TBN: KeyBank Center upgrades

[BB79]

Pretty sure I almost died on those steps in the Oranges at least half a dozen times.

God do I miss them.

Go to 25:38. You're welcome

 

[Tsujimoto]

Yuck, abandoned. Let's remember her in happier times:
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If they ever did fully replace KBC, please built a new one with a steep rake of the seats like the Aud. Those sightlines are to die for.

Except for the Upper Blues where you couldn't even see the scoreboard from some of the rows.

 

[Tsujimoto]

It's a pre-Conehead Conehead!

 

[Jim Bob]

I'm onboard with the idea of redoing them to match the old Aud seats. Granted, all that gold in the lower bowl will be very easy to spot on light attendance nights.

https://theathletic.com/1921837/2020/07/10/fans-and-a-longtime-sabres-beat-writer-suggest-how-to-upgrade-keybank-center/

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.

The ideas are endless. We welcome yours in the comments. In the meantime, we’ll let one survey taker finish what we started.

“Clean it. At least once. Please.”

 

[Tsujimoto]

“Clean it. At least once. Please.”

Wait. Do you want it to be more like The Aud or not?

 

[Dex]

https://theathletic.com/1921837/2020/07/10/fans-and-a-longtime-sabres-beat-writer-suggest-how-to-upgrade-keybank-center/

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]

https://theathletic.com/1921837/2020/07/10/fans-and-a-longtime-sabres-beat-writer-suggest-how-to-upgrade-keybank-center/

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]

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?

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.

 

[Dex]

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...

Guess you never saw a game in the Aud, huh.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

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]

REBUILD THE AUD AND MAKE THE LEAFS PAY FOR IT!!!

 

[TehDoak]

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!

 

[BuffaloMango]

I'm onboard with the idea of redoing them to match the old Aud seats. Granted, all that gold in the lower bowl will be very easy to spot on light attendance nights.

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]

It's a pre-Conehead Conehead!

Man, that guy used to be around the amerks games too. What fun times.

 

[Jim Bob]

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.

I hope you mean the seat color is fine and not the seats themselves.

From Vogl's article:

Seats

Let’s start with the obvious. Fans arrive at their seats and see dirt, grime, chipped paint and broken cup holders. Some stains are older than Rasmus Dahlin.

“The seats are from the Clinton administration,” wrote a survey participant, noting that the 1996 arena has indeed been through four presidents and counting.

A couple of fellow Sabres reporters took a picture of a new phone this season, but the shiny device immediately gave way to the filth surrounding it.



People are paying as much as $145 to sit down. They shouldn’t have to spring for cleaning wipes, too.

“Seating is too cramped,” a respondent wrote.

While it’s cool the Sabres have seating capacity of 19,070 – a nod to their 1970 founding – they shouldn’t re-install every seat when they get around to replacing them. It is too snug in spots, especially when bulky winter coats are involved.

 

[BuffaloMango]

I hope you mean the seat color is fine and not the seats themselves.

From Vogl's article:

Correct.

I am saying any seat replacement should come with a layout change to bring them closer to the ice.

 

[Jim Bob]

Correct.

I am saying any seat replacement should come with a layout change to bring them closer to the ice.

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.