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IASTATE07

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We used to have a place in Des Moines that looked just like this, we tore it down because we built Wells Fargo. It was called Vets. Drake Basketball used to play in it. I also saw Kiss and Metallica and several other bands play in it.

Vets has been repurposed, but definitely not torn down.
 

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I can’t imagine this will last long. Putting students 3 feet behind the bench and next to their families is begging for a student to cause an issue.

I have a very foggy recollection of Iowa State having some of the rotating student season tickets way back in the day behind the visitor section. The band also used to be on the end/corner right next to the visitor bench. I thought the Big 8 made us move those students and the Big 12 made us move the band away from the bench but I could be wrong.
 

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We used to have a place in Des Moines that looked just like this, we tore it down because we built Wells Fargo. It was called Vets. Drake Basketball used to play in it. I also saw Kiss and Metallica and several other bands play in it.
Yeah. And I'm not saying Baylor doesn't know what they are doing. I'm not saying many people in Texas don't know what they are doing.

I'm also not saying they know what they are doing.
 

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We used to have a place in Des Moines that looked just like this, we tore it down because we built Wells Fargo. It was called Vets. Drake Basketball used to play in it. I also saw Kiss and Metallica and several other bands play in it.
Vets didnt get torn down. Its still there. It just got remodeled and reused for convention space etc. Wells Fargo is across the street.

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Not sure if it’s the lighting or the steep seats but it looks like an arena that a cheap movie or tv show would use to depict a high school game.

Easy the ugliest - and strangest - arena I have ever seen. Looks as though it was built with Legos by a child. I'd take UNI's arena over this one in a heartbeat.
 
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I have a very foggy recollection of Iowa State having some of the rotating student season tickets way back in the day behind the visitor section. The band also used to be on the end/corner right next to the visitor bench. I thought the Big 8 made us move those students and the Big 12 made us move the band away from the bench but I could be wrong.

I was in the band when that move happened, I want to say maybe for the 05-06 season?
 

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The students and fans being able to go nuts on the sidelines was great. No barrier between them and the court so it felt like they were part of the action. I miss Vets.
And the seats were so close to the baskets on the ends of the court. In Wells, it feels like there is a huge empty space between the baskets and the fans. Plus the concession stands under the seats at Vets felt congested and dark...which made the trip an adventure!
 

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I think the new is a mistake. Too bad for Baylor. They have to live with it now. I suppose they can fix the TV angle. But it's not good.
 

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I think the new is a mistake. Too bad for Baylor. They have to live with it now. I suppose they can fix the TV angle. But it's not good.

It's hard to read the players numbers. Hopefully for them there is an easy fix. It will certainly deter me from watching the random game there on tv unless I have to because it's ISU.
 

t-noah

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It's hard to read the players numbers. Hopefully for them there is an easy fix. It will certainly deter me from watching the random game there on tv unless I have to because it's ISU.
What is the easy fix?

Sure, they could move the camera down to the proper (traditional) level, but would't that carve out some fan seating?
 

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