year-old facility, said Marc Farha, executive vice president of Icon Venue Group, the company working with the Bucks on their new basketball arena and related projects.

Demolition will begin next summer, following the last scheduled event at the Bradley Center: the annual Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. convention.

Farha said it was important to get the demolition contractor named now so that the complicated project can be properly planned. The work will be underway as the Bucks' new $524 million area celebrates its grand opening in the fall of 2018.

"They won't be able to implode the building" because it stands so close to the new arena, historic Turner Hall and the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, Farha said.

"That's an all-concrete building with steel on top," he said of the Bradley Center.

The Bucks and Hunzinger Construction Co. are looking into ways to preserve for resale some of the Bradley Center material, such as the granite cladding, Farha said.

"We're evaluating what will be the best use for it," he said.

Hunzinger is a Brookfield-based company that's managing construction of the entertainment plaza and other related development.

Work will begin on the south side of the Bradley Center and over time move north toward the new arena.

"It's a year total process," Farha said of the demolition.

RELATED: Hunzinger to manage construction of Bucks entertainment block

The new Bucks arena is being built with $250 million in taxpayer support. The Bucks' development arm is paying for the entertainment complex that will surround the facility, including a beer garden linking the arena plaza with Old World 3rd St.

Veit will work as a subcontractor to Hunzinger.

Veit is the same company that handled demolition of the large city-owned parking ramp along N. 4th St. between W. Highland and W. Juneau avenues. The entertainment complex and beer garden are being built on the site of that ramp.

The Bucks have not announced redevelopment plans for the Bradley Center parcel. At seven acres, it's the largest piece of land that the Bucks control in the arena development area, Farha said.

[Black_Dragon]

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I think this will be nice touch, especially with how busy McKinley is.

[MickeyDavis]

First comment on that tweet: "How long before the first, "One Call That's All ad?

Second comment: "What is the shortest unit of time"?

[paulpressey25]

That video screen on the side of the parking structure is damn brilliant. There is not another higher profile billboard in the entire city. Every single morning car coming into downtown via McKinely sits at that stoplight and watches that board. You can't avoid it.

[MickeyDavis]

Outside of the arena, fans entering from the north will be greeted by a pair of cutting-edge outdoor displays totaling an additional 2,700 square feet. The northwest corner of the arena will be wrapped in a 15-foot-high by 85-foot-wide see-through display, allowing fans the ability to still see out through the glass façade while those approaching the building see a large digital sign.

"That allows you to have windows and be able to look through the display," said Parker, "But when you’re looking at the building, you’ll actually see a video image, an advertisement, or upcoming events."

An additional 39.5-foot-high by 37-foot-wide curved display will be installed on the northwest corner of the new parking structure, greeting fans entering the arena district from McKinley Avenue with graphics similar to the one outside the arena.

[SirChurros]

First comment on that tweet: "How long before the first, "One Call That's All ad?

Second comment: "What is the shortest unit of time"?

[crkone]

http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2017/10/26/maroon-5-rock-new-milwaukee-bucks-arena-sept-16/801976001/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=

Maroon 5 will play the new Milwaukee Bucks arena Sept. 16, the Bucks announced Thursday morning.

The booking of the three time Grammy Award-winning band is the first concert announcement made for the new arena which is scheduled to open next fall.

Tickets for the show will go on sale 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4th on Ticketmaster.com.

The band, led by frontman Adam Levine, will be touring in support of their new release "Red Pill Blues," their sixth album, which comes out Nov. 3.

[HKPackFan]

http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2017/10/26/maroon-5-rock-new-milwaukee-bucks-arena-sept-16/801976001/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=

Maroon 5 will play the new Milwaukee Bucks arena Sept. 16, the Bucks announced Thursday morning.

The booking of the three time Grammy Award-winning band is the first concert announcement made for the new arena which is scheduled to open next fall.

Tickets for the show will go on sale 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4th on Ticketmaster.com.

The band, led by frontman Adam Levine, will be touring in support of their new release "Red Pill Blues," their sixth album, which comes out Nov. 3.

I guess that's a step up from the hot pocket guy.

[Black_Dragon]

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No new news, but thought the countdown was interesting. 235 days from now is June 22,2018 which is much earlier than anticipated. I'm sure they'll have plenty of smaller touches leading up to the grand opening, but it's nice to know they're leaving plenty of time between when they want it done and the beginning of the NBA season.