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Pretty sure I almost died on those steps in the Oranges at least half a dozen times.
God do I miss them.
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TBN: KeyBank Center upgrades
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Tsujimoto
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Except for the Upper Blues where you couldn't even see the scoreboard from some of the rows.
Jim Bob
RIP RJ
Fans (and a longtime Sabres beat writer) suggest how to upgrade KeyBank Center
Building on some ideas from The Athletic's recent fan survey on how to improve the team's home of 24 years.
theathletic.com
Looking for the picture for when they used giveaway t-shirts to mimic The Aud seat color look happened onto this article by Vogl from 7/10/2020.
Tsujimoto
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Wait. Do you want it to be more like The Aud or not?
Fans (and a longtime Sabres beat writer) suggest how to upgrade KeyBank Center
Building on some ideas from The Athletic's recent fan survey on how to improve the team's home of 24 years.
Looking for the picture for when they used giveaway t-shirts to mimic The Aud seat color look happened onto this article by Vogl from 7/10/2020.
Hey - that looks like my avatar!
I'd love for them to go with that theme when they get new seats.
BloFan4Life
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Fans (and a longtime Sabres beat writer) suggest how to upgrade KeyBank Center
Building on some ideas from The Athletic's recent fan survey on how to improve the team's home of 24 years.
Looking for the picture for when they used giveaway t-shirts to mimic The Aud seat color look happened onto this article by Vogl from 7/10/2020.
That looks horrible. It reminds me of looking at a house on zillow where the owners just painted every wall a different color of the rainbow. The less colors, the better. Easier on the eyes, and looks better overall not just talking about hockey games at the arena. This would look great for Disney on Ice, or a Reading Rainbow performance. Could you imagine this weak team playing in a rainbow arean?
Jim Bob
RIP RJ
I like the variation of the colors.
One tweak I might like them go with would be having Blue & Gold in the lower bowl and Red & Black in the upper bowl.
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Guess you never saw a game in the Aud, huh.
TheDawnOfANewTage
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They gotta ship of Theseus that shit. Forever rebuild, come on, make it match the state of the team. Currently it’s an old wreck, make it a young wreck, plz.
sabremike
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REBUILD THE AUD AND MAKE THE LEAFS PAY FOR IT!!!
Just play all the games at the new bill stadium. It's like a winter classic 41 nights a year. It's not like we have to worry about spring hockey!
Tijuana Donkey Show
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I would love that look.
But I think the seats are "fine". The issue is the seating layout. Any major seat replacement should come with changing the layout entirely. If they could engineer a way to stack them and get everybody closer to the ice without losing 2-3k seats that would be huge.
1point21Gigawatts
hell's a gigawatt?
Man, that guy used to be around the amerks games too. What fun times.
It's a pre-Conehead Conehead!
Jim Bob
RIP RJ
I hope you mean the seat color is fine and not the seats themselves.
From Vogl's article:
Tijuana Donkey Show
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Correct.
I am saying any seat replacement should come with a layout change to bring them closer to the ice.
Jim Bob
RIP RJ
I do not believe that is possible. The most you could see would be bigger seats in areas or spacing differences. But I don’t know how you change the seating bowl to move seats closer to the ice.
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MOGlLNY
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KeyBank with all of its warts also has some of the best sight lines in the entire NHL. It's one of the few arenas that is dedicated to strictly hockey and it shows in how many good seats there is.
If you ever build a proper product for the fans to come and watch, nobody really sees what color the seats are.
Sabre the Win
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I am with whoever says we need new seats, its beyond cramped that you're literally elbow to elbow with not only the people next to you but also the next seat over.
The Rogers Center where the Jays play just had major renovations. It feels like an actually ball park, its simply amazing. They also redid all the seats and took out quite a few to give more space and add cup holders and it was much more cheaper than building a new park.
I would sacrifice seats to add more space in the Key Bank Center.
The Rogers Center where the Jays play just had major renovations. It feels like an actually ball park, its simply amazing. They also redid all the seats and took out quite a few to give more space and add cup holders and it was much more cheaper than building a new park.
I would sacrifice seats to add more space in the Key Bank Center.
Considering how much the NHL relies on ticket sales for revenues as opposed to MLB's TV packages, I'm not sure that losing those seats is appealing to Pegula.
The Historical Society likely agrees with you. Turn it into a national landmark.
"The Erie Canal of the Automobile Era." lol
BUT!!!!.... It has a world class dressing room .... (for a team that hasn't made the playoffs in 13 years).How are people saying the sight lines in there are good? They are AWFUL! The grade of the seats is gradual. There are no overhangs. 80% of the seats in the 100 level have large swaths of the ice that are obstructed. 200s are great. 300 level is in a different zip code, especially as you approach the corners. Not only that, they crammed too many seats in there, so if you are in the corners, the seats are narrow and scrunched together.
Design firms have figured out now to bring seats closer to the field/ice and that seems to be a large part of the new Bills' stadium design.
I have been to several NHL arenas and the sight lines are so much better. Along with everything else.
That bubble roof sucks the life and noise right out of the place, as well as ruining the aesthetics of being in a hockey arena. The giant blue wall and duct work is also terrible-looking. There is zero character to the place, where they have been able to add/design character into most arenas.
Other than that, you have the tomb concourses still that went out of style starting in 1999. Especially in the 300 level.
Its a dump, and not even a cool, edgy, nostalgic, character dump that the Aud was or even Highmark Stadium is. It just sux. I liken it to the awful multi purpose baseball/football stadiums of the 70s like Three Rivers, Riverfront, Jack Murphy, and Veterans Stadium (ending with the Skydome).
It is an eyesore from the outside too
It in my opinion is the worst NHL arena I have been in, and the only one close is Washington, and they are either getting a new one or completely rebuilding the existing. Boston, Philly, Toronto, Montreal, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Carolina, and Tampa are laps of luxury that are not only nicer and more comfortable, they also have more character and resemble a hockey arena more (flat roof).
A new build needs to be considered by all parties. A vibrant arena could have a positive effect on downtown. Musical acts and things like that have started to bypass Buffalo more and more. Maybe even attach that to the long-wanted convention center dealie.
oh, just saw this released. Directly related to my rantings
Where else in the NHL can you find that?? LOL
