Huge planning failure by everyone involved

[bmuscotty]

Someone show me an arena thats failed.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_Arena

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by bmuscotty

Someone show me an arena thats failed.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_Arena

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Defunct_indoor_arenas

[TheTed]

I'd be ecstatic if we got an NBA team and built an even better downtown arena in 10 years, and built it a block from all the bars, ala Memphis.

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by TheTed

I'd be ecstatic if we got an NBA team and built an even better downtown arena in 10 years, and built it a block from all the bars, ala Memphis.

Yeah, that would totally suck. Poor Memphis.

[Rico]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

quote:Originally posted by bmuscotty

Someone show me an arena thats failed.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_Arena

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Defunct_indoor_arenas

failed... would be not a very appropriate description. I don't think the Arena was built to make money. The question is... Can the Arena bring in enough revenue to cover the operational overhead, while at the same time being a stepping stone, of sorts, for Downtown?

I don't know the answer. The place out south that has ZZ, along with the Casino off of Tisdale are not making it any easier...

Add to that, Brady, and Cain's and you have quite a mix.

Are the tickets for Janet Jackson for sale yet?

It had crossed my mind that a "guaranteed purse" that the Arena folks had balked at might be the cause.... but who knows