Love your sports content Ginger! But I just don't understand this constant talk about "natural light" in basketball/hockey arenas. These are winter sports that are meant to be played indoors. The players actually rely on consistent lighting conditions. It's not like baseball/football, which are traditional outdoor games. Maybe just my opinion.
Yeah, natural light can look good but isn't always the best. The video touring Sacred Heart's new hockey arena basically says the same thing. They have a lot of big windows letting in a lot of natural light along one side of the arena, but they are also "smart" windows that can change their transparency. If there are any glares or direct sunlight, they block out the natural light. Consistent lighting is way more important than windows.
Madison Square Garden back in the day was the mecca of college basketball. To argue that St. Johns should move away shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the sport and the arenas that the sport is played in. On a channel mostly dedicated to stadiums, I would expect the channel to have a basic knowledge of stadiums, but in this case it is severely lacking.
If I remember correctly, PNC as its called now, was being built for NC State to use before the Whalers chose to move to Raleigh. So they were going to be playing in an NBA sized building whether an NHL team was there or not.
KFC Yum center is the WORST college basketball arena. Why they moved Louisville out of Freedom Hall to a downtown, crime ridden area is totally baffling.
Huge SJU fan , but when the Johnnies are doing well, the Garden is the place think of classic SJU-Duke or SJU-Pitt back when Lavin coached his first year , and it was great in the Mullin -Sealy years. SJU has potential…
Don't forget Villanova playing in Wells Fargo Center home of the NBA 76ers and NHL Flyers seating 21,600 and play in the home arena William Finneran Pavilion that seats 6,500 fans.
Theory on capital one they’re gonna keep it when the wiz leave and use it as a concert venue for big shows since dc is a big market letting Georgetown stay and play there. The rose garden (trailblazers old arena) got replaced with the mods cent directly right next to it and they kept it there for concerts and I think they hold big high school games there as well
Marquette experience is awesome - stadium rocks, killer amenities,outdoor roof deck/patio, the neighborhood has tons of entertainment options that the college kids populate all year game or no game and the place pretty much sells out every game. So loud, fins and a can’t miss experience ! Definitely missed the boat on this one. Marquette has not regularly played in a campus based arena since… I have no idea!!
Probably good Penn State doesn’t play in an NBA arena since most of their home games have a curtain hiding the upper deck in the awful BryceJordan Center.
Penn State guy. I can tell you that basketball is the 4th sport ( at best) on campus. It is behind football, hockey and wrestling: That will NEVER change until they leave the BJC
The Big East made a conscious decision decades ago to leave small gyms and start playing in bigger NBA arenas. Any one of those schools - Seton Hall, Villanova, St Johns, Georgetown primarily - would be crazy to stop playing in NBA arenas. Their home court advantage is poor when the team isn’t good - it’s phenomenal when the team is good. We’re in a weird timeline where none of these schools are really good, which is coloring the perspective here.
Hoyas will be the only sports team in the Capital One Arena, but if they doesn't worked out, then the only venue in DC is the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Capital Heights.
The Wizards ie Monumental sports has already said if the Wiz/Caps move to Virginia and there is still a big if. Cap one will be used by Georgetown and the Mystics
Seton Hall women's basketball plays at Walsh Gymnasium on-campus. They play also at Prudential Center. The issue is, Seton Hall doesn't have a big enough campus site for some of the big games. Walsh is 2,000 capacity on campus. Georgetown plays hosts to alot of celebrities and past Presidents with the area downtown. Georgetown is very remote their campus so its hard for them to play on campus.
Disclaimer: I'm a Seton Hall alum. I also have a podcast that covers Big East basketball. For Seton Hall, in all fairness, for almost all home games with the exception of BIG games, they have the curtains over the upper deck, so capacity for the vast majority of home games is just under 11K. As for Marquette, with their recrnt success, Fiserv has been LOUD and has provided such a strong homecourt advantage that they tied a Big East record with 20 straight home wins in league play between January 2022 and January 2024.
