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  • The Consol Energy Center has no character and the architecture is boring and lacks imagination. Instead of looking at other arenas they should have tried to do something unique. PNC Park will always be a Pittsburgh favorite because besides the view the building does not depend on touch screens to make it stand out. Which get boring and useless after so many times used. Pnc Park got balconies, multiple sit down restaurants and bars and bridges. The biggest difference is that everything do not look the same at PNC. You would think as many complaints about how boring and plain the architecture was the Penguins would of actually got a clue. The Consol energy center looks just like the Xcel Energy Center, which is older and cheaper but they claim the Consol is one of a kind. When the public complained about how generic the designs was, they kept bringing up the glass atrium. WOW BIG DEAL. For an arena that opened in 2010 you would think it would have something never seen before it has no 'WOW' factor. It is a Leed gold arena but that is it and to add on a point that Adam made. Suite 66 is a joke, most of us will never see it and they made such a big deal deal about it. If the Penguins was really about the fans they would have hired a innovative architect . Not a boring and no vision architect like Populous who is only good at designing baseball fields. Why not think outside the box and build it to where all the fans can see the Penguins walk to the ice not just the super rich. Like i said no vision and the lower entrance of the Consol serves no purpose and what is the point of having a big glass atrium. When the lower entrance is not really that because you got to enter at the upper entrance regardless. All you do is go up with a blank wall what a waste of space and not taking advantage of the arena being built on two different levels. Look the Consol is nice and will be be nice till these newer non generic arenas start popping up then what. I was never a big fan of the Civic Arena but at least it had character and it was different and not so mall like. I feel the Consol is an upgrade but nothing that renovations could have not fixed in the Civic Arena. Instead of the Penguins copying off Pnc Park's brick color they should have grew a brain and asked why it is the best of the best. Because it is unique and not like the rest of the other MLB stadiums. There are some things they can do to make it different than any in the league but they will not ask the fans. They lack vision and want to be like everyone else but this is Pittsburgh and we take pride on standing out. They think it is all technology but any arena can add that with minor renovations. Its about the character of the building and the Civic arena and Madison Square Garden proves that. Last but least there is no legroom while sitting, if you stand up for someone you still get hit. I know i said a lot but do not get me wrong the Consol is a nice and beautiful arena. It just lacks character and is not that different than from other arenas. San francisco is building a new arena and you can see outside from inside of the arena. Like it or not at least it is different and take chances in design unlike the Consol.
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