Rebel Games at the Mack are 5 Star events, hands down! Scarlet. Gray. Every Day!
...but the T & M...it is old. They have done a lot to keep it up to date, but there is only so much that can be done. There is nothing bad or horribly uncomfortable about going to the T & M. It is just outdated. Our city will never see another NBA All-Star Game at the Mack...I'm guessing that NFR will be in jeopardy at some point in the near future.
So I think at this point it is the event that makes or breaks your visit here. As a kid the arena itself was something special...one of the largest and newest around. I might be dating myself, but I was at the Mack when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar broke the all-time scoring record against the Jazz with a baseline sky hook! The T & M was a happening place then. ...now?...it abides, it does what it needs to do without with flashes of glory here and there, but nothing to bring me out to an event just because it is at the T & M.
Parking needs help still. I still prefer to plan a little walk to avoid the parking mess.
Come here for Rebel Games! Come here to see a concert, graduation, sporting event, or children's event...but come here for the event and not the venue. In fact, let's get something new that lives up to our cities lack of aging hotels and memories of yesteryear.