Time to start selling the student tickets

[SHOCKvalue]

Lol at our timing @ShockBand:.

[Walker]

The banners in CKA definitely need a reformat and reboot. Aside from the fact that we are literally running out of space (a great problem to have, in and of itself), they look REALLY cheap, and more importantly they block light and PA sound to the upper 4-ish rows, giving a bit of a cave or attic vibe. CKA is a special place, and the Roundhouse Renaissance was a massive success and is still aging well, but the banners in their current format are a detraction in a number of ways.

Back when the Roundhouse Renaissance was in the conceptual phase, there were professional drawings out there featuring the banners in the middle of the ceiling, around the scoreboard like spokes of a wheel or rays of light. Looked sharp. Those drawings are still out there as I've seen them relatively recently, but I'm on mobile so I'm not messing with it right now.

TOTALLY agree on the Play Angry and MTXE thought too. Such a marketing and branding pot of gold sitting at their feet, and they're too busy doing who knows what to notice, integrate, and capitalize.

Man, that would be so awesome if they had the banners arranged like that in the middle of the ceiling. Now that I think about it, I think it was you whose comments I remember seeing that mentioned they're missing the mark with the MTXE and Play Angry thing. My thoughts exactly. Awesome branding opportunities right in their lap.

[Walker]

Obviously, this is a 15 year-old image, before they had finalized interior design, so take it for what it's worth:

I was curious how TCU had their banners because I knew they had a pretty similar arena if not the same to ours, but those poor bastards don't have any banners. I like how they found a way to get more seats closer to the court though. Wyoming has theirs closer inside the ceiling but not as close to the scoreboard and facing out rather than a spoke pattern. I like the spoke pattern around scoreboard. I don't recall seeing it done like that anywhere else.

[bighouse]

I'm not a student, but I 100% agree with you. Make that section student-only say floor level of entrances and below, and open seating above it. Can't be that hard to make that happen.

And maybe remove the large middle aged female "student" from the front row who has been a "student " since 1998, screeching at refs.

[jdshock]

I was curious how TCU had their banners because I knew they had a pretty similar arena if not the same to ours, but those poor bastards don't have any banners. I like how they found a way to get more seats closer to the court though. Wyoming has theirs closer inside the ceiling but not as close to the scoreboard and facing out rather than a spoke pattern. I like the spoke pattern around scoreboard. I don't recall seeing it done like that anywhere else.

For anyone who hasn't seen TCU's arena, this is what is looks like:



I like that lower section a lot more than the lower section in Koch. Sitting along the sideline in most other arenas, you feel a lot closer to the action than you do in Koch.

[Cdizzle]

For anyone who hasn't seen TCU's arena, this is what is looks like:



I like that lower section a lot more than the lower section in Koch. Sitting along the sideline in most other arenas, you feel a lot closer to the action than you do in Koch.

This photo was actually taken at halftime of a game this year.

[Walker]

For anyone who hasn't seen TCU's arena, this is what is looks like:



I like that lower section a lot more than the lower section in Koch. Sitting along the sideline in most other arenas, you feel a lot closer to the action than you do in Koch.

I wonder if that's ever been in the discussions with the upgrade proposals they've had recently?

[Shocker1976]

This photo was actually taken at halftime of a game this year.

Very expensive renovation has not resulted in the attendance TCU expected; 8,500 seats available with 5,300 occupied on average.

But the building is impressive!

[ripemupshocks]

I believe I read that Levitt Arena was a model for the design of the TCU arena, they just built theirs smaller than Levitt. Didn't they just drop that floor to to fill in the side line seating a few years ago?

[1972Shocker]

I believe I read that Levitt Arena was a model for the design of the TCU arena, they just built theirs smaller than Levitt. Didn't they just drop that floor to to fill in the side line seating a few years ago?

Don't think they will be dropping the floor at Koch Arena.