boston garden is gone, it has been gone for several years, as is chicago stadium, and the use of the spectrum. the civic arena is a landmark but more astetically than any of those places.
stuff like loose seats isn’t a hard thing to fix. an overhaul would include new seats.
i was at the game last night… when someone needes to get by i had way more room to move back so that the person didn;t step all over my Jordan IV’s than i do in my season tickets for pitt at heinz in section 115. its about the luxury… trust me… i work in professional sports, i get angry about how much teams don’t really care about the fans. but with that said the pirates more so than anyother team do more in the community. the pirates donate double the money to charity than the rest of the teams in the city combined but if the pirates were out doing something would it make the 11 o’clock news.?. hell no. we don’t have the pittsburgh media in our hip pocket like the steelers.
the pens have a hard time selling out because its soo damn expensive. so you think a new area is gonna bring cheaper seats??? if they can’t sell out there is no percieved demand. if you don’t have that how would you sell out a new venue with say 22,000 seats on top of the fact your hardcore fans can’t afford the tickets… the penguins don’t have the luxury the steelers do… people will not pay their bills to get steelers season tickets… i don’t see anyone doin that for the pens.