New Arena Construction Update

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The new arena will not have a student section in the upper deck in 2018-19.

I'm guessing bilsu meant they could buy single game uppers if they wanted since those tend to be less desirable for season tickets.

Edit: re-reading it I might be wrong here.

[Newsdreams]

There are almost 1500 more lower bowl seats for the students in the new arena. It did not say students could not buy upper bowl tickets, if they miss out on lower bowl. So 1000 students could sit upstairs. More than that were sitting upstairs in the old arena if I understood the article correctly.

They can't buy student season tickets in upper bowl

[bilsu]

They can't buy student season tickets in upper bowl

So MU is going to turn away 1,000 students. That does not seem likely to me. All the article said is they were setting aside two lower bowl sections. I did not see were they would not allow an overrun in the upper section. They would be idiots, if they did not allow that because most games will not sell out.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Well, let's slow the bus. The section is still almost 3,000. It will be a bit tougher to sell those seats as students now have to pay the fees and tax.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I know in the early 80's they were prioritized  Seniors then Juniors then Soph's etc.  Don't remember cost

Cheecks ended priority seating.  All hail chicos.

[Newsdreams]

So MU is going to turn away 1,000 students. That does not seem likely to me. All the article said is they were setting aside two lower bowl sections. I did not see were they would not allow an overrun in the upper section. They would be idiots, if they did not allow that because most games will not sell out.

They could only buy as single game upper bowl not season ticket package. They only sell about 3,000 student season tix packages and that is about the amount of seats allocated.

[Smokin' Jae]

Naming rights are done. Expect an anouncement next week. Local company but you would never guess

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Naming rights are done. Expect an anouncement next week. Local company but you would never guess

Karl Rausch’s??

[The Lens]

Cheecks ended priority seating.  All hail chicos.

Cheecks takes a lot of credit for things that happened in the 90’s.

Many people, were involved. 

Mike Deane and others (Jason Krause, Kevin Epps, Touchdown Tom Davis, Andy The Hammer Henry) within the athletic department gave students (specifically the spirit committee, eventually renamed the Student Athletic Board) a voice and general admission was byproduct of that voice.

[The Lens]

Naming rights are done. Expect an anouncement next week. Local company but you would never guess

Man, I hope it’s Bemis.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Naming rights are done. Expect an anouncement next week. Local company but you would never guess

The Kohl's Center?

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

Naming rights are done. Expect an anouncement next week. Local company but you would never guess

Clearly it’s Poblocki Paving

[THRILLHO]

Naming rights are done. Expect an anouncement next week. Local company but you would never guess

The Real Chili Center! Every customer gets a free bowl of oyster crackers. Please do not throw them, they are only for eating.

[jsglow]

They could only buy as single game upper bowl not season ticket package. They only sell about 3,000 student season tix packages and that is about the amount of seats allocated.

And I totally believe that MU Athletics is trying to create some demand urgency with this decision.  They also fall all over themselves in their announcement that MU still sets aside thousands more student tickets than almost every other BEast school where the limit appears to be 1000.

[4everwarriors]

Naming rights are done. Expect an anouncement next week. Local company but you would never guess

Woodway Arena, hey?

[Nukem2]

Rockwell Center, the successor to  the (Allen-)BRADLEY CENTER.

[warriorchick]

Naming rights are done. Expect an anouncement next week. Local company but you would never guess

The Milorganite Center will finally become a reality!

[We R Final Four]

Naming rights are done. Expect an anouncement next week. Local company but you would never guess

Interesting--everything that I have heard is local companies are out. Upwards of $7-10M for 20 years in just too steep.
I would be shocked if a Milwaukee based company antes up for that, but you may know something that I don't.

[warriorchick]

Interesting--everything that I have heard is local companies are out. Upwards of $7-10M for 20 years in just too steep.
I would be shocked if a Milwaukee based company antes up for that, but you may know something that I don't.

You are assuming that's what they actually got. 

[Galway Eagle]

Pabst Blue Ribbon arena?

[We R Final Four]

You are assuming that's what they actually got.

That has been the number that has been thrown around for awhile now.
We will apparently find out shortly if that was actually what they got.

[warriorchick]

That has been the number that has been thrown around for awhile now.
We will apparently find out shortly if that was actually what they got.

Or not.

I don't believe there is any type of requirement to reveal the terms of the deal, and if it was far below what the Bucks owners were hoping to get, they won't be any hurry to do it voluntarily.

[brewcity77]

Naming rights are done. Expect an anouncement next week. Local company but you would never guess

Hmm...here's the local companies in the Fortune 1000:

• Northwestern Mutual, 97
• ManpowerGroup, 146
• Kohl’s, 150
• American Family Insurance Group, 315
• WEC Energy Group, 368
• Oshkosh, 425
• Harley-Davidson, 435
• Rockwell Automation, 442
• Fiserv, 471
• Quad/Graphics, 560
• Bemis, 587
• Snap-On, 618
• Alliant Energy, 677
• CUNA Mutual Group, 683
• Regal Beloit, 690
• Sentry Insurance Group, 720
• A.O. Smith, 776
• Plexus, 795
• Komatsu Mining, 843
• Roadrunner Transportation Systems, 947
• REV Group, 957
• Rexnord, 958
• Briggs & Stratton, 997

And a couple dark horses...

• Gruber Law Offices
• Bucky Badger Popcorn
• Silk Exotic Entertainment
• Real Chili
• UW-Milwaukee (they do already have naming rights down the street)
• Wisconsin Cheese Mart
• Westallion Brewing Company

[🏀]

Going to venture and say WE Energies.

[Galway Eagle]

Any chance Johnson controls is still trying to show it still loves its roots in Wisconsin?