Seriously. He’s making me defend where the Nets play while I’m a Knicks fan. Barclay’s is not cramped in the slightest. Its very spacious and easy to move through. The problem is the actual seating. Its bowls are set up really weird and the upper seats feep so far from the action. MSG is #1 because there are no bad seats, the acoustics are incredible, and add in rabid Knicks fans and no arena comes close to it. Where the Jazz used to play in the 90s came close where the dB level would get in the hundreds but that was about it. Plus MSG has the Chase Bridge which is very cool. The knock on MSG is in fact how cramped it is when you’re in the arena trying to get to your seat. But once the games start, you don’t care
Yo I was just sitting here thinking about how it seems pretty silly to rank arenas when you’ve never even to them. You can actually tell from his descriptions that he’s never set foot in most of them. It’s almost like ranking landmarks and tourist attractions around the world without ever actually visiting them. Very strange lol
Delta center very under rated, should be in the 20-23 range. One of the best places to watch a game. Sold out every night. Steepest seats in the league. Come see a game
Agreed, Delta Center is great for basketball. No bad seats. Its not cavernous. Crowd is very loud, and the building helps a lot with that. Its a nice experience after the renovation.
Video suggestion: rank the arenas and stadiums you've physically been to. Fixation on natural light and small upper decks are getting played out. You're extremely well spoken and I'm here for it. I'll take content on the product on the court/field over a stadium that's 50 years old BTW. No hate. Keep the hustle up but imo stadium content has a ceiling
The deck sizes and nature light is not played out, it's literally the modern trend in arenas. I personally like the mid-tier seating better than large upper bowls because it puts you right on top of the action.
I have no idea if it's changed due to the renovation, but the Delta Center used to be a very unique arena. It was designed so the seating was basically cantilevered and stacked onto the court, creating a massive amount of sound and intimidation for opposing teams. It also has/had a glass design, including windows at the top, that would change the lighting on the court when it was night versus day. The building is also rather important as far as major regular season, playoff and Finals moments taking place there, including the assist that made Stockton the all-time leader, the steal that made him the all-time leader, the game where Stockton made the Full-Court Pass to Malone to defeat Chicago (Game 4, 1997 Finals), the Flu Game (Game 5, 1997), and the site of Jordan's Last Finals Game. The NBA fanbase's complete lack of care about details like these is pretty typical, but it makes for a disappointing and rather ignorant video on the subject. Sad to say, this was discovered after the first entry on this list. Do better.
The Delta Center is absolutely alright. It's old, but we'll kept, clean, decent spacing, good location close to public transportation and parking. I just wish it were bigger.
Never heard the author mentioning the temperature and humidity, acoustics, accessibility and entry bottlenecks, cleanliness of bathroom and concourse area, comfort of general admission seating, parking, and other "surprise costs". The future videos can be improved futher by going beyond commenting on pictures.
I like the ATLANTA on the outside of the State Farm arena,I can tell it says Atlanta and I dont see why it bothers you.Also the American Airlines arena is the old name for the Miami Heats arena,the one in Dallas is Anerican Airlines Center.
MSG should be top 3! Something special about the Court lighting raining from the iconic ceiling, the sound system, the noise, great view from every seat, and most beautiful ceiling of any arena wordwide.
I'm sorry, Madison Square Garden is the world's most OVERRATED arena. The concourses are cramped, the "ring" upper level above the regular upper deck is just bizarre, and you have to go up, up, up just to get inside. It also gets docked points in my book for replacing the original New York Penn Station building, an architecturally beautiful structure. It's biggest positive is its location, it is very easy to get to/from the arena, especially if you aren't driving.
@chipmillard5043 I agree on some of your points, as far as how high you have to get to the upper ring. Also, the corridors are a bit cramped. But what do you expect from an Arena in the middle of Manhattan, the most condensed City in USA, perhaps the world. Inside the arena itself, is where you can see the magic with the most beautiful and most iconic ceiling in any arena world-wide. The downward curved shaped ceiling to the center, creates this path for the crowd noise to concentrate in the middle of the court, which is why 99% of players always say that MSG is one of the best arena to play, the concerts are amazing as well, again because of the lighting and specific acoustics created specifically by the downward curved shaped ceiling. Last but not least, it is in the middle of The City, right above a transit hub, which makes it so easy to reach without driving.
The best thing I like about Golden One is they built the stadium into the ground. When you walk in you walk down to the court and first level it’s awesome. Best arena in the NBA by far.
People have raved about this building since it was new in the 90s as America West Arena. For good reason- I’ve heard Walt Frazier compare it to Madison Square Garden on Knicks broadcasts for its excellent seating layout and theatrical lighting. I’m glad it got quickly immortalized in the 93 NBA Finals with abundant footage of MJ vs Barkley on that court.