I've been to a few Georgetown and wizards games I went to a game when jeff green and roy hibbert was playing providence and that may have been the best atmosphere i felt in capital 1 Georgetown on campus arena is way to small its more like a high school gym
5:45 What's often forgotten is the fact that a hockey rink is nearly *four times* the size of a basketball court, so playing hoops in a hockey arena has inherent problems in terms of getting the fans close to the action.
Recent Marquette grad, everyone loves playing at the forum even if we have to share. Conference and ranked games usually fill up most of the place. Better regular season atmosphere than the Bucks believe it or not imho. The reality is that MU makes so much more $ playing every game at Fiserv because of the suites and season ticket holders so they’ll never move
The best thing Va. Commonwealth U ever did was to build an on-campus basketball arena, the Siegel Center seats 7,600. When I was in school in the 80s we rarely if ever filled the Richmond Coliseum.
Seattle U plays some of their games at Climate Pledge Arena where the Kraken play and some at their tiny on-campus "arena". The difference in capacity is pretty crazy.
Idaho State… Holt Arena is the stadium. In Pocatello. And they’ve played their games in their old arena (Reed Gym, capacity 3,214) for more than two decades now. (Holt was definitely rather screwy for basketball) Idaho… Kibbie Dome is the stadium. In Moscow. And as someone else in the comments mentioned, they opened their new basketball arena (ICCU Arena, capacity 4,200) two years ago. When you consider that Big Sky average basketball attendance is south of 3,000 a game (and was for some years when UI played in the Kibbie Dome), those were easy decisions. The real challenge is to see you react to where Sacramento State plays basketball. Chuckle-snort.
Georgetown will just go to wherever the wizards play. In the 1980s well into the 90s the Hoyas played at the Capital Centre later known as US Airways Arena in Landover, MD which was the home of the Capitals and the Bullets (Wizards). Also you are leaving out the history of the Big East Conference. Most of the schools in this video are Big East original schools. Georgetown, St. John’s, Syracuse, Seton Hall. That Conference was built on playing in the NBA arenas for home games and Syracuse with the Carrier Dome. So don’t expect those schools to change.
he does no research. this guy thinks idaho plays at the kibbie dome and idaho state plays at holy arena. neither team plays at either of those. i can’t believe people still watch him for informed opinions at all
The JMA Wireless Dome is getting new seats, as seen in that first rendering, so capacity will be reduced from (up to) 35,000 to about 31,000 for basketball. The new plastic seats will be wider than the old aluminum benches, and the navy blue color will ‘warm up’ the dome visually. The region lost a lot of high paying jobs and people over the last 25 years, which has chipped away at attendance, so the reduced capacity won’t be an issue.
if this video was made 15 years ago, I would make an argument for East Tennessee State when they played in the Mini-Dome. ETSU moved their home arena to Freedom Hall a few years ago and have not looked back.
This video isn't accurate, and needs to have better research. Holt Arena is not home to the University of Idaho like you said in the video. It is on the campus of Idaho State University located 600 miles from the University of idaho. Also ISU doesn't play their home basketball games there, and hasn't for several years. The University of Idaho has a beautiful new, on campus, arena for home basketball games. The video needs to be better researched, because it isn't factual.
since the prudential center has opened I never been there I shoulda saw the nets before bolting back to brooklyn and at least seen seton hall in the old big east when syracuse,miami and others were there
Here's a thought-- keep the Wizards joint as a "neutral site" hoops location and have all the DMV games played amongst themselves played there (y'know, like those pre-New Year's hoops festivals held in many other markets).
FedEx Forum is a tremendous arena for the UofM Tigers. We have a great collegiate atmosphere along with the atmosphere for the Grizzlies. We are getting the renovation done within the next two years, but dude realize that we do have the collegiate experience that smaller arenas don’t have.
Memphis Tigers should play at the Mid-south Colosseum by restoration the historic venue along having Memphis Wrestling. That way Memphis Tigers will have basketball and football with the Liberty Bowl and possible claim that area as a Memphis University campus ground.😏
I haven’t lived in Memphis since the days of Libertyland. I can’t believe the Mid South Coliseum is still standing. Would it be a total rebuild at this point?
