in arena's that use hockey and basketball a lot they cover the ice with this thick plastic like material and then put the basketball court on, to protect the wood of the court its assembled on blocks of 2x4's

Impressive! The quality is great as well! I'm glad KZfaq allows this kind of quality now.

Very nice! I like the movement to frame it out...good stuff!

Wow - that's an incredible amount of work.

@jedimasterjack NHL arenas have freezing equipment permanently embedded in the concrete floor. This video shows a temporary freezing surface suitable for figure skating, but not really hockey. Shared hockey/basketball arenas usually put a layer of insulated padding over the ice, then install the basketball floor on top of that. They only melt the ice once or twice a year, unless there's a major problem.

Great video, its good to see how they change the floor from hockey to basketball, now i know how its done even though in most cases the arena crew leave the ice down and put something over the ice then the basketball floor.

that's so cool. i bet this movie will get more than 1 milion views in a while...

I paused at the very beginning. Looked like figure skating, with the lights shining down on them. The coolest video on youtube, other than "American West - True HD"

They only use ice at Arco for Disney on Ice/Figure Sating events, which is only about 6-7 days of the year. They make the ice from scratch before each of those events and scrape it up when it's over.

10s-25s - They let the lampies on the ice? Whoa... and by my count they did it in about an hour and a half. Good work!

I love these! So cool.:)

very cool and the music is awesome

@germxv Power Balance Pavilion, formerly Arco Arena, is shaped like an octagon, unlike modern arenas which are oval shaped. I don't know if that has anything to do with the way the ice is laid out, but in oval arenas the ice and basketball court has to be laid out in the same direction because of the shape of the building.

this video is great i always wonder how they change the arena floor and now i know thanks for the video (tlapse).

Interesting....I had read somewhere that the Arco Arena was unusual in that the layout of the ice rink was perpendicular to that of the basketball court...and this video seems to prove that (we don't see an actual hockey rink but I assume it would be the same).

That would be hard work, but also a bunch of fun! Maybe I can help out at Phillips Arena one day before a Hawks game! ;)

I've always wondered how this is done. Thank God for youtube

wow man this video rocks i love it

Now, THATS AWESOME!!!

holy shit dude thats alot of work

That's amazing.

It was a very unique conversion but I liked it. Goodbye Arco/Sleep Train Arena.

Incredible

Arco Arena isnt an NHL Arena. It is a basketball arena, that can convert for concerts and Ice Shows. It is more cost efficient to Set up Ice for the 5-7 Days out of the year that they hold these type of events.

Major flaw in arco arena's design. this is truly a basketball arena. Arco was never built for any type of ice event such as hokey. Cuz the stage is in the wrong place it should be long ways not on the side talking about the stage. Though this is still even with all the drama about being outdated ONE OF THE BEST places in the world to see a basketball game. No Arena in sports gets you closer to the court then arco Great vid. RIP Arco!!!!

It must take so much organization to pull a transformation like that off.

amazing!!!!

that's insane!! in a good way

I expected the ice removal to be a little more high tech than "Shovel it into a truck"

a very long process.. i didnt even kno that the seats slide in or out. amazing

Cool video ! ...and what a waste of bloody time...all that man power and all those man hours...unbelievable

@jedimasterjack This isn't for the NHL, in all NHL arenas the ice is kept in for the season and is covered with a rubber mats before the next events floor is piece together. Pumping the water out after every game would be incredibly wasteful and time consuming. That would be done when an arena only uses the ice for a specific event once or twice a year i.e figure skating, which is what I believe this ice was for.

Bet that was the only major league arena to do the change over east/west,, north/south.

1 million views, that would be cool

some places like cover the ice with some time of thing and then put the basketball floor over that that way seems way easyer

@jedimasterjack Modern Arenas don't remove the ice. They lay the basketball court on top of it.

thats insane...

The only time ice is laid out at Sleep Train Arena (formerly Arco Arena) is for Disney on Ice or figure skating events. Sacramento doesn't have a professional hockey team.

looks fun

What company cleans the arena???

how do they know when the hoops are in the exact right place?

looked like a gaggle of ants ^^ cool video!!!

@tlapse that is a strange arena. most times the court and the ice go in the same direction. what kind of setup is that? weird

it must be so frustrating to be one of the people who has to constantly take apart and rebuild this.

No wonder why Sacramento, CA needs a new arena. Arco Arena may be a "historic venue" in today's NBA, but it's no "basketball to hockey" arena.

@RubenCraninx In this case, the camera and computer were in a private box and the door was locked.

Yes, they are the freezer panels

One thing I noticed thats very strange is the courts face different directions. I don't know any arenas that do this.

i'm not from us so i have 2 question for u guys 1-doesnt it cost much more than just build another center for kings ? 2-are these guys doing that almost everyday ??

I have one question ??? Do you stay with your camera ???

I work at an arena and do this all the time it's funny to see how much more efficiently y'all work

this video is 3 min. but how many time need in the real time to do this?

COOL

where was the Plexiglas panels for the rink in the beginning?

It's a shame that we're not going to be seeing that basketball floor anymore after next season.

Well these guys did it in 3 minutes :D

How many people work on this project?

thats like wooow!!!

@camperjohn6464 its seasonal they do it after each game

2:18 the seat moving like it got pull by someone.. Wow

bro this arena is the weirdest wrena ive ever seen

Is this a permanent change or is it seasonal?

cool

i think they did this at the staples center in 4 hours one time

just a question, How did the hockey players play without boards?

Search on "brokenkites" to find more of his music

So strange to see the rink and court perpendicular.

@tlapse youtube "Boston Bruins to Boston Celtics Changeover Time Lapse" for an example of what the NHL does.

Would this mean that if the Kings move to Seattle, they would change the team name to Seattle Supersonics? Just wondering about that.

@jedimasterjack They melt the ice and pump out the water.

@mongo399 uhh no they didnt, its time lapped

how many hours do they finish the floor? Why don't they use 2 difference stadiums?

some people just stand and watch the others working. lol

I never knew the ice had to go completely.

@RyanHerrboldtTV i'm thinking amazing because i'm brazilian ok?

krass

It happened once when the ice started melting on the court during a hornets game I remember

diosssssss que currada

imagine doing this everyday -.-

It was probably disney on ice

funny how you will see people running around on the seats XD

fuckin magic

Too bad it's not even the ARCO arena anymore. Now it's the "Powerbalance arena"

Actually, they never take the ice off. that would be ridiculous. It's hard to tell b/c of the time lapse, but they just put insulation over it and then lay the wooden boards for the basketball court over that.

youre kidding me right? youve never seen it done before.

RIP

Looks like a lot of people standing around waiting and excess steps throughout. This could use some airspeed if you know what I mean. Process Improvement? 5S? No? Damn you military!!!

@tlapse they do not do that for the NHL.

watch it backwords and u can see them build a bascketball cort into an ice ring lol

around 1:46 what are they doing

That is cool as shitcrap

woah tht, whatever u call over head thingy (i dont watch basketball often...) looks fake when it comes in at 2:05

i don't know what they're doing before 1:30 ....

maybe? maybe not.?

Arco Arena is such a dump! I cant wait for the new arena to be built

I dont know exactly but it looks like it was a "Disney on Ice" type show. Definitely not Hockey.

lol 2:06 scoreboards suddenly drops down :D

oh its not going from a hockey game

Thats a fucked way to do a changeover. Usually all the ice stays under the court and a layer of fiberglass is put down

u would get plenty more views, if you put in the title "True HD"!!!! tahtws wat i do