I liked the Bradley Center. I liked it's warm natural granite stone. I liked it's leaded copper roof. I liked all of the tinted glass and stainless steel fixtures. I was also appreciative of the gift given to us by Jane and Lloyd Pettit. Demolishing a building that could have lasted 100+ years is a waste. At least when they demo the Fiserv in 30 years the plastic roof will be junk, the drywall (not stone and cmu's like the BC) will be rotten, the Chinese made roof trusses will be fatigued and rusty. Much less of a loss.
The costs to maintain and operate the BC was going toe be hundreds of millions of dollars. It was falling apart. That leaded copper roof was leaking. Seating was then damaged beyond repair along with other structural and grounds issues. It lacked amenities. There were more seats in the upper level than the lower level. The upper level had steep stairs that you had to climb. It was cavernous and unwelcoming. It was designed for hockey while its main tenant was a NBA team - this meant awful sight lines and overall poor experience for those going to see an NBA game. This meant fewer people wanting to spend money to go to the arena. Furthermore, touring bands didn't like performing there. This meant even less revenue generated. So they had all these mounting costs, and not nearly enough revenue to pay for them. And lets say they kept the BC with Fiserv Forum operating, what use was it going to provide? They already had a 17,000 seat venue for events, along with the Amphitheater at Summerfest, having a another would have been completely unnecessary. They weren't going to get left over scraps from when Fiserv was already booked. They would be generating almost no revenue while still having to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to keep it operational. It made no sense to do this. I admire your affection for what this building was, but very few shared this opinion. It was an out dated obsolete structure that required hundreds of millions of dollars to last another 10-15 years, let alone 100+ years you stated. Fiserv and the Deer District completely changed West Town in downtown MKE.
@@andrewmalson3628 Hi there! The roof was ok, the membrane parapet gutter system needed work. It is almost a maintenance item, not indicative of a defect. Every building needs a lot of maintenance. I was at the BC when it opened and was instantly impressed with the overall use of solid durable materials. It is funny that you mentioned the musical acts not liking the venue. I had a friend that worked there for years and he said that the sound engineers liked the acoustical qualities. I do understand that it needed updates, although I liked its late '80s feel. I repeatedly heard people complain about the larger upper bowl and the poor sightlines as well as the "unreparable"seats. I was in mechanical maintenance for over 20 years and trust me, anything can be done if you want to get it done. A lot of the things that people pointed out as deficiencies were really just excuses to justify it's untimely demise .Over the years I've been to a dozen concerts, countless hockey games, as well as other events and loved being there. As an MSOE graduate, I got to see the new facility first-hand before it opened. I have also been there for a few concerts since. I wasn't terribly impressed. As I have stated previously, I don't like the feel of the building. I don't like the rusty panels on the outside. I don't like the white TPO roof (do you know what tpo is?), nor do I like the substitution of stainless steel and natural stone for drywall, painted ferrous metal, and plastic. As I've also previously stated, perhaps it is for the best to build as lightweight and cheap as possible choosing to spend money on all the visual glitter and gimmicks. In doing so no one will feel bad when we throw that building in the trash heap in 26 years. You also forgot to mention that the glass in the atriums needed minor service aka regular maintenance as well. Probably could have thrown in a couple of new Trane CenTraVac chillers and maybe a new BAC cooling tower...all maintenance really.
Without a doubt the design of this Arena was inspired by the KFC Yum Center the main entrance in shape looks like the KFC Yum Center has sides I'm glad they did not build a circular shape Arena too many them
I liked the Bradley Center. I liked it's warm natural granite stone. I liked it's leaded copper roof. I liked all of the tinted glass and stainless steel fixtures. I was also appreciative of the gift given to us by Jane and Lloyd Pettit. Demolishing a building that could have lasted 100+ years is a waste. At least when they demo the Fiserv in 30 years the plastic roof will be junk, the drywall (not stone and cmu's like the BC) will be rotten, the Chinese made roof trusses will be fatigued and rusty. Much less of a loss.
The costs to maintain and operate the BC was going toe be hundreds of millions of dollars. It was falling apart. That leaded copper roof was leaking. Seating was then damaged beyond repair along with other structural and grounds issues. It lacked amenities. There were more seats in the upper level than the lower level. The upper level had steep stairs that you had to climb. It was cavernous and unwelcoming. It was designed for hockey while its main tenant was a NBA team - this meant awful sight lines and overall poor experience for those going to see an NBA game. This meant fewer people wanting to spend money to go to the arena. Furthermore, touring bands didn't like performing there. This meant even less revenue generated. So they had all these mounting costs, and not nearly enough revenue to pay for them. And lets say they kept the BC with Fiserv Forum operating, what use was it going to provide? They already had a 17,000 seat venue for events, along with the Amphitheater at Summerfest, having a another would have been completely unnecessary. They weren't going to get left over scraps from when Fiserv was already booked. They would be generating almost no revenue while still having to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to keep it operational. It made no sense to do this. I admire your affection for what this building was, but very few shared this opinion. It was an out dated obsolete structure that required hundreds of millions of dollars to last another 10-15 years, let alone 100+ years you stated. Fiserv and the Deer District completely changed West Town in downtown MKE.
@@andrewmalson3628 Hi there! The roof was ok, the membrane parapet gutter system needed work. It is almost a maintenance item, not indicative of a defect. Every building needs a lot of maintenance. I was at the BC when it opened and was instantly impressed with the overall use of solid durable materials. It is funny that you mentioned the musical acts not liking the venue. I had a friend that worked there for years and he said that the sound engineers liked the acoustical qualities. I do understand that it needed updates, although I liked its late '80s feel. I repeatedly heard people complain about the larger upper bowl and the poor sightlines as well as the "unreparable"seats. I was in mechanical maintenance for over 20 years and trust me, anything can be done if you want to get it done. A lot of the things that people pointed out as deficiencies were really just excuses to justify it's untimely demise .Over the years I've been to a dozen concerts, countless hockey games, as well as other events and loved being there. As an MSOE graduate, I got to see the new facility first-hand before it opened. I have also been there for a few concerts since. I wasn't terribly impressed. As I have stated previously, I don't like the feel of the building. I don't like the rusty panels on the outside. I don't like the white TPO roof (do you know what tpo is?), nor do I like the substitution of stainless steel and natural stone for drywall, painted ferrous metal, and plastic. As I've also previously stated, perhaps it is for the best to build as lightweight and cheap as possible choosing to spend money on all the visual glitter and gimmicks. In doing so no one will feel bad when we throw that building in the trash heap in 26 years. You also forgot to mention that the glass in the atriums needed minor service aka regular maintenance as well. Probably could have thrown in a couple of new Trane CenTraVac chillers and maybe a new BAC cooling tower...all maintenance really.
2018 building. 1998 Video quality.
Gandek lmao
Without a doubt the design of this Arena was inspired by the KFC Yum Center the main entrance in shape looks like the KFC Yum Center has sides I'm glad they did not build a circular shape Arena too many them
No hockey? The house Giannis built