Monday, April 26, 2010

mysterious "consultants" agree

Don't some of the sentences in this article about the 3-way land swap sound more editorial than reportorial? Is that a word? Who are these "NBA consultants"? Shouldn't the be named in this NEWS article? Read until the end and you'll catch that fact that the Arco Arena property is 150 acres smaller than Cal Expo. How the hell are they supposed to fit a fairgrounds there?

Newer arenas often have three fan concourses, some with exclusive entrances for higher-paying fans. Arco has a single, tight corridor where elbow jostling can get heavy on busy nights. That's not good for making money, NBA consultants say, if fans think twice about leaving their seats to buy another beer and hot dog.

Many loyal fans love Arco's homey feel and ease of parking. But the NBA, where team player payrolls average $70 million, wants dazzling digs.

Newer arenas have loaded up on moneymaking luxuries: high-tech advertising, suites, wider upholstered club seats and upscale restaurants and bars, some with mahogany molding and cream-colored carpeting to offer the feel of a four-star hotel.

Arco, by comparison, is a concrete jungle. Its VIP lounge is a bunker-like converted storage closet near a loading dock.



Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/26/2705128/arena-plan-may-hit-snag-over-arcos.html#ixzz0mEkkcSAO

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

cream-colored carpeting
cream-colored carpeting
cream-colored carpeting
cream-colored carpeting

Anonymous said...

Maybe they can add another luxury feature that magically pulls the Kings out of last place.

-miller

Anonymous said...

I don't think that attribution to "NBA consultants" is too troubling. I mean, the phrase clearly suggests to any thinking person who the consultants owe their loyalty to, even if it doesn't tell us exactly who those consultants are. On the other hand, to refer to the VIP lounge as "bunker-like" is also to clearly present a value judgment (in favor of a new arena, of course) in a news article.

--JW

Word verification: kinswaf. For the record, I'd never swaf anyone in my family.

beckler said...

Just to be really picky, I think those two sentences smack of fudging. Fudgesmack! The juxtaposition makes it look like NBA consultants have weighed in on the elbow jostling in the corridor.

Isn't it usually the locker rooms the Bee refers to as "bunker-like"?

Anonymous said...

No mention of the constantly leaking roof?? I heard it's leaking right now.

-miller