The correct answer to “the worst NBA arena ever” is all the ones built in the late 1980s that were made immediately obsolete by the Palace of Auburn Hills’ abundant luxury suites. At least Charlotte Coliseum and the Memphis Pyramid had a high seating capacity, but Miami Arena was already the smallest arena in the league when it opened in 1988. It was barely open for a decade before the Heat (and the NHL’s Panthers) moved to nicer digs.

As someone who has been to a lot bucks games at the Bradley Center, I would like to say that the arena wasn’t originally supposed to be made for basketball. The Bradley Pettit family built the stadium in hopes to bring an nhl team to Milwaukee in the 80’s but plans fell through

Smoothie King Center: Built in 1999, not early 90s. 8:45 Amway ARENA. 8:56 Bojangles Coliseum pictured (home of the Charlotte Checkers). 9:03 Richmond Coliseum pictured (Richmond, VA). The Cavaliers played in the Richfield Coliseum, halfway between Cleveland and Akron in Ohio.

I loved the Pyramid! As a lifelong Memphis fan that was the arena that Penny built when he played there from 1991-93 and took us to the Elite 8 in 92. That building was unique and sat 20,000 fans and was loud. It was properly dubbed the 'tomb of doom'.

You got the Richmond Coliseum confused with the Richfield Coliseum.

9:06 that pic you showed is Richmond Coliseum in Virginia. The Cavaliers played at Richfield Coliseum

Ginger, you’re so critical of these arenas. How would you design an arena? What would be your ideal arena?

Milwaukee actually weren’t a horrible team even throughout the 2000s, they’ve been if anything mediocre before they began their consistency making the playoffs from 2017 onward. They didn’t have any crazy long playoff droughts, they would be good enough to make the playoffs most years but not good enough to go far at all. Oracle Arena has been known for a great experience for watching the games, in fact one of the best home court advantages in the NBA because of the passion Warriors fans do have, the real ones of course which there’s plenty of. The Pyramid actually wasn’t a bad idea, doesn’t really look bad on the interior, but their problems were with constant flooding and they didn’t have a good enough drainage system in place.

Richmond, VA Coliseum- home of the ABA Virginia Squires! Dr J, George Gervin, Charlie Scott

Even though it was a temporary venue for a few years till their permanent home was built, I'd like to add the SkyDome (now Roger Centre).

Oracle arenas exterior is actually pretty good ngl

Do your homework son

The Palace of Auburn Hills is the best basketball only arena ever. It set the standard for luxury. Worked there in my youth in the early 90s to about 2003.

Smoothie King Center opened in 1999...not early 90's.

The Sleep Train Arena was torn down last year. The Kings left there in 2016 to go to the Golden 1 Center.

I went to the Bradley center for a motorcycle races in its final year. Not only was it basic as hell. But, even in the lower deck they had basic folding chairs as their seats. And I don't mean these are temp seats.

Gee, I wasn't aware that the Cleveland Cavaliers played their home games in Richmond, Virginia. This guy is a total joke. It's as if he's just making stuff up Or perhaps Depressed Ginger is really George Santos using a fake name ?

being inside the pyramid before, it’s nice and weird looking up at the ceiling. The view from the top, man it’s refreshing

The Washington Wizards arena was actually an improved seating design over Cleveland's Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, which I personally say currently has a worse seating design than Washington's place, and the worst seating design in the NBA. The arena design in Cleveland put the suites too close to the floor, compromising the sight lines of the sideline seating from top to bottom.

5:24 had me DEAD hahahaha, "It looks like a BANK"

“ I mean it’s a freaking pyramid” 2:24😂

Bro i grew up going to arco arena/ sleeptrain arena and you're dead wrong. It didn't look good but there was not a bad seat in the arena. Gotta stop with the kings slander brother.

You think Sleep Train Arena aka Arco Arena 2 which has a super interesting history is the worst you should have seen Arco Arena 1 in the 80’s when the Kings moved to Sacramento from Kansas City. It became a literal office building siting on the city/county line of Sacramento to ensure it being used as a basketball arena. That place was a joke and was used for only 3-4 years until Arco Arena 2 (sleep train). Arco 2 has been removed but Arco Arena 1 is still there

Sports fans in Europe use Smoothie King Center as an example as to why they don't want the names of their historic venues re-named by sponsors.

The biggest miss in here was the worst NBA and NHL arena ever made was the Continential Airlines Arena in New Jersey. That Arena was so bad and it a ss the blandest and most dull interior ever. Games looked dull and dark in there as it was just horrible. If you do a new one in the future, please include that one next time.

So the Cavaliers played at the Richfield Coliseum that was torn down in the 90s. You showed the Richmond Coliseum that is in Richmond, VA. Completely different things man.

