I think I figured it out, the first three or four or five rows closet to the court can be removed.
It looks like a high school basketball game being played. At first I was thinking they shrinked the basketball court and that is why there was more space between the court and the seats.
That pic looks like a hockey configuration with the basketball court laid on top. I'm not sure what that situation was, but they don't usually have the hockey boards up for basketball. lol.I have never been to Colonial Life Arena, but watching games from the television it seems that the front row seats are just about on the floor of the court. Looking at this picture, the front row seats (court side) look like they are 20 feet from the court. What is going on?
Yep that pic was taken from the High School basketball state title games. Lexington is playing, but I can’t tell who the opponent is from the pic. I coached in one of these state title games and those seats are removed for the state title games. I think they want to keep people off the court because those games used to last literally all day (particularly on Saturday).
I just thought the seats were permanent, I did not know the first couple of rows could be moved.
Currently there is 27 million reasons why South Carolina would not move back to the Carolina Coliseum. I have not seen the coliseum since 1999, however, I have looked at aerial and other photos of the coliseum and it appears they have built other structures in the parking lot of the coliseum, so that would make it difficult to move basketball games back to the coliseum.
The only SEC teams that I can remember that has built new arenas is Arkansas and maybe Kentucky (not 100 percent sure), Other SEC teams only did renovations to their current basketball arenas.
Auburn (2010) and Ole Miss (2016) each built new basketball arenas in the not-too distant past. In addition, Texas has a new arena slated to open next year.
Thanks. I thought they just renovated their existing facility. Anyway, the Pavilion looks great from my view on the television. Also not too big either. Kind of hard to tell that Auburn's facility is one of the newer arenas.
All the ones I mentioned emphasize amenities and closeness to the court over seating capacity. The Auburn Arena seats about 9,100 but the farthest seat from the court is purportedly only 43 feet. That's close proximity for that many seats. The Pavilion at Ole Miss seats 9,500. The new arena at Texas will seat 10,000 for most games but will be able to accommodate 15,000 for especially big games.
Well, it had 3,000 seats and we sold out every game in the Coliseum, which held 12,000 fans, the first six seasons we played there. So, I guess that was the reason. But good luck with that. I'm sure Dawn and Frank often think "man, if only we had a 3,000 seat gym with all wooden benchs"'
Even though it is bad for fans view at the game, I do like the style of the round arenas in which an examples of those are Alexander Coliseum the home of the Yellow Jackets (before they renovated it) University Hall where Virginia use to play at. Also i think Purdue, Illinois and Norte Dame basketball facility might be similar to the round arenas (picture below).
We are in the 21st Century. Don’t think it’s a stretch to expect good working internet and cup holders in modern arenas. I do like to sip my beer at events without hoping I don’t knock it over on the ground and watch it trickle down the aisles as $10 slowly slips away….
Not unless they removed them since the time you went and the last time I went.
If all I did was drink in the arena and not eat at the same time, I wouldn't care, either.Who gives a damn whether there's cupholders, they sell beer now
I'll admit that I might have been thinking about every other arena I have ever been to.
If you blow up the pictures, you can see them. That arena is way older than ours. Those people saw a need and they met it.
Kentucky doesn’t own Rupp. It also is built with poor sight lines on the ends. CLA has great sight lines for basketball except for the courtside student seats.
The Rupp Arena upper deck was bordering on Neyland Stadium conditions. They were packed in to keep capacity high. The upper level is now halfway decent.
Which would not be compromised by cupholders a la the Auburn Arena, the Pavilion at Ole Miss, or the Bud Walton Arena.
Seats aren’t wide enough for them to be added to the arms. Larger people would have issues getting in and out of seats, and they would likely damage them. A rear mounted cup holder would work in between the seats and low, since the seats are curved and have a back lean to them. Very similar to NFL cup holders.
The new seats they have now have the cupholders as part of the armrests, but whatever way works best for our particular requirements is fine with me.
Old seats do as well. Companies like Camatic and Hussey are very flexible. The minimum and maximum envelope (fold and unfold) will be the primary issue followed by seat width.
There'll be a day when seats will be widened and capacity somewhat lowered, as we're seeing in football now. But that's an aside. We'll get there, well, someone will.
CLA seat size is what WBS seat size should be. At the very least, the concrete sections should be done. The metal lower deck has too small of a tread for it.
