Had an opportunity to try out a few of the new seats at Cintas last weekend (not at Madness) and was wondering if others also had similar or different reactions.
I sat in the new Overlook seats and really did not like the limited sightlines at the near basket in front of the student section. If you are sitting in your seat you can’t see the playing floor closer than the “BIG EAST” inside the lane. And that was with no one sitting in front of me in the second or third row. The video at the seat Experience Cintas site shows a clear glass wall in front of the first row. The concrete wall they actually installed is a lot harder to see through. Sure glad I didn’t go for those. The food and beverage service better be really good!
Also tried out the Front Line seats. The thick cushion and wider seats were nice, but the one-inch deep cup holder right where my elbow/forearm would knock over anything in it was useless. Also seemed to be less legroom than the Club seats they replaced.
Overall, very glad I stayed with the type of seat I already had.
Others thoughts?
Go Muskies!
-deepX
Results 1 to 10 of 66
Thread: Thoughts on new seats
Hybrid View
-
10-24-2017, 03:28 PM #1
- Join Date
- Sep 2008
- Posts
- 82
Thoughts on new seats
-
10-24-2017, 03:41 PM #2
It sounds to me that those seats have the same issue that the seats at Hinkle Fieldhouse have on the second floor behind the basket. You can't see the baseline or the corners very well. Since they've marketed those as more a hospitality focused area, perhaps the people won't care.
"He's a little bit ball-dominant, he needs to have the ball in his hands, and he's not a good shooter." Ball-dominant … isn't that a nice way of calling someone a ball hog? Where is my Jay Bilas Thesaurus?
Follow XH on Twitter
Follow XH on Facebook
-
10-26-2017, 09:23 PM #3
- Join Date
- Mar 2008
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN
- Posts
- 779
-
10-26-2017, 10:12 PM #4
- Join Date
- Jan 2008
- Posts
- 4,074
If you are going through all this trouble why not make it right?
-
10-31-2017, 11:29 AM #5
- Join Date
- Jan 2008
- Posts
- 8,466
There are smart people running the show over there. My guess is that they knew the cup holders wouldn't be great...but it was a trade-off for something else that was better. First world problems people.
-
10-31-2017, 02:25 PM #6"He's a little bit ball-dominant, he needs to have the ball in his hands, and he's not a good shooter." Ball-dominant … isn't that a nice way of calling someone a ball hog? Where is my Jay Bilas Thesaurus?
Follow XH on Twitter
Follow XH on Facebook
-
10-25-2017, 08:37 PM #7
- Join Date
- Jan 2008
- Posts
- 4,074
-
10-26-2017, 06:53 PM #8
- Join Date
- Feb 2008
- Posts
- 295
I went to one of the lunch and learn sessions over the summer and looked at the Front Line seats to see what they were like (way out of my price range) but wanted to see the look of them. I commented right away to the X representatives that the drink holders would result in a lot of unhappy individuals as they are only an inch deep. I put a drink in the cup holder and sat in the seat, the drink tipped over as I sat down. X reps said they were aware of the concerns but did not have many options.
-
11-14-2017, 07:34 PM #9
In that same post game show Chris Mack made some comment about the climb up to the radio booth. So where did the radio booth move to?
- David Bowers ('95)
-
11-14-2017, 07:43 PM #10
Top floor opposite the benches. Rafter booth. It's behind the cameras
We've come a long way since my bench seat at the Fieldhouse!
Bookmarks