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| - Catching a Suns game in the US Airways Center is liking finding an archaic, beaten down, and otherwise, divey roadhouse that has the capital to serve Foie gras, Santa Maria steak, fresh cut sweet potato fries, caramel infused churros, and Live Oak Hefewiezen.
Such a house is not fit for vamp choices, like the US Air Center is not fit for superior products like Nash, Amare, Shaq, and Bell. The arena is too small, the grade of the grandstands is too flat, the mezzanine does not overlap the lower deck, the sound doesn't keep, the lighting is dismal, the baseline is wasted on a humongous media center, the concourse is narrow and difficult to navigate, the plaza is lame, and as a whole, has an EXTREMELY goofy nickname.
Buuuut ... The "Purple Palace" does have an inviting, simplified, and cozy atmosphere. Every sightline is a good one. The commodity that they place on the court 41 times a season is exciting and entertaining and competitive. After all, as sports fans, MOREOVER, as Valley sports fans, all we ask is a little run to the playoffs, and maybe, just maybe falling into a Finals appearance.
We aren't spoiled here. We'll sit out in the triple digits if it means the Cards could finish above .500, we'll clamor for overinflated tickets for a division series in baseball, and we'll certainly take the pratfalls of our dinky NBA arena if it means the Suns continue to play the most exciting brand of basketball in the laborious and superior Western Conference. I just think the Valley's best and most consistent team deserves something similar to the Staples Center than something that should have been erected in Salt Lake City.
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