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The XL Center is now People's Bank Arena. *nm*

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Just announced Cardi B for April. They seem to be following through in considerably boosting concerts. They have been announcing a new one almost every week.

For comparison Cardi B plays MSG, Prudential Center, TD Garden, then Hartford, followed by Xfinity in Philly and Capitol One in DC. Can't ask for better peer arenas to be included with.
 
DSquiz said:
Just announced Cardi B for April. They seem to be following through in considerably boosting concerts. They have been announcing a new one almost every week.

For comparison Cardi B plays MSG, Prudential Center, TD Garden, then Hartford, followed by Xfinity in Philly and Capitol One in DC. Can't ask for better peer arenas to be included with.
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Great to see new life being pumped into the Arena!!
 
This renovation has put the building back where it was in 1985 or so. It is once again a premier stop on tour. That’s really cool.
I think it’s fair to give the people in charge of this credit, as we’ve all been quick to bash the previous debacles. This is great for Hartford.
 
DSquiz said:
Just announced Cardi B for April. They seem to be following through in considerably boosting concerts. They have been announcing a new one almost every week.

For comparison Cardi B plays MSG, Prudential Center, TD Garden, then Hartford, followed by Xfinity in Philly and Capitol One in DC. Can't ask for better peer arenas to be included with.
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Depending on when Stephon Diggs slipped one past the goalie, she may be around 7-8 months pregnant in April. Should be one hell of a show!
 
Hoophound said:
This renovation has put the building back where it was in 1985 or so. It is once again a premier stop on tour. That’s really cool.
I think it’s fair to give the people in charge of this credit, as we’ve all been quick to bash the previous debacles. This is great for Hartford.
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Agreed, I think many are drastically underestimating how significant the renovations are. In looking at some of the recent pics of it online, it seems they did a lot more than originally stated in the SOW.
 
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UCLJ0211 said:
Agreed, I think many are drastically underestimating how significant the renovations are. In looking at some of the recent pics of it online, it seems they did a lot more than originally stated in the SOW.
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Yes. They also soft promised a bathroom renovation on the main level. We’ll see if there’s time or money for it.
 
CTBasketball said:
Yes. They also soft promised a bathroom renovation on the main level. We’ll see if there’s time or money for it.
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Very much needed. I would think (hope) there would be another round of funding down the road to renovate bathrooms and areas they left off of this renovation.
 
UCLJ0211 said:
Very much needed. I would think (hope) there would be another round of funding down the road to renovate bathrooms and areas they left off of this renovation.
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HooperScooper said:
Whoever the architect was who designed those original bathrooms should have to relinquish their architect's license. 😀
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The upstairs ones aren’t bad. But need more downstairs and a better design. The upstairs concourses are actually underutilized and have some value.
 
HooperScooper said:
Whoever the architect was who designed those original bathrooms should have to relinquish their architect's license. 😀
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Don’t forget the original arena capacity was 10,507 or something like that
 
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Ha Who said:
Don’t forget the original arena capacity was 10,507 or something like that
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I thought after the roof collapsed they rebuilt it for 16,000? Did they save the bathrooms from the old capacity? I have no idea.
 
HooperScooper said:
I thought after the roof collapsed they rebuilt it for 16,000? Did they save the bathrooms from the old capacity? I have no idea.
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I think I remember that before the collapse, the food stands were on the inside of the concourse. If so, probably not.
 
HooperScooper said:
I thought after the roof collapsed they rebuilt it for 16,000? Did they save the bathrooms from the old capacity? I have no idea.
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I don’t recall any changes to the configuration after the collapse I was there that night, but I was pretty young.
 
Once it changes names 4+ times we should just revert to the original name, it’s the civic center.
 
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Ha Who said:
I don’t recall any changes to the configuration after the collapse I was there that night, but I was pretty young.
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The original building was built for about 10,500-11,000 seats. After the roof collapsed they rebuilt the building with 15,000 seats. That's at least what I remember. Wikipedia could be wrong but that's what it says here too.

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PeoplesBank Arena - Wikipedia

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The biggest issue always seemed to be restrooms and the narrow concourse. I hope they were able to address those somehow.

www.high-profile.com

$145M Renovation Underway on PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford | High-Profile Monthly

Hartford, CT – Construction is currently underway on an extensive renovation to PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford. SCI Architects is the architect enlisted to transform the arena, which was originally known […]
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Hoping that the event level area draws at least 25-35% of the lower level bowl for food/drink/restrooms activity.
 
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