Dante Jackson to NKU

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Yeah and NKU has good basketball facilities in the Bank of Kentucky Center. The women's program has already had some success in D1 making the WBI (women's version of the CBI) both years.

I only know this because I worked with both arenas, but the Bank of Kentucky Center is the EXACT same design as the Cintas Center. The major difference is the acoustical treatment. NKU wanted their facility designed to be more quiet so they could have different events in there like concerts. XU wanted the space to be louder at basketball games.

Both spaces hold concerts with great sound systems, but the room at NKU is acoustically quieter. (They also have different courts and amenities, but I mean as far as the bones of the two places.)

The Bank of Kentucky Center is so nice, that I read that some of the sports conferences NKU was petitioning to join did not want NKU