Pinnacle Bank Arena

[49r]

Shatel: Huskers' new recruit turning heads

 

Kinda had me going there for a minute with that article title.  But mostly it's a pretty fluffy piece...makes me think he probably wrote that a week or so ago and has been carrying it around in his pocket to use on a day he didn't feel like writing anything...

 

Finally, Husker Hoops has something to brag about.

 

“The coolest thing happened at the Big Ten meetings this week,” said Miles, the Nebraska men's basketball coach. “Everybody asked, 'How's your new arena coming?' And I said, 'You know, it's sold out.'”

[Huskerpapa]

You didn't take the quote far enough 49r...I enjoyed the last part...

 

“The coolest thing happened at the Big Ten meetings this week,” said Miles, the Nebraska men's basketball coach. “Everybody asked, 'How's your new arena coming?' And I said, 'You know, it's sold out.'”

Tom Izzo, Bo Ryan and the others all said, “Really?”

“Just to see the look on their faces,” Miles said. “There's such a sense of pride to be able to do that.”

[Nebrasketballer]

I thought this was pretty interesting from the article too:

 

Miles says he remembers watching an “Outside the Lines” episode on ESPN a few years ago, in which a Duke University grad student was interviewed about a study he had done: Which comes first, the winning or fan interest?

 

“The study showed that programs that truly won, and sustained it, had fan support first and the winning came second,” Miles said. “That was a major draw for me to take this job.”

[Silverbacked1]

I thought this was pretty interesting from the article too:

 

Miles says he remembers watching an “Outside the Lines” episode on ESPN a few years ago, in which a Duke University grad student was interviewed about a study he had done: Which comes first, the winning or fan interest?

 

“The study showed that programs that truly won, and sustained it, had fan support first and the winning came second,” Miles said. “That was a major draw for me to take this job.”

See this site did help get a new coach.  Miles found this site and saw how there are some very loyal fans for Husker BB, and told his family "That's where I want to raise a family, turn a program around and make a name for myself"  Well maybe not that exact quote. 

[Handy Johnson]

This is only the beginning. Believe me now and hear me later. Cornhusker basketball is like a runaway beer truck headed downhill with NO brakes. Just wait 'til Izzo loses his 1st game in that sold out arena.

[AuroranHusker]

This is only the beginning. Believe me now and hear me later. Cornhusker basketball is like a runaway beer truck headed downhill with NO brakes. Just wait 'til Izzo loses his 1st game in that sold out arena.

Won't be this year, only because the lone game is in East Lansing....

[49r]

This is only the beginning. Believe me now and hear me later. Cornhusker basketball is like a runaway beer truck headed downhill with NO brakes. Just wait 'til Izzo loses his 1st game in that sold out arena.

 

[Silverbacked1]

This is only the beginning. Believe me now and hear me later. Cornhusker basketball is like a runaway beer truck headed downhill with NO brakes. Just wait 'til Izzo loses his 1st game in that sold out arena.

Hope it is a crappy beer.  Because if it was a good beer and it crashed some of us just might cry.

[Nebrasketballer]

https://twitter.com/DeenaNEWatchdog/status/335127355217555457

[49r]

WE NEED PICS!!!

[Handy Johnson]

Well, "back when I was at the U" you could get Old Style kegs for $20. 

[Norm Peterson]

I thought this was pretty interesting from the article too:

 

Miles says he remembers watching an “Outside the Lines” episode on ESPN a few years ago, in which a Duke University grad student was interviewed about a study he had done: Which comes first, the winning or fan interest?

 

“The study showed that programs that truly won, and sustained it, had fan support first and the winning came second,” Miles said. “That was a major draw for me to take this job.”

Every time I see this it just makes me pissed off.

 

I made this basic point on another board last year in criticizing the fans who leave early and got jumped on by a bunch of (a-hole) posters who said I was being a Doc apologist and that the fans would stick around if there was something worth watching.

 

Well, experience this past season has proven that not to be the case as we watched droves of fans leave at the 5 minute mark of competitive games against top tier teams.

 

Makes me want to flip a gigantic bird at those a-holes who jumped my case and told me I had a "loser's mentality" for daring to suggest that it would help create more of a winning environment if the fans stayed and cheered.  (I'm probably going to be bitter about this for a while.)

[Norm Peterson]

By the way, Drummin' Husker should remember the exchange fairly well.  He posted it first and then all those a-holes jumped his case saying he was a fan of North Carolina hoops and had no business offering an opinion at all.  Then I said, well, I'm not a North Carolina fan and I feel the same way (so respond to the point instead of just attacking the person who made the point.)  We don't create a winning environment when Devaney sounds like a morgue.  And, in response, they once again attacked the poster instead of responding to the point.

