The correct answer to “the worst NBA arena ever” is all the ones built in the late 1980s that were made immediately obsolete by the Palace of Auburn Hills’ abundant luxury suites. At least Charlotte Coliseum and the Memphis Pyramid had a high seating capacity, but Miami Arena was already the smallest arena in the league when it opened in 1988. It was barely open for a decade before the Heat (and the NHL’s Panthers) moved to nicer digs.

@lakerskid2013

Жыл бұрын

I think the idea of playing basketball in a pyramid is actually pretty cool, but they just didn’t get the execution down. Now if somehow something happened with Luxor in Las Vegas to where they couldn’t hold their business anymore with their hotel and casino, I wonder if it would be big enough to hold an NBA expansion team. If not, then there’s something about it where it would be such a Vegas thing if their new expansion team turns out to be in a pyramid big enough to hold the team in with enough seating capacity. Then upper floors could be used as a hotel and casino considering it is Las Vegas. I know it won’t happen but it’s not a bad idea.

@canoone1975

Жыл бұрын

The City of Memphis actually ran out of money before finishing the Pyramid. That left the acoustic panel system needed to accommodate the odd shape of the building only partially done, making concert acoustics horrid and basketball just dead-sounding. The concourses were unfinished concrete due to lack of funds for floor/wall tiling. Cool concept, but terrible execution.

You got the Richmond Coliseum confused with the Richfield Coliseum.

@fishflake1209

Жыл бұрын

Not only that, but one of the pictures was of Bojangles’ Coliseum in Charlotte.

@camdenprice14

Жыл бұрын

Hey Peyton thanks for copying exactly what I said

@peytonthomas4338

Жыл бұрын

@@camdenprice14 My bad, I didn't look at the comments before writing this.

@mattyg4186

Жыл бұрын

The showed the Richmond Coliseum that’s still standing that’s not in Cleveland, The Richfield coliseum was demolished i think as soon the cavaliers moved out

@a.j.adderley786

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for correcting him on that.

As someone who has been to a lot bucks games at the Bradley Center, I would like to say that the arena wasn’t originally supposed to be made for basketball. The Bradley Pettit family built the stadium in hopes to bring an nhl team to Milwaukee in the 80’s but plans fell through

Smoothie King Center: Built in 1999, not early 90s. 8:45 Amway ARENA. 8:56 Bojangles Coliseum pictured (home of the Charlotte Checkers). 9:03 Richmond Coliseum pictured (Richmond, VA). The Cavaliers played in the Richfield Coliseum, halfway between Cleveland and Akron in Ohio.

9:06 that pic you showed is Richmond Coliseum in Virginia. The Cavaliers played at Richfield Coliseum

@truejacksonveep

Жыл бұрын

yellling at his videos and in the comments has become a futile exercise, I've found. He has done a bit better but there is a long way to go.

I loved the Pyramid! As a lifelong Memphis fan that was the arena that Penny built when he played there from 1991-93 and took us to the Elite 8 in 92. That building was unique and sat 20,000 fans and was loud. It was properly dubbed the 'tomb of doom'.

@elwin38

Жыл бұрын

The thing i didnt like about the Pyramid was the upper bowl sucked. All the upper bowl seats were crammed in. When the Grizzlies moved to Memphis and played in the Pyramid, me and my son used to go to the games and sat in the upper bowl.

@retroguy1976

Жыл бұрын

i wonder if whomever built that arena built the luxor in vegas??!!

@mikem957

Жыл бұрын

@@retroguy1976 No. Two different designers and contractors.

@noone-ft9lw

Жыл бұрын

I tripped balls there at a phish show in 97

Ginger, you’re so critical of these arenas. How would you design an arena? What would be your ideal arena?

Do your homework son

Milwaukee actually weren’t a horrible team even throughout the 2000s, they’ve been if anything mediocre before they began their consistency making the playoffs from 2017 onward. They didn’t have any crazy long playoff droughts, they would be good enough to make the playoffs most years but not good enough to go far at all. Oracle Arena has been known for a great experience for watching the games, in fact one of the best home court advantages in the NBA because of the passion Warriors fans do have, the real ones of course which there’s plenty of. The Pyramid actually wasn’t a bad idea, doesn’t really look bad on the interior, but their problems were with constant flooding and they didn’t have a good enough drainage system in place.