Golden 1 Center is the greatest they open the entire door during the sunny days. The beam is its own experience and DOCO is 10/10. Sacramento is the most underrated city don’t visit plz the traffic already be crazy
I think there’s other things you have to take into account when ranking arenas. For one, actually having been to enough arenas to make a good assessment of them and those you haven’t been two. Just using some pics off google don’t accurately reflect them. For two,the concourse and walkability when you’re not in the actual seats is a big part of how good they are. Cramped and dim concourses are ever fun to walk around. Also the location of the arena itself, accessibility, and parking should also play major factors. If an arena has a fan area or is in a poppin neighborhood/downtown that alone kinda makes it better than ones that sit in a parking lot with nothing around.
Totally agree. Using some of the arenas I've been to as examples: *Barclays Center (Nets) is not particularly good inside the arena. The upper concourse is very narrow (strange for an arena less than 15 years old), the upper deck seats are far away from the court (and it is also a big upper deck), and the lower level end court seats lack leg room. (On the positive side, Barclays Center is very well located if you are using transit to get there.) *FedEx Forum (Grizzlies), another basketball-focused arena, has the same "upper deck is far from the court" issue as Barclays Center. It is close to Beale Street, which is a positive. *Staples Center (Lakers & Clippers) has dead areas in significant sections of the upper level concourse where there are no access points to the seats, no concession stands, no anything. It's like they ran out of money or something. *Madison Square Garden (Knicks) has a tremendous location access-wise, but its concourses are narrow, it is located well above ground level (you go up, up, and up just to get inside), and the ring deck above the regular upper deck is ridiculous IMO. *On the other hand, Capital One Arena (Wizards) is generally solid in all aspects (albeit a little bland), though its dual use for basketball and hockey does push the upper level back a bit on the end courts. It is also very well located transportation-wise. *Wells Fargo Center (76ers) is a very similar venue to Capital One Arena, though it generally has wider concourses, especially in the lower level behind the side courts. On the negative side, it is surrounded by a sea of parking lots and other sports stadiums. (I personally hope the 76ers do build the Center City arena they are proposing so it is near many other amenities.) *State Farm Arena (Hawks) has a strange design in that it has a "regular" seating design on one side of the arena and a "club level and luxury suites" design on the other side of the arena, similar to NFL stadiums like Ford Field (Detroit) and Levi's Stadium (San Francisco/Santa Clara). I'm not a fan of that asymmetrical design.
Unfortunately, just like many of his other videos, depressed ginger get some facts wrong. Outside of that, in defense of Delta Center, which he has ranked as the worst arena in the association… It has been ranked as one of the most difficult places to play ever since it’s opening in 1991. Yes, the outside is nothing but a concrete and glass box. Yes, is a two deck approach. Yes, there has been talks of a new arena… But the community is strongly against that. Delta Center is beloved in Salt Lake City. Because of the seating arrangement, the fans are right on top of you when you are standing on the floor. It is loud, it is aggressive, it is intimidating. Even when the Utah Jazz are not a great team, they are hard to beat at home and a lot of of that has to do with the arena. I’m sure I speak for the vast majority of Utah Jazz fans when I say we will happily be last on your list if it means we get to Delta Center .
Yup. But that's what you get when you just Google pics and say that the outside looks like a boring box. Who cares? Its a renovated interior with nice amenities, downtown location, great design for basketball, and it gets LOUD. Fun place to watch a game. Much better than a lot of the multi-purpose / hockey arenas.
At the Golden 1 the huge windows open up and the Delta Breeze flows through, they do have screens so no bugs come in! The Beam was a brilliant idea its awesome! GO KINGS.
Props for showing love to the new Pacers Fieldhouse 🔥 I would personally say based on recent exterior and interior renovations it's top 5….if u see it in person
I`m not a Jazz fan but the Delta Center is not the worst Arena in the NBA. I like it a lot better than the Barcley Center. The interior of the Barcley Center is the worst in the NBA, it has no soul.
I remember when the first renderings of the Chase Center came out and it looked like a toilet bowl. It got so much criticism. They totally changed the exterior design.
Target Center's green roof is primarily about a lot of non-basketball things. One of those being reducing untreated stormwater runoff flowing into the Mississippi by about 1 million gallons per year. It also serves to reduce cooling costs of the arena in the summer, and provides a fairly isolated research area for plants and insects that's fairly safe from invasive species compared to ground level fields.
