Amway Center Ranks 5th (1st in NBA) for Stadium Experience, 16th Best Franchise (4th in NBA)

[NittanyBuc 757]

Great read and a lot of love for the Magic in these rankings. Here's some tidbits from Denton's article.

 

ORLANDO – When it opened last October, Orlando’s Amway Center was widely hailed as the finest arena not only in the NBA, but in all of North America. And largely because of the dazzling new facility – not to mention the game-day promotions and friendly, accessible environment – the Orlando Magic’s overall stadium experience was lauded recently by ESPN The Magazine.

 

ESPN’s ninth annual Ultimate Standings ranked the Magic’s stadium experience the best in the NBA and fifth overall among all teams from the NFL, MLB, NHL and NBA. The Magic beat out Portland, Memphis, Chicago, San Antonio and Dallas for top honors in the NBA. They trailed only the Green Bay Packers, San Francisco Giants, Minnesota Twins and Pittsburgh Penguins in overall stadium experience among all professional teams

 

The Magic ranked as the 16th best franchise overall and fourth best in the NBA when it comes to measuring how much a franchise gives back to fans in exchange for the time and money that they invest. The rankings were devised based on factors such as bang for the buck, fan relations, ownership, affordability, stadium experience, players, coaching and being on track to win a championship.

 

The Magic continued to earn high marks in several key categories – bang for the buck (fifth among NBA teams), fan relations (sixth among NBA teams), affordability (seventh among NBA teams), stadium experience (first among NBA teams), ownership (seventh among NBA teams), players (12th in the NBA), coaching (ninth in the NBA) and being on a title track (ninth in the NBA).

 

http://www.nba.com/magic/news/denton_feature_062011.html

[kukluxClam 16]

Better than Cowboys Stadium? I highly doubt that!

[NittanyBuc 757]

Better than Cowboys Stadium? I highly doubt that!

Don't you have to be a good team to have a good atmosphere?

 

BAZZZZZING

[Ofman 1]

Good stadium, now put a good team around Dwight in it.

[chosen12 75]

Good stadium, now put a good team around Dwight in it.

 

Agreed! This should be called the house that Dwight built!!!