 

But now that Doc is no longer here, people can no longer excuse the fans by blaming the coach.

[Daledangdarn]

 

I thought this was pretty interesting from the article too:

 

Miles says he remembers watching an “Outside the Lines” episode on ESPN a few years ago, in which a Duke University grad student was interviewed about a study he had done: Which comes first, the winning or fan interest?

 

“The study showed that programs that truly won, and sustained it, had fan support first and the winning came second,” Miles said. “That was a major draw for me to take this job.”

Every time I see this it just makes me pissed off.

 

I made this basic point on another board last year in criticizing the fans who leave early and got jumped on by a bunch of (a-hole) posters who said I was being a Doc apologist and that the fans would stick around if there was something worth watching.

 

Well, experience this past season has proven that not to be the case as we watched droves of fans leave at the 5 minute mark of competitive games against top tier teams.

 

Makes me want to flip a gigantic bird at those a-holes who jumped my case and told me I had a "loser's mentality" for daring to suggest that it would help create more of a winning environment if the fans stayed and cheered.  (I'm probably going to be bitter about this for a while.)

 

 

[Handy Johnson]

Most fans, regardless of the sport, are of the casual variety. it's more of a Social thing for them or an "outing". I have never understood though, sitting through almost an entire game and leaving before the outcome has been decided. You are right  Norm, the culture created breeds success. Or, as they say, "Build it & he will come".  

[49r]

Norm, this season is going to be quite the litmus test for several reasons.

 

1).  We have a sold-out arena for the first time in Nebrasketball history.  We have a very large sample of, well, NOT being sold-out but no real good indication of how a large crowd can influence the team.  Will having a sold out house make the adjustment for a young team easier?  Will we win more games than last year?  A lot more?

 

2).  Not only will we be seeing record crowds basically every game, but in a new location.  One with presumably better traffic flow before and after games - and also very close proximity to entertainment options for before and after the game.  Will (presumably) less traffic stress make people feel less anxious about "beating the rush" and, therefore, will more folks be inspired to stay for the whole game?

 

3).  No longer will we have a large contingent of our crowd be football donors who get hoops tickets in prime locations basically for free.  These "fans" typically skip all but the biggest games.  Will they be replaced by more dedicated fans?

 

4).  More.  Students.  On.  The.  Floor.  'Nuff said.  This is maybe the biggest agent of change moving forward.  There is simply no more active fan in any given arena than the students.  It is no coincidence that when Byrne took away A-level seats from the students, we began our decade-plus era of awful.

 

I agree with you Norm, I think that we need to be there as fans to support the team, and hopefully with PBA, now we will!

[Silverbacked1]

 

I thought this was pretty interesting from the article too:

 

Miles says he remembers watching an “Outside the Lines” episode on ESPN a few years ago, in which a Duke University grad student was interviewed about a study he had done: Which comes first, the winning or fan interest?

 

“The study showed that programs that truly won, and sustained it, had fan support first and the winning came second,” Miles said. “That was a major draw for me to take this job.”

Every time I see this it just makes me pissed off.

 

I made this basic point on another board last year in criticizing the fans who leave early and got jumped on by a bunch of (a-hole) posters who said I was being a Doc apologist and that the fans would stick around if there was something worth watching.

 

Well, experience this past season has proven that not to be the case as we watched droves of fans leave at the 5 minute mark of competitive games against top tier teams.

 

Makes me want to flip a gigantic bird at those a-holes who jumped my case and told me I had a "loser's mentality" for daring to suggest that it would help create more of a winning environment if the fans stayed and cheered.  (I'm probably going to be bitter about this for a while.)

 

Yeah it sucks when they flip me the bird when I leave in the third act of the opera, right before the fat lady sings.

 

But you know how traffic gets with all those limos and such.

[49r]

http://deadspin.com/damn-barclays-center-why-you-smell-so-fine-508888867

 

It's been a while since the Nets played in a building that didn't reek of inadequacy and failure. But if you've been to a game in Brooklyn, perhaps you noticed the air was a little...sexy? It's not just that new-multipurpose-arena smell. The Barclays Center has been pumping perfume through the vents.

 

This is not a new concept of course.  Shopping malls have for years relied on the smell of fresh popcorn to keep patrons relaxed and comfortable as they went about their business.

 

And a few years ago I attended a NU/Missouri game at the relatively new Mizzou Arena and while I was there I noticed a distinct smell...it was freshly baked cinnamon roll.  Which makes me wonder.  Will PBA have a distinct scent?  And what will that be?

[Silverbacked1]

http://deadspin.com/damn-barclays-center-why-you-smell-so-fine-508888867

 

It's been a while since the Nets played in a building that didn't reek of inadequacy and failure. But if you've been to a game in Brooklyn, perhaps you noticed the air was a little...sexy? It's not just that new-multipurpose-arena smell. The Barclays Center has been pumping perfume through the vents.