Thank you for illuminating those important facts...hence, the 💚'Green Roof'. People just don't get it!🙄 'Green Technologies' are so crucial for our environment going forward! We need MORE! E.G., the CHASE CENTER in SF... home of my beloved Dubs, 💙💛 GO WARRIORS 🙌, is a certified Green Business, even though it does not have a 'Green Roof'. Thanks again for the edification! 🌍 Happy Earth Day 2024 😊
One thing i love about TD garden is that it has North station in it so a ton of trains from all over mass run right there so super easy to get to games without driving into boston.
Great Ranking! What makes the Golden One Center so cool is the Purple Laser Beam firing from it after a Kings Win!! Such an exciting and loud environment! Kings fans are diehard! I would recommend going if you haven't gone! Light the BEAM! 💜
Can you make a video “creating the best nba arena” basically covering all the best and newest things you would put in a nba arena if you were building one.
I never understand it. Philadelphia and Boston have the exact same arena built at the exact same time and they always get ranked so differently for no reason
A retired NBA player told me he hated visiting Madison square garden because the facilities are old, tired and in need of renovation to modernize it. Don't shoot the messenger.
Beside the G1C exterior is dope, the interior they kept it a similar feelings like the old Arco Arena. Thats awesome from them to think about that while design a state of an art Arena. When you walk in the Arena, you instantly feel connected to the main floor even if you're on the upper deck. It's a close knit vibe feelings I get. Plus, the outside is nice with restaurants and shopping center. Not to mention the Beam which is cool as heck. What I like most about G1C is that it's scream Sacramento and has Soul to it. Especially when the Kings are winning. The energy in the Arena is so high that you can still feel it the next two days. Simply say, it is fun!
Moda Centers “weird overhang” is necessary for keeping fans lined up outside dry during the rainy season. I went to a concert there back in September and it was really nice! That being said, the stadium 100% needs renovations
As a Suns fan I love our arena! We had a major renovation a few years ago on the interior and the fan experience is amazing! Also, the exterior looks good, especially from the front entrance of the building.
Yup, look at how he ranked the Delta Center. Yeah its kind of boring on the outside, but it is a great arena to watch a game at. It should at least be in the middle.
I've been to 17 NBA arenas and Golden One Center really is the best I've seen so far. And then i would put Madison Square Garden at #2 and TD Garden #3.
For the record Target Center did have the interior renovated. Its was done (in general) at the same time that the exterior was done. Problem is that you can only do so much with the existing footprint and that footprint is just too small and only allowed so much work to be done as far as modernization. Hopefully with the team now winning and the soon to be change in ownership something will get done that keeps them in Minneapolis. The Las Vegas Timberwolves doesn't really have a ring to it...neither does the Seattle Timberwolves but I'm a bit of a homer on this one. After 20 years of being in the toilet it would really suck to see them go somewhere else now that things are finally headed in the right direction.
The Delta Center is unique because it's one of the only arenas built specifically for Basketball. The vast majority are multi-purpose, so the lower bowls aren't as steep, and are more spread out. The Delta's center lower and upper bowls are so steep, it amplifies the sound making it one of the most, if not loudest arena's in the NBA
The Wells Fargo center pictures you showed, was an old picture, and they just painted the bricks grey and there putting screens wrapped around the exterior
In Toronto were Raptors and Maple Leafs play at used to be called Air Canada Center. Now named Scottibank Area. In Portland used to be called The Rose Center now named Moda Center. In Los Angeles used to be called Stapples Center now Cypto Area were Lakers, Clippers and Kings played at [Clippers will get their own area in the fall].
I have a 10-game plan for the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center this season. They are nosebleed seats, and my one quibble is that it is a bit of a steep hike to get up to that next-to last row. Still, the view is excellent and I otherwise can't complain. I haven't been to many other NBA arenas to compare (I've been to Crypto and been meaning to go to Chase Center. I did go to Oracle back in the day.), But G1C is definitely special, even if it isn't as big as some of the other arenas in the league. There are lot of neat little architectural touches inside, and it definitely feel brighter and airier than the old Arco (RIP) used to be.
The upper bowl at Chase Center is waaaay too sloped. I have personally witnessed handfuls of individuals tumbling down the aisles. Even those who aren’t afraid of heights can get vertigo from being up in the nosebleeds.
I went to the Nuggets vs Bucks game in March 2023 and the atmosphere was amazing compared to let's say the Dallas Mavericks games which is where I currently live in Dallas. The only thing is that the Ball arena felt very old and outdated to me compared to American Airlines center in Dallas
when it came out, The Palace of Auburn Hills (Detroit) was a specimen to behold...at least for a Pistons fan. sad to see it go in favor of Little Caesar's Arena. "Failure Failure" *edit* I do like it for Red Wings games, though the fantastic Joe Louis Arena can never be duplicated (for better or worse).