I highly doubt this would happen due to the distance from campus, but Georgetown should consider playing at the DC Entertainment and Sports Arena in Southeast DC (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_and_Sports_Arena) It has a capacity of 4,200 and is Metro accessible. It's home to the Mystics and DC's G-League team.
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Love your sports content Ginger! But I just don't understand this constant talk about "natural light" in basketball/hockey arenas. These are winter sports that are meant to be played indoors. The players actually rely on consistent lighting conditions. It's not like baseball/football, which are traditional outdoor games. Maybe just my opinion.
Not just your opinion, just facts.
He masterbates to natural light.
It's the only explanation
Yeah, natural light can look good but isn't always the best. The video touring Sacred Heart's new hockey arena basically says the same thing. They have a lot of big windows letting in a lot of natural light along one side of the arena, but they are also "smart" windows that can change their transparency. If there are any glares or direct sunlight, they block out the natural light. Consistent lighting is way more important than windows.
Madison Square Garden back in the day was the mecca of college basketball. To argue that St. Johns should move away shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the sport and the arenas that the sport is played in. On a channel mostly dedicated to stadiums, I would expect the channel to have a basic knowledge of stadiums, but in this case it is severely lacking.
You’re totally wrong about Marquette. It’s always packed and the energy is crazy
MSG during the Big East tournament? No college atmosphere? Lol...
If I remember correctly, PNC as its called now, was being built for NC State to use before the Whalers chose to move to Raleigh. So they were going to be playing in an NBA sized building whether an NHL team was there or not.
And isn't PNC Arena technically on the NC State campus?
Should have never left Reynolds Coliseum.
No. It's on the NC Fairgrounds next t to Carter Finley.@@CreightonRabs
The Prudential Center for Seton Hall is also the home of the New Jersey Devils. They used to play in the Meadowlands Arena.
NC State designed PNC Arena. It was built for them originally
Pitino wants to play all games at MSG
KFC Yum center is the WORST college basketball arena. Why they moved Louisville out of Freedom Hall to a downtown, crime ridden area is totally baffling.
Huge SJU fan , but when the Johnnies are doing well, the Garden is the place think of classic SJU-Duke or SJU-Pitt back when Lavin coached his first year , and it was great in the Mullin -Sealy years. SJU has potential…
I was there last Saturday against Marquette, MSG was rocking
Don't forget Villanova playing in Wells Fargo Center home of the NBA 76ers and NHL Flyers seating 21,600 and play in the home arena William Finneran Pavilion that seats 6,500 fans.
PNC arena has its moments. If NC State is playing UNC or Duke then it gets really loud in there
This guys clearly never been to a Johnnie’s game
Theory on capital one they’re gonna keep it when the wiz leave and use it as a concert venue for big shows since dc is a big market letting Georgetown stay and play there. The rose garden (trailblazers old arena) got replaced with the mods cent directly right next to it and they kept it there for concerts and I think they hold big high school games there as well
Marquette experience is awesome - stadium rocks, killer amenities,outdoor roof deck/patio, the neighborhood has tons of entertainment options that the college kids populate all year game or no game and the place pretty much sells out every game. So loud, fins and a can’t miss experience ! Definitely missed the boat on this one. Marquette has not regularly played in a campus based arena since… I have no idea!!
Idaho now plays at ICCU arena which is absolutely beautiful. You should take a look at it.
PNC arena is on NC states Campus
UTSA Roadrunners. Play in the Convocation Center🙄 The place literally looks like a middle school gym 🫣
Yeah its awful. They need a better arena now that they are in the AAC.
"if you have two arenas do you have a home court"
Dude the Big East jesus fucking christ. Go to Gampel or XL at UConn.
Probably good Penn State doesn’t play in an NBA arena since most of their home games have a curtain hiding the upper deck in the awful BryceJordan Center.