 

This is not a new concept of course.  Shopping malls have for years relied on the smell of fresh popcorn to keep patrons relaxed and comfortable as they went about their business.

 

And a few years ago I attended a NU/Missouri game at the relatively new Mizzou Arena and while I was there I noticed a distinct smell...it was freshly baked cinnamon roll.  Which makes me wonder.  Will PBA have a distinct scent?  And what will that be?

MONEY

[hhcmatt]

 

http://deadspin.com/damn-barclays-center-why-you-smell-so-fine-508888867

 

It's been a while since the Nets played in a building that didn't reek of inadequacy and failure. But if you've been to a game in Brooklyn, perhaps you noticed the air was a little...sexy? It's not just that new-multipurpose-arena smell. The Barclays Center has been pumping perfume through the vents.

 

This is not a new concept of course.  Shopping malls have for years relied on the smell of fresh popcorn to keep patrons relaxed and comfortable as they went about their business.

 

And a few years ago I attended a NU/Missouri game at the relatively new Mizzou Arena and while I was there I noticed a distinct smell...it was freshly baked cinnamon roll.  Which makes me wonder.  Will PBA have a distinct scent?  And what will that be?

MONEY

 

 

I think that the place will probably smell better than a cattle yard or Sioux City personally.

[Huskers/Cubs]

Anyone have some current pics of PBA? No new pics posted since early May.

[49r]

Anyone have some current pics of PBA? No new pics posted since early May.

 

Not really.  But there was this article in the OWH on Tuesday:  http://www.omaha.com/article/20130521/HUSKERS/305219821/1002#lincoln-s-pinnacle-bank-arena-blends-retro-modern-to-create-new-haymarket-identity

 

I am anxious to see some new pics from inside the arena, too.  I heard they were testing the scoreboard a little while back, I'm kinda surprised there hasn't been a video or something.

[49r]

There is this, but I think it's fairly old by now.

 

[Nebrasketballer]

Lincoln's Pinnacle Bank Arena blends retro, modern to create new Haymarket identity

By Robby Korth / World-Herald Bureau

 

LINCOLN — Memorial Stadium has a rival on the Lincoln skyline.

 

As drivers travel Interstate 180 toward downtown, their eyes are drawn left to Memorial Stadium, home of Nebraska's football team, and then right to Pinnacle Bank Arena, the new home of Husker basketball. The difference in heights of the two is only 7 feet. Memorial Stadium is about 135 feet tall on its west end, and the arena is 128 feet tall.

 

The arena is the final piece of a sports triangle playing host to three of the most popular University of Nebraska-Lincoln teams: basketball, baseball and football.

 

The $370 million, taxpayer-funded project is establishing an identity that blends with the West Haymarket district in downtown Lincoln but still stands apart from the neighborhood. Lincoln voters approved the arena in May 2010, and construction began in September 2011.

 

It is scheduled to finish on Aug. 14, a month ahead of schedule.

 

“We wanted to create a dynamic view,” said Stan Meredith, DLR Group's principal architect for the project.

 

Link to rest of the article:

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130521/HUSKERS/305219821/1002#lincoln-s-pinnacle-bank-arena-blends-retro-modern-to-create-new-haymarket-identity

[Silverbacked1]

 

Lincoln's Pinnacle Bank Arena blends retro, modern to create new Haymarket identity

By Robby Korth / World-Herald Bureau

 

LINCOLN — Memorial Stadium has a rival on the Lincoln skyline.

 

As drivers travel Interstate 180 toward downtown, their eyes are drawn left to Memorial Stadium, home of Nebraska's football team, and then right to Pinnacle Bank Arena, the new home of Husker basketball. The difference in heights of the two is only 7 feet. Memorial Stadium is about 135 feet tall on its west end, and the arena is 128 feet tall.

 

The arena is the final piece of a sports triangle playing host to three of the most popular University of Nebraska-Lincoln teams: basketball, baseball and football.

 

The $370 million, taxpayer-funded project is establishing an identity that blends with the West Haymarket district in downtown Lincoln but still stands apart from the neighborhood. Lincoln voters approved the arena in May 2010, and construction began in September 2011.

 

It is scheduled to finish on Aug. 14, a month ahead of schedule.

 

“We wanted to create a dynamic view,” said Stan Meredith, DLR Group's principal architect for the project.

 

Link to rest of the article:

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130521/HUSKERS/305219821/1002#lincoln-s-pinnacle-bank-arena-blends-retro-modern-to-create-new-haymarket-identity

 

I just got CHILLS.  Thius is just so cool to see what is going on here in Lincoln.