I agree especially seeing the palace at auburn hills has got all kinds of tweaks and renovations only for them to demolish it. I actually liked it better than LCA. Only thing I like about LCA is the Rahmeen club section and how easy it is to get to and from seats. The parking is horrible.
So many youtubers do second takes like at 2:55 and then don't even rewatch their own video before they upload to see if they missed anything in editing. It's seriously so lazy to not check your own work. Embarrassing.
Why the hate of green roof? I think being environmental friendly is a plus. I like the Atlanta sign. I think it looks cool. The exterior of Barclays Center is good, but the interior is bad. I have been there once and the place is dirty.
It's not a rumor that the Mavericks are going to be building a new arena but reality. Cuban under the new ownership wants to at some point build an arena for the Mavericks that will also be part of a resort/casino entertainment complex. Of course, gambling in TX will have to be legal by then
Frost Bank Center is built on the Freeman rodeo grounds. The Design was to purposely done to match the appearence of a barn/stable to match the surroundings scenery. It works for us.
I can tell you. The theater is simply an escalator down and I believe it faces away from the bowl. And like any multi purpose basketball/hockey arena, the lower seats of the low bowl are removable so the hockey rink can go in and there is an industrial freezer that freezes the ice.
Crazy how just a few years back the Kings and GSW had probably the two worst arenas in the NBA. Arco in Sac was horrible. I've been to both the new arenas and even as a Warriors fan I do have to say I like golden 1 better. The location is awesome with all the restaurants right outside the main entrance. Also went to a monster jam there and it was awesome.
I’ll say it, as someone who’s been to basketball games in both Houston and San Antonio, the spurs arena being below the rockets is a crime. Spurs arena inside was nice and had a bunch of cool art and really good food options, while the rockets is the blandest arena I’ve ever been in and the seats were uncomfortable at best.
Fun fact about Barclays, when the arena opened Jay Z did a week+ worth of shows and the surrounding neighborhood in Brooklyn complained about the noise levels; so they installed a bunch of sound dampening panels that basically swallowed up the atmosphere entirely. It’s why you can barely hear the crowd during broadcasts. Also surprised you didn’t talk about the stage lighting or the grey court, as it’s the most unique in the NBA. Side note, I went to crypto for the first time last month and I was massively underwhelmed. Super bland stadium inside. There was no character to it, nothing that screamed LA outside of a single mural on the corner of a wall on the concourse.
Definitely not bland it’s very clean sleek and Modern plus with the renovations they’re gonna do it’s gonna make it so much better for starters the windows he mentioned they’re going to add will be a exit to a rooftop terrace for people to see the view of the whole city and watch the game outside also will add a huge two story lounge where you can eat and drink and watch the players come out to the court through a glass tunnel it’s gonna be more modern than stadiums built 15 years after it
What does the outside exterior of the Arena have to do with the overall vibe of the overall experience have to do with anything? Most arenas are blocked by buildings in towns. I.E. Dallas, Washington D.C,Sacramento, Chase Center??
Great call on Barclays centers crampness , i was thinking about it when you started talking, been there over 100 times, definitely super cramped. Way more than the other stadiums i have been to.
Capital One Arena is actually a great arena. The interiors is beautiful with old views. The outside is part of the city so that’s why it doesn’t stand alone.
Summary 29: Jazz 28: Pelicans - exterioran tron 27: Wizards - old and 2deck 26: Blazers - bland 25: Wolves --- at least gets to watch the Ant-Man go to work 24: Nuggets - boring 23: Spurs -- exterior 22: OKC -- too hockey, olymp 21: 76ers boring old design 20: Rockets -- ok 19: Phoenix -- bigfootprint 18: Hornets -- cool 17: Bulls -- bladdome 16: Grizz --- 3 deck too much 15: Hawks -- atlairport sign 14: Mavs -- coolouts but insde 13: Raps--- solid Canadian 12: Celtics ---- Tatum isthere 11: Magic ----- Bancher good 10: Heat --- no Wade anymore gd food 9: Nets --- good location but poor team 8: Pacers -- got Haliburton + 7: Cavs--- gd place and team ok 6: Pistons -- love pizza guy, go Cade 5: Lakers --- lebron till age 46 4: Knicks --- also has wwe ++ 3: GSW --- on the way out ?? 2: Bucks ---- glass cool lillard skinard 1: Kings -- cool flags , Keegan Murray light the beam
This dude doesn’t know anything. He thought the Kia Center was built in the mid 90’s in an earlier video lmao. It’s also crazy he ranked Orlando lower than Miami while calling Orlando’s arena outdated.