Penn State guy. I can tell you that basketball is the 4th sport ( at best) on campus. It is behind football, hockey and wrestling: That will NEVER change until they leave the BJC
Let wrestling have the BJC and move basketball back to Rec Hall
The Big East made a conscious decision decades ago to leave small gyms and start playing in bigger NBA arenas. Any one of those schools - Seton Hall, Villanova, St Johns, Georgetown primarily - would be crazy to stop playing in NBA arenas. Their home court advantage is poor when the team isn’t good - it’s phenomenal when the team is good. We’re in a weird timeline where none of these schools are really good, which is coloring the perspective here.
Hoyas will be the only sports team in the Capital One Arena, but if they doesn't worked out, then the only venue in DC is the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Capital Heights.
Congress heights,but that would probably be a better option for them
The Wizards ie Monumental sports has already said if the Wiz/Caps move to Virginia and there is still a big if. Cap one will be used by Georgetown and the Mystics
Seton Hall women's basketball plays at Walsh Gymnasium on-campus. They play also at Prudential Center. The issue is, Seton Hall doesn't have a big enough campus site for some of the big games. Walsh is 2,000 capacity on campus. Georgetown plays hosts to alot of celebrities and past Presidents with the area downtown. Georgetown is very remote their campus so its hard for them to play on campus.
Disclaimer: I'm a Seton Hall alum. I also have a podcast that covers Big East basketball. For Seton Hall, in all fairness, for almost all home games with the exception of BIG games, they have the curtains over the upper deck, so capacity for the vast majority of home games is just under 11K. As for Marquette, with their recrnt success, Fiserv has been LOUD and has provided such a strong homecourt advantage that they tied a Big East record with 20 straight home wins in league play between January 2022 and January 2024.
If I was a college basketball player, I'd consider myself really lucky to be able to play at any of these huge professional sports palaces.
Most large off campus environments don't have great atmospheres though.
I've been to a few Georgetown and wizards games
I went to a game when jeff green and roy hibbert was playing providence and that may have been the best atmosphere i felt in capital 1
Georgetown on campus arena is way to small its more like a high school gym
Your as credible as my self standing stock.
8:31… wtf lol is that a Airplane hanger turned into a wannabe arena?
5:45 What's often forgotten is the fact that a hockey rink is nearly *four times* the size of a basketball court, so playing hoops in a hockey arena has inherent problems in terms of getting the fans close to the action.
St. John's also plays games at UBS Arena on Long Island
And should always have had an annual out-of-conference "Battle of Long Island" game with Hofstra at NYCB Live Nassau Coliseum.
I agree I watched that game that was awesome
Recent Marquette grad, everyone loves playing at the forum even if we have to share. Conference and ranked games usually fill up most of the place. Better regular season atmosphere than the Bucks believe it or not imho. The reality is that MU makes so much more $ playing every game at Fiserv because of the suites and season ticket holders so they’ll never move
Capital One Arena could be use for other indoor sports. Such as NLL indoor lacrosse, MASL indoor soccer, or and Arena Football League.
The best thing Va. Commonwealth U ever did was to build an on-campus basketball arena, the Siegel Center seats 7,600. When I was in school in the 80s we rarely if ever filled the Richmond Coliseum.
Idaho state plays at reeds gym now. Holt arena is blah. I'm saying this as a former Idaho state student
The atmosphere in nba specific arenas that don’t host hockey is way better than one that host hockey because the seats are way closer
Seattle U plays some of their games at Climate Pledge Arena where the Kraken play and some at their tiny on-campus "arena". The difference in capacity is pretty crazy.
Ncst also plays some of their home games at Reynolds Coliseum
You have to put Penn State Bryce Jordan Center On the top of the list-absolutely awful
I’ve watched both Idaho State football and basketball games at Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho in the early 90’s.
Ain’t no way he called the Carrier Dome the JMA Wireless Stadium
They played the Big East tournament at MSG
Idaho State hasn’t played basketball in Holt Arena in 5 years. They moved back to their on campus gym.