Oracle arenas exterior is actually pretty good ngl

Even though it was a temporary venue for a few years till their permanent home was built, I'd like to add the SkyDome (now Roger Centre).

Smoothie King Center opened in 1999...not early 90's.

Richmond, VA Coliseum- home of the ABA Virginia Squires! Dr J, George Gervin, Charlie Scott

@gregsells8549

Жыл бұрын

Actually one of several homes, along with the Hampton Coliseum, Norfolk Scope, ODU Fieldhouse, Richmond Arena and Roanoke Civic Center.

The Palace of Auburn Hills is the best basketball only arena ever. It set the standard for luxury. Worked there in my youth in the early 90s to about 2003.

@sirekumasutra7022

Жыл бұрын

And a great concert venue too. Sad it got torn down.

@orlandofields1973

Жыл бұрын

@Sire Kumasutra yep. I was an usher, saw many of the greats. Those speakers were so clear, you could feel it in your chest.

I went to the Bradley center for a motorcycle races in its final year. Not only was it basic as hell. But, even in the lower deck they had basic folding chairs as their seats. And I don't mean these are temp seats.

The Sleep Train Arena was torn down last year. The Kings left there in 2016 to go to the Golden 1 Center.

@robertfreeman478

6 ай бұрын

That was a terrible arena. I went there a few times. So much memories from the early 2000's now the kings are making memories in golden 1

You think Sleep Train Arena aka Arco Arena 2 which has a super interesting history is the worst you should have seen Arco Arena 1 in the 80’s when the Kings moved to Sacramento from Kansas City. It became a literal office building siting on the city/county line of Sacramento to ensure it being used as a basketball arena. That place was a joke and was used for only 3-4 years until Arco Arena 2 (sleep train). Arco 2 has been removed but Arco Arena 1 is still there

Gee, I wasn't aware that the Cleveland Cavaliers played their home games in Richmond, Virginia. This guy is a total joke. It's as if he's just making stuff up Or perhaps Depressed Ginger is really George Santos using a fake name ?

@davidelliott9493

Жыл бұрын

It’s terrible! The Richfield Coliseum was torn down in 1999. Larry Bird said it was his favorite arena- he’s from tiny French Lick, IN, so the idea of a basketball arena in the middle of a cornfield is right up his alley….and Southern IN is kind of like that.

@lakerskid2013

Жыл бұрын

@@davidelliott9493 As someone that used to live in Princeton (in southwestern Indiana) I can most certainly assure you there’s not much of anything there to even do. I’m glad I live in Indianapolis now, but pretty much outside of Indy there’s not much to do in the whole state of Indiana

Bro i grew up going to arco arena/ sleeptrain arena and you're dead wrong. It didn't look good but there was not a bad seat in the arena. Gotta stop with the kings slander brother.

being inside the pyramid before, it’s nice and weird looking up at the ceiling. The view from the top, man it’s refreshing

The Washington Wizards arena was actually an improved seating design over Cleveland's Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, which I personally say currently has a worse seating design than Washington's place, and the worst seating design in the NBA. The arena design in Cleveland put the suites too close to the floor, compromising the sight lines of the sideline seating from top to bottom.

Sports fans in Europe use Smoothie King Center as an example as to why they don't want the names of their historic venues re-named by sponsors.

Target center roof is grass bc of the snow when it melts it’s absorbed by the soil

@georgeawestjr.9087

10 ай бұрын

I'm surprised they don't call it the Tar-Jay Center. 😄😅😄

So the Cavaliers played at the Richfield Coliseum that was torn down in the 90s. You showed the Richmond Coliseum that is in Richmond, VA. Completely different things man.

@robtaylor4365

Жыл бұрын

Bad research! 🤨

@matthewminnicklive

Жыл бұрын

At 8:57 the "Richmond Colliseum" is actually Bojangles Colliseum in Charlotte, NC. You can see the Charlotte skyline in the background too.

