Comcast to Renovate Wells Fargo Center

[Fenway]

Expanding thats interesting. Whats going in the expansion?

As an aside i play fallout 4 and while theres no hockey arena in that boston in the same geographic area i got eaten by a mutated bear.....appropriate lol

VenuesNow :: UPGRADES WILL KEEP GARDEN UP TO DATE WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT

TD Garden finally gets some breathing room 23 years after the Boston arena opened its doors.
The 19,580-seat facility sits on one of the smallest footprints in sports. That forced a tight seating bowl, which has served fans well, but has restricted what could be done to develop the public concourses and premium clubs.

Those restrictions loosen up as part of The Hub on Causeway, the mixed-use project going up around the arena. The development allows Delaware North to expand the arena’s outer walls along seven levels, starting with event level on the third floor.

Overall, the arena gains about 60,000 square feet of space to build premium clubs, more concessions and a social gathering space open to all fans on the ninth level, the arena’s highest point. That area will have a view to the floor for Bruins and Celtics games, TD Garden President Amy Latimer said.

Latimer could not provide details on the upgrades, which are scheduled to be completed in late 2019. More information is expected to be released this month, pending project approval from Delaware North corporate headquarters in Buffalo, she said.

A new center-hung video board and new seats are also in the works. Last fall, Latimer toured three new facilities — Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Rogers Place in Edmonton and Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta — to get ideas for improving TD Garden.

Some pieces tied to the development will open in October, including a new arena entrance spanning 10,000 square feet.

 

[MaskedSonja]

VenuesNow :: UPGRADES WILL KEEP GARDEN UP TO DATE WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT

TD Garden finally gets some breathing room 23 years after the Boston arena opened its doors.
The 19,580-seat facility sits on one of the smallest footprints in sports. That forced a tight seating bowl, which has served fans well, but has restricted what could be done to develop the public concourses and premium clubs.

Those restrictions loosen up as part of The Hub on Causeway, the mixed-use project going up around the arena. The development allows Delaware North to expand the arena’s outer walls along seven levels, starting with event level on the third floor.

Overall, the arena gains about 60,000 square feet of space to build premium clubs, more concessions and a social gathering space open to all fans on the ninth level, the arena’s highest point. That area will have a view to the floor for Bruins and Celtics games, TD Garden President Amy Latimer said.

Latimer could not provide details on the upgrades, which are scheduled to be completed in late 2019. More information is expected to be released this month, pending project approval from Delaware North corporate headquarters in Buffalo, she said.

A new center-hung video board and new seats are also in the works. Last fall, Latimer toured three new facilities — Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Rogers Place in Edmonton and Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta — to get ideas for improving TD Garden.

Some pieces tied to the development will open in October, including a new arena entrance spanning 10,000 square feet.

That sounds awesome. I love reading about stuff like this. Ill never be an engineer but i find this sort of work and info fascinating. Nice to see again that "social experience" theme in another arena. Be nice to see it all complete. Thanks for sharing

 

[smytty]

If it's like T-Mobile, the suites are below the stands and the people in the suites just have assigned seats on the glass/in the first few rows. There's no real way to see the game (except for on the closed circuit televisions) from the suite.

If you ever see the teams coming out of the tunnels at Knights games, the mirrored windows lining the hallway are the suites.
Here's a video from construction:

So if I understand this right, the suite tickets lets them have a regular seat, plus access to a suite, so basically they get their own space during intermissions?
If so, I don't get the appeal of that

 

[Fenway]

The TD Garden renovations are beginning to take shape.

Today

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

The TD Garden renovations are beginning to take shape.

Today

NESN, showed parts of that in the bumper breaks and rarely, have they shown North Station or the T Trains, but they did Thursday during game 1.....

 

[cptjeff]

So if I understand this right, the suite tickets lets them have a regular seat, plus access to a suite, so basically they get their own space during intermissions?
If so, I don't get the appeal of that

The primary market for these are businesses, who are often using them to work over potential clients. You can watch the game, and during commercial breaks and intermissions chat people up while grabbing beer from the stuff stocked in your suite, maybe bat around potential contract terms in a casual setting, etc. In that context it's very helpful to have a relatively quiet, private and comfortable space, without having to wander around trying to find beers and bathrooms. You also might use them to help managers interact with employees for the corporate bonding stuff that everyone loves to hate but is legitimately important to having a functional organization. Hell, even just a birthday party or whatnot- it gives you an avenue to actually interact with the people you're with rather than sitting in a long line of seats where you can only talk to one or two people in your group.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I think its a good idea. Theyve got the location they like just renovate inside ala msg and tampa. Be interesting to see if more arenas do this in the nhl instead of building whole new arena

I do expect we'll see more arenas going in this direction as the cost of building a new facility has roughly tripled ($200M -> $600M) in the past 20 years.

The prior generation of buildings was not physically suited to the needs of modern pro sports. Even as late as the early 1990s we still had "big bowl" type arenas being rolled out, with not enough suites and a lack of suitable space for amenities. Whereas the current generation of arenas (mid 90s to present) can be upgraded to modern standards without needing a total tear-down. It just makes more sense to do it this way.

 

[tarheelhockey]

The primary market for these are businesses, who are often using them to work over potential clients. You can watch the game, and during commercial breaks and intermissions chat people up while grabbing beer from the stuff stocked in your suite, maybe bat around potential contract terms in a casual setting, etc. In that context it's very helpful to have a relatively quiet, private and comfortable space, without having to wander around trying to find beers and bathrooms. You also might use them to help managers interact with employees for the corporate bonding stuff that everyone loves to hate but is legitimately important to having a functional organization. Hell, even just a birthday party or whatnot- it gives you an avenue to actually interact with the people you're with rather than sitting in a long line of seats where you can only talk to one or two people in your group.

I use sporting events to cultivate clients at work on a semi-regular basis. Can confirm that when you buy a suite, you are not really thinking about watching a bunch of sporting events. And when someone accepts your ticket into that suite, they aren't really coming to watch the game either.

The idea is that you've got a cush space with an interesting thing happening in the background, something that your client can't just walk up and purchase at the box office. You're feeding them (food and alcohol) and giving them the ballgame atmosphere without any of the downsides (lines, small seats, kids/drunks, terrible food, etc.).

Someone who actually wants to watch the game might not see the appeal, but then again it's really not aimed at those people anyway. The game is just an excuse to get a group together for conversation. Seats in the stands are for people who are interested in the actual outcome of the event.

 

[LadyStanley]

$400m later.....