As a lifelong Kings fan, thank you for shitting on our old barn because we shit on it too and appreciate our shiny new arena at Golden 1

Target center roof is grass bc of the snow when it melts it’s absorbed by the soil

Wells Fargo Center is a perfectly fine arena. Not remotely the worst, especially post-renovation.

I'm surprised Reunion Arena didn't make the list. Growing up in Dallas in the 90s, I couldn't believe the Mavs played there

Are you not going to finish the largest bracket series?

Loved going to games at the Pyramid in Memphis. The Tomb of Doom!

I liked Oracle...that sunken floor was really cool...old school

Don't disrespect Cap One like that

FYI thats not where the cavs played...that place was torn down before you was born.... do more research

the smoothie king center ain’t even bad

Your Cleveland Cavs arena is the wrong one. Do some research.

Will never understand the Bradley Center hate , I went to many a game there and always thought it was an excellent arena ; we actually still have the old “ Milwaukee arena” ( renamed panther arena for UWM) standing , talk about an arena that literally didn’t have a bad seat in it ! Would be great to see a video of these old arenas like Milwaukee’s that are still being used , keep up the great content Bro….

There are a few other NBA arenas that were missed in this video if this was supposed to be an all--time list. ARCO Arena I - Sacramento Kings home from 1985 to 1988. I believe its now a call centre. Salt Palace - Utah Jazz home from 1979 to 1991. I believe it was actually a convention centre. Why couldn't the Jazz share the Huntsman Center on the University of Utah campus? Miami Arena - Like Milwaukee, had a short life as an arena (also the southernmost venue where the Stanley Cup was presented in the NHL) The domed stadium era (Kingdome, Silverdome, Superdome, SkyDome, Alamodome) Cobo Arena - horseshoe shaped seating arrangement and hard to find pictures of its interior Buffalo Memorial Auditorium - better hockey arena but that's a stretch I'm sure there are more but that's what I have come up with at this time.

Take a drink when he says "Come On!!"

The former arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Bank of Montreal/Harris Bank Bradley Center looked like a dump. 👌

The Bradley Center was atrocious. Almost no leg room, incredibly uncomfortable.

I love the pyramid also. Really awesome building.

OK, at 8:58 you start talking about the Cavs old arena, Richfield Coliseum, not Richmond Coliseum. You also show a short picture of Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, then start showing pictures of some other old arena that is not Richfield. The Cavs left Richfield in the mid 1990s and the arena was torn down a few years later. That area is now just a field of grass near the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Whichever arena you were showing instead of Richfield, does look bad though.

I've been going to Wells Fargo center for forever, and yeah it's terrible. A real shame since Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Field are both great, but WFC brings down the average

Say what you want about Oracle but it was a great place to watch a game and boy was it loud. That’s why it was affectionately known as ‘Roaracle’. I guess I’m old fashion and I know it sounds crazy these days, but I actually used to go to games to watch the game. I never gave a thought to what the stadium or arena looked like, for me, the game was the star, until millennials started telling me I had to care about all the amenities.

I can't believe they turned the pyramid into a bass pro shop. Went to tons of tigers games there.

I'm surprised you didn't mention Baltimore's CFG Bank Arena (former home of the Bullets (now Wizards) which has been standing for 60+ years The fugly box is such an eyesore IMHO (FYI Baltimorean here)

The conviction in voice for incorrect material is hilarious, it’s not content at all / just repeating the word “stadium” like a robot

The Palace of Arburn Hills is a classic

Check out some photos of the old arena in Atlanta, The Omni. It was hideous and leaked terribly because it was designed to “rust seal” on the the roof.

You should rate or make a tier list of the different championship rings for the mlb

The Memphis Pyramid gives me references to Memphis, Egypt since Memphis, TN is named after Memphis, Egypt.

The Omni in Atlanta was an absolute shithole before they tore it down.

Arco Arena as I remember it as aka Sleep train yes it wasn’t much to look at and became outdated early in its life span but back in the early 2000’s when the Kings were a championship contender nobody cared about that we packed the building and created a college life environment and a great home court advantage. It was a fun place to watch games. G1C of course is fantastic and was needed for my Kings but us Kings fans still enjoyed games in the old barn. Fun fact Sleep train was the second Arena in Sacramento Arco 1 was a 10,000 seat capacity building nearby in Natomas that building is still standing and got converted to a State Agency building. Arco 2 or Sleep Train has been demolished not sure what will be built in its place there is still a concrete shell next to the arena where a multi purpose stadium was to be built to try to get the A’s and Raiders to Sacramento. Now of course the A’s will play in our minor league stadium for the next 3 years. What could have been though in the early 90’s Kings Raiders and A’s all playing next to each other.

