Forde article on College BBall Venues
If you're a sports stadium fan you might enjoy this article on college bball's historic and not-so-historic venues:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4958…
My two favorite arenas are: Vandy - http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/vand/graphics/022608-memorial-gym-1600x120… Minny - http://blog.lib.umn.edu/carl1467/architecture/williams%20arena.jpg
Surprisingly Crisler was not listed under blandest arenas, though it probably fits under this category:
My two favorite arenas are: Vandy - http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/vand/graphics/022608-memorial-gym-1600x120… Minny - http://blog.lib.umn.edu/carl1467/architecture/williams%20arena.jpg
Surprisingly Crisler was not listed under blandest arenas, though it probably fits under this category:
Almost everything built between 1965 and 1975. This was basically the disco period for America's sporting architects -- nothing but bad ideas. Look at the baseball/football stadia built then: the cookie-cutter round blocks of bland in St. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Many of the college basketball arenas constructed at the same time are similarly lacking.