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Message: [QUOTE="Improviser, post: 4363480, member: 10683"] Obviously, with greater seating capacity, more bathrooms, and more fans to utilize the bars and local or upscale restaurants it sounds like a win-win situation. Though, it would appear Gampel or rather a concourse would have to be open not just for games, to maximize the revenue for the restaurants and bars, but also to justify their presence onsite. Unless, the concourse would consist of pavilions or offshoots from existing food and drink establishments operating nearby that would be staffed only during games. The Civic Center as I remember from years ago, had permanent onsite establishments and was open with regular hours to the general public, with the arena being closed when the games were not being played. So, if the concourse could be closed off from the arena somehow, it could be open during non-game hours. I am not just speculating on this, having heard this concept for the first time in the above posting. [/QUOTE]