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[numonex]

09/21/38, on 24 August 2009 - 07:57 AM, said:

It all comes down to demand.  If enough events are sold out and there is a demand to add seats then it will happen.  But don't hold your breath in this economy and after the state just spent 85 million to do the renovations and purchase.  

We are stuck with what we have for at least the next 25 - 30 years.  

But the renovations which they made are very good.  With what they had to spend the place does look much better and newer.  And it was finished just in time.  

The NCAA tournament is coming this March which will be the largest and most prominent event since the renovations were completed.

Yea...it is what it is.  Bottom line is that I would like to see something in this state to help offset our stifled economy.  I just went to this last WWE event in the Dunk and it is very nice since the renovations.

[numonex]

09/21/38, on 08 September 2008 - 08:21 AM, said:

With all of the dark gray seats you get the feeling you are walking into a movie theater.  The seats are to narrow.  The arm rest grab your pockets as you sit down.  

Some nice improvments: lobby, restaurant, skyboxes, bridge to Convention Center.  Wider concourse.

It looks like a 35 year old building with a paint job.

So I am going to still wait and see.  I will tell you this...I was glad to see WWE stop by with Smackdown...went to the show.  One thing I can say...is that I was comfortable. I have never been to TD but I am going to assume their seats rock also since it is a new arena but how do XL and DCU stack up...Been to DCU but its been ages.  Anyway...for what its worth the Dunk seats are nice.

Also when they list the capacity on their website....Are they just referring to the perminant seats?  I know the lower thrid of the bown is actually not perm seats...think its that way because the Dunk used to be used for conventions.  There are a slew of discrepancies when capacity is listed...some say 14k others say 11K it confuses me though I am sure now that after being there its more toward the 14K.

Anyways after being there the place does look nice.  I dig the brown seats and the whole interier color....Much better than the white turn pee yellow.

[numonex]

Ok, My last post was back in 2009.  Since I have been so critical of the direction the improvments went in I wanted to post a follow up here.

Here is the question...  How do you see the Dunk doing now that the improvments to the arena are old news.  Has it been a success?  Or not?

I am curious how folks here see it.   I will post my answer later....

[09/21/38]

numonex, on 19 July 2010 - 02:36 PM, said:

Ok, My last post was back in 2009.  Since I have been so critical of the direction the improvments went in I wanted to post a follow up here.

Here is the question...  How do you see the Dunk doing now that the improvments to the arena are old news.  Has it been a success?  Or not?

I am curious how folks here see it.   I will post my answer later....

I would say the improvements have been viewed as a sucess.  It does make the building a lot easier to get into and move around in.  The recent NCAA Basketball event was viewed as a great success and supposedly it is being looked at as a sight for the expanded tournament starting in 2011 (next year).  

Everything came together nicely that weekend to show off the city and it's possibilites but without the new Dunk it wouldn't have had a shot to hold the games.