Sleep Train Arena. Sounds like a place to take a nap, not watch basketball. I can't get over that name.

I was so confused at first when I saw Bojangles pop up for a sec in Charlotte when yiu were talking about Clevland

Richmond coliseum? 😂 Cleveland Cavs never played in Richmond, Virginia. The Cavs played at the Richfield coliseum from the 70s until 1993 but it didn't look like that. Come on bro!

Sleep Train Arena, the NBA's Factory of Sadness.

The Memphis pyramid is the greatest thing to ever exist in the entire world

The Pyramid in Memphis is not "currently known as the 8th wonder of the world" as you stated. That description is or was the Houston Astrodome.

The Wizards stadium is so goddamn steep. The disconnect between the upper and lower bowl is huge.

San Diego Sports Arena. They lost 2 NBA teams. It was outdated pretty quickly after being built.

Bradley center is the same architectural and engineering blueprints as Honda Center in Anaheim

Sleep train, Amway Arena and the bradley center were both completed in the late 80s. Alaska also has an arena made in the 80s and it's exterior looks like a library. Stadium design in the 60s to early 90s were pretty bad with exception to the ones that are still in use.

THIS guy ALWAYS gives gals facts He misrepresenting something in every video.

Imagine working in a pyramid and it’s just a bass pro shop

I'm surprised the Omni Coliseum wasn't in this video. They were still playing games there while there were massive holes rusted through the exterior walls that fans could walk through to get in without a ticket.

Richmond Coliseum looks like Space Mountain as a steel mill.

richmond was for the university of richmond you were meaning the richfield colisuem which was outside of cleveland and it was a square shaped building it was torn down in the 1990's shortly after the cavs moved to gund arena/rocket mortgage fieldhouse

i would have added the Seattle Kingdome

Sacramento comment… Arco arena aka sleep train yes was a dump. Was built in the 80s on the cheap and I mean cheap. It was built in a time before the nba exploded with micheal Jordan and what the nba is today. It was outdated just a few years after it was built. It’s location in north natomas looked like a giant barn. If you’ve ever been to Sac you’re driving through nothing but farm land so it was fitting. From a fan standpoint, because it was also one of the smallest arenas it was actually a great place to actually watch a game. It’s small design put you right in the action. It was extremely loud as I believe still it holds the record for the loudest crowd decimal in recorded history. The concourse was terrible, bathroom situation was terrible but it’s hard to forget how good it was at actually viewing the game. Golden1 is great but doesn’t come close to the setting position and atmosphere old arco had!

I hate to break it to you, but the Cavilers never played at the Richmond Coliseum, you're thinking of the Richfield Coliseum. Most of the pictures you showed were of the Richmond Coliseum, in Richmond, Virgina.

Noooo not the Bradley center!

Tomb of Doom baby

3:10 “Smoothie King”

The Richfield Coliseum in suburban Cleveland, Ohio (Richfield, Ohio). That looked like Star Wars was filmed there. 🤦🤦🤦😄😄😄😅😅😅

9:00 that’s the Bojangles Colosseum in Charlotte NC

Why not the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome?

We don’t want lettuce on the roof

Capital one arena is honestly pretty good don’t get the hate. Great sight lines, comfortable seats and the best location maybe possible

Lmao the BMO as soon as I click on it. So glad the bucks got the new arena. The team definitely would have left if it wasn’t for fiserv forum

Thanks for not including Market Square Arena on the list.......Old home of the Indiana Pacers. It wasn't the best, but it was a very unique arena.

THAT DESIGN IS STRAIGHT FROM NINETEEN-SIXTY-FOUR LMAO THAT SHOULD BE FRAMED

The Pyramid was freaking awesome!

Smoothie King…great name for a laxative. 😖

u missed the LA Sports Arena, the Clippers used to play there, its gone now

Richmond coliseum is in Richmond Virginia and is has no affiliation to the Cavaliers 😂

Canadian Banks Out Proportionately Own American Arena Names

Sleep Train Arena looks like a run down government building.

You mean Richfield coliseum

Hey, if gonna do info videos,at least get it right. Actually look up to see what the Richfield Coliseum looked like. I have no clue what arena you showed,but it sure wasn’t Richfield. Do better

Where is Key Arena? Awful much worse than Arco Arena 2

Cleveland Ohio here and you are totally wrong on your pictures of Cleveland and there is arena . You not real bright.

LA sports arena was pretty bad!!

How arco arena number 1

#WhatTheBallsMateRightThere?

Bro you complain to much oracle isn’t even that bad bro bet you ain’t never been to it smh….

Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in Portland is another really bad one.

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