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Originally Posted by ardecila

Sam, the arena will be significantly taller than the sunken version in all important respects. The canopy at the edge will be much higher up, with taller glass walls meeting the street. The overall height of the building is lower because the "swell" of the roof has been reduced considerably, minimizing Pelli's biggest design move while allowing less natural light into the interior. Possibly there were some cost savings here, but it sounds like more of a sop to the PDNA folks.

I'm very disappointed in this design - conceptually, we went from the Barclays Center, which works very well in its urban site with its semi-sunken design, to the Allstate Arena, which is ringed by ugly sets of fire doors and service spaces like loading docks.

Yup. This thing is a massive disappointment. No idea how they fucked up the bid so badly.