@TheMrSuge

Жыл бұрын

@@robtaylor4365 More like no research.

@connecticut511

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMrSuge he pumps these vids out way too fast

@TheMrSuge

Жыл бұрын

@@connecticut511 Do you think it's because he's on Spring Break, and he's bored ? I'm guessin' that nobody invited him to drive down to Florida for the Par-Tay

The biggest miss in here was the worst NBA and NHL arena ever made was the Continential Airlines Arena in New Jersey. That Arena was so bad and it a ss the blandest and most dull interior ever. Games looked dull and dark in there as it was just horrible. If you do a new one in the future, please include that one next time.

5:24 had me DEAD hahahaha, "It looks like a BANK"

As a lifelong Kings fan, thank you for shitting on our old barn because we shit on it too and appreciate our shiny new arena at Golden 1

@robertfreeman478

6 ай бұрын

And now we have a competitive team again. That's even better. I hope to get to Golden 1 one day

“ I mean it’s a freaking pyramid” 2:24😂

Wells Fargo Center is a perfectly fine arena. Not remotely the worst, especially post-renovation.

@PredatorKingdom

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Wells Fargo Center is nowhere near that bad and Verizon Centrr in DC too. I couldn't believe he left out Continential Airlines Arena in New Jersey that one was bad.

Don't disrespect Cap One like that

I'm surprised Reunion Arena didn't make the list. Growing up in Dallas in the 90s, I couldn't believe the Mavs played there

Are you not going to finish the largest bracket series?

the smoothie king center ain’t even bad

I liked Oracle...that sunken floor was really cool...old school

Loved going to games at the Pyramid in Memphis. The Tomb of Doom!

OK, at 8:58 you start talking about the Cavs old arena, Richfield Coliseum, not Richmond Coliseum. You also show a short picture of Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, then start showing pictures of some other old arena that is not Richfield. The Cavs left Richfield in the mid 1990s and the arena was torn down a few years later. That area is now just a field of grass near the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Whichever arena you were showing instead of Richfield, does look bad though.

FYI thats not where the cavs played...that place was torn down before you was born.... do more research

There are a few other NBA arenas that were missed in this video if this was supposed to be an all--time list. ARCO Arena I - Sacramento Kings home from 1985 to 1988. I believe its now a call centre. Salt Palace - Utah Jazz home from 1979 to 1991. I believe it was actually a convention centre. Why couldn't the Jazz share the Huntsman Center on the University of Utah campus? Miami Arena - Like Milwaukee, had a short life as an arena (also the southernmost venue where the Stanley Cup was presented in the NHL) The domed stadium era (Kingdome, Silverdome, Superdome, SkyDome, Alamodome) Cobo Arena - horseshoe shaped seating arrangement and hard to find pictures of its interior Buffalo Memorial Auditorium - better hockey arena but that's a stretch I'm sure there are more but that's what I have come up with at this time.

@PredatorKingdom

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, there were some big ones left out and the biggest one was Continential Airlines Arena in New Jersey.

@davidkitterman3952

10 ай бұрын

The LA sports arena , Key arena , The spectrum

Will never understand the Bradley Center hate , I went to many a game there and always thought it was an excellent arena ; we actually still have the old “ Milwaukee arena” ( renamed panther arena for UWM) standing , talk about an arena that literally didn’t have a bad seat in it ! Would be great to see a video of these old arenas like Milwaukee’s that are still being used , keep up the great content Bro….

I'm surprised you didn't mention Baltimore's CFG Bank Arena (former home of the Bullets (now Wizards) which has been standing for 60+ years The fugly box is such an eyesore IMHO (FYI Baltimorean here)

@fishflake1209

Жыл бұрын

People suggest Baltimore as an expansion NBA city without realizing their arena was deemed unsuitable for an NBA team 50 years ago.

Your Cleveland Cavs arena is the wrong one. Do some research.

I've been going to Wells Fargo center for forever, and yeah it's terrible. A real shame since Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Field are both great, but WFC brings down the average

The Bradley Center was atrocious. Almost no leg room, incredibly uncomfortable.