Idaho State… Holt Arena is the stadium. In Pocatello. And they’ve played their games in their old arena (Reed Gym, capacity 3,214) for more than two decades now. (Holt was definitely rather screwy for basketball)
Idaho… Kibbie Dome is the stadium. In Moscow. And as someone else in the comments mentioned, they opened their new basketball arena (ICCU Arena, capacity 4,200) two years ago.
When you consider that Big Sky average basketball attendance is south of 3,000 a game (and was for some years when UI played in the Kibbie Dome), those were easy decisions.
The real challenge is to see you react to where Sacramento State plays basketball. Chuckle-snort.
Georgetown will just go to wherever the wizards play. In the 1980s well into the 90s the Hoyas played at the Capital Centre later known as US Airways Arena in Landover, MD which was the home of the Capitals and the Bullets (Wizards). Also you are leaving out the history of the Big East Conference. Most of the schools in this video are Big East original schools. Georgetown, St. John’s, Syracuse, Seton Hall. That Conference was built on playing in the NBA arenas for home games and Syracuse with the Carrier Dome. So don’t expect those schools to change.
You must not do research and just say anything. Memphis plays in a 18,000 seat arena currently but the Pyramid held over 20k it was not smaller.
he does no research. this guy thinks idaho plays at the kibbie dome and idaho state plays at holy arena. neither team plays at either of those. i can’t believe people still watch him for informed opinions at all
In overall, Big East Conference has more NBA/NHL arena than in any other conference played in college campuses.
The JMA Wireless Dome is getting new seats, as seen in that first rendering, so capacity will be reduced from (up to) 35,000 to about 31,000 for basketball. The new plastic seats will be wider than the old aluminum benches, and the navy blue color will ‘warm up’ the dome visually. The region lost a lot of high paying jobs and people over the last 25 years, which has chipped away at attendance, so the reduced capacity won’t be an issue.
if this video was made 15 years ago, I would make an argument for East Tennessee State when they played in the Mini-Dome. ETSU moved their home arena to Freedom Hall a few years ago and have not looked back.
This video isn't accurate, and needs to have better research. Holt Arena is not home to the University of Idaho like you said in the video. It is on the campus of Idaho State University located 600 miles from the University of idaho. Also ISU doesn't play their home basketball games there, and hasn't for several years. The University of Idaho has a beautiful new, on campus, arena for home basketball games. The video needs to be better researched, because it isn't factual.
He even uses pictures of the stadium exterior clearly identifiying it as Idaho State University. 🤦♂
Why didn't the LNC (OU) make this list?
since the prudential center has opened I never been there I shoulda saw the nets before bolting back to brooklyn and at least seen seton hall in the old big east when syracuse,miami and others were there
Here's a thought-- keep the Wizards joint as a "neutral site" hoops location and have all the DMV games played amongst themselves played there (y'know, like those pre-New Year's hoops festivals held in many other markets).
I think on campus buildings are the best just for the school. Offers more of a home court atmosphere.
FedEx Forum is a tremendous arena for the UofM Tigers. We have a great collegiate atmosphere along with the atmosphere for the Grizzlies. We are getting the renovation done within the next two years, but dude realize that we do have the collegiate experience that smaller arenas don’t have.
Would the Hoyas ever consider going to the Entertainment and Sports Arena in DC?
You should really do your homework before posting. It’s Idaho state in Pocatello, Idaho is the university in Moscow. Idaho the home of the Vandels…
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Lol I’d hate to play at that dump in the thumbnail
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Memphis Tigers should play at the Mid-south Colosseum by restoration the historic venue along having Memphis Wrestling. That way Memphis Tigers will have basketball and football with the Liberty Bowl and possible claim that area as a Memphis University campus ground.😏
I haven’t lived in Memphis since the days of Libertyland. I can’t believe the Mid South Coliseum is still standing. Would it be a total rebuild at this point?
Pretty sure NC State was there first
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I highly doubt this would happen due to the distance from campus, but Georgetown should consider playing at the DC Entertainment and Sports Arena in Southeast DC (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_and_Sports_Arena)
It has a capacity of 4,200 and is Metro accessible. It's home to the Mystics and DC's G-League team.