You should rate or make a tier list of the different championship rings for the mlb

The former arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Bank of Montreal/Harris Bank Bradley Center looked like a dump. 👌

Check out some photos of the old arena in Atlanta, The Omni. It was hideous and leaked terribly because it was designed to “rust seal” on the the roof.

Say what you want about Oracle but it was a great place to watch a game and boy was it loud. That’s why it was affectionately known as ‘Roaracle’. I guess I’m old fashion and I know it sounds crazy these days, but I actually used to go to games to watch the game. I never gave a thought to what the stadium or arena looked like, for me, the game was the star, until millennials started telling me I had to care about all the amenities.

I can't believe they turned the pyramid into a bass pro shop. Went to tons of tigers games there.

I was so confused at first when I saw Bojangles pop up for a sec in Charlotte when yiu were talking about Clevland

The conviction in voice for incorrect material is hilarious, it’s not content at all / just repeating the word “stadium” like a robot

Take a drink when he says "Come On!!"

The Palace of Arburn Hills is a classic

The Omni in Atlanta was an absolute shithole before they tore it down.

San Diego Sports Arena. They lost 2 NBA teams. It was outdated pretty quickly after being built.

I love the pyramid also. Really awesome building.

Sleep Train Arena. Sounds like a place to take a nap, not watch basketball. I can't get over that name.

The Pyramid in Memphis is not "currently known as the 8th wonder of the world" as you stated. That description is or was the Houston Astrodome.

Imagine working in a pyramid and it’s just a bass pro shop

I hate to break it to you, but the Cavilers never played at the Richmond Coliseum, you're thinking of the Richfield Coliseum. Most of the pictures you showed were of the Richmond Coliseum, in Richmond, Virgina.

Sleep train, Amway Arena and the bradley center were both completed in the late 80s. Alaska also has an arena made in the 80s and it's exterior looks like a library. Stadium design in the 60s to early 90s were pretty bad with exception to the ones that are still in use.

@MarloSoBalJr

Жыл бұрын

Except for The Palace of Auburn Hills. That arena was an amazing feat of architectural engineering that sadly got thrown away 😓

@danimalman3

Жыл бұрын

@@MarloSoBalJr that was one of the first modern arenas and it was pretty solid.

richmond was for the university of richmond you were meaning the richfield colisuem which was outside of cleveland and it was a square shaped building it was torn down in the 1990's shortly after the cavs moved to gund arena/rocket mortgage fieldhouse

Bradley center is the same architectural and engineering blueprints as Honda Center in Anaheim

The Memphis Pyramid gives me references to Memphis, Egypt since Memphis, TN is named after Memphis, Egypt.

Arco Arena as I remember it as aka Sleep train yes it wasn’t much to look at and became outdated early in its life span but back in the early 2000’s when the Kings were a championship contender nobody cared about that we packed the building and created a college life environment and a great home court advantage. It was a fun place to watch games. G1C of course is fantastic and was needed for my Kings but us Kings fans still enjoyed games in the old barn. Fun fact Sleep train was the second Arena in Sacramento Arco 1 was a 10,000 seat capacity building nearby in Natomas that building is still standing and got converted to a State Agency building. Arco 2 or Sleep Train has been demolished not sure what will be built in its place there is still a concrete shell next to the arena where a multi purpose stadium was to be built to try to get the A’s and Raiders to Sacramento. Now of course the A’s will play in our minor league stadium for the next 3 years. What could have been though in the early 90’s Kings Raiders and A’s all playing next to each other.

Richmond Coliseum looks like Space Mountain as a steel mill.

THIS guy ALWAYS gives gals facts He misrepresenting something in every video.

The Wizards stadium is so goddamn steep. The disconnect between the upper and lower bowl is huge.

The Memphis pyramid is the greatest thing to ever exist in the entire world

We don’t want lettuce on the roof

Sacramento comment… Arco arena aka sleep train yes was a dump. Was built in the 80s on the cheap and I mean cheap. It was built in a time before the nba exploded with micheal Jordan and what the nba is today. It was outdated just a few years after it was built. It’s location in north natomas looked like a giant barn. If you’ve ever been to Sac you’re driving through nothing but farm land so it was fitting. From a fan standpoint, because it was also one of the smallest arenas it was actually a great place to actually watch a game. It’s small design put you right in the action. It was extremely loud as I believe still it holds the record for the loudest crowd decimal in recorded history. The concourse was terrible, bathroom situation was terrible but it’s hard to forget how good it was at actually viewing the game. Golden1 is great but doesn’t come close to the setting position and atmosphere old arco had!

THAT DESIGN IS STRAIGHT FROM NINETEEN-SIXTY-FOUR LMAO THAT SHOULD BE FRAMED

Noooo not the Bradley center!

Tomb of Doom baby

Thanks for not including Market Square Arena on the list.......Old home of the Indiana Pacers. It wasn't the best, but it was a very unique arena.

Lmao the BMO as soon as I click on it. So glad the bucks got the new arena. The team definitely would have left if it wasn’t for fiserv forum

Why not the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome?

Capital one arena is honestly pretty good don’t get the hate. Great sight lines, comfortable seats and the best location maybe possible

The Richfield Coliseum in suburban Cleveland, Ohio (Richfield, Ohio). That looked like Star Wars was filmed there. 🤦🤦🤦😄😄😄😅😅😅

3:10 “Smoothie King”

I'm surprised the Omni Coliseum wasn't in this video. They were still playing games there while there were massive holes rusted through the exterior walls that fans could walk through to get in without a ticket.

@henryca03

9 ай бұрын

In hindsight, the Omni should've been torn down before the 1996 Summer Olympics.

u missed the LA Sports Arena, the Clippers used to play there, its gone now

Richmond coliseum is in Richmond Virginia and is has no affiliation to the Cavaliers 😂

Smoothie King…great name for a laxative. 😖

The Pyramid was freaking awesome!

Sleep Train Arena, the NBA's Factory of Sadness.

i would have added the Seattle Kingdome

@TheMrSuge

Жыл бұрын

He probably would've shown photos of the Astrodome with it

@davidelliott9493

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMrSuge or the SkyDome. Research and accuracy is not his strong point.

@PredatorKingdom

Жыл бұрын

Continential Airlines Arena in New Jersey should've been in here.

Canadian Banks Out Proportionately Own American Arena Names

Cleveland Ohio here and you are totally wrong on your pictures of Cleveland and there is arena . You not real bright.

9:00 that’s the Bojangles Colosseum in Charlotte NC

Hey, if gonna do info videos,at least get it right. Actually look up to see what the Richfield Coliseum looked like. I have no clue what arena you showed,but it sure wasn’t Richfield. Do better

Where is Key Arena? Awful much worse than Arco Arena 2

Sleep Train Arena looks like a run down government building.

@fishflake1209

Жыл бұрын

How fitting: the original ARCO Arena, where the Kings played from 1985-1988 (essentially a warehouse with grandstands built inside as a stopgap until what later became known as Sleep Train Arena was completed), was converted into a government office building after the team moved out.

You mean Richfield coliseum

Richmond coliseum? 😂 Cleveland Cavs never played in Richmond, Virginia. The Cavs played at the Richfield coliseum from the 70s until 1993 but it didn't look like that. Come on bro!

LA sports arena was pretty bad!!

#WhatTheBallsMateRightThere?

How arco arena number 1

Bro you complain to much oracle isn’t even that bad bro bet you ain’t never been to it smh….

@lakerskid2013

Жыл бұрын

He also has an obsession with team logos on scoreboards anytime he does videos about that.

@eLi9MaRsHaLL

Жыл бұрын

@@lakerskid2013 i know its a scoreboard not art class just be happy it tells you the score..

@lakerskid2013

Жыл бұрын

@@eLi9MaRsHaLL Exactly. The logos don’t mean everything and shouldn’t be dealbreakers on scoreboard presentation. Sure, it can be a bonus for some setups but other times if anything they can actually make it look worse than without the logos.

Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in Portland is another really bad one.

@SlabbyMess

3 ай бұрын

Why was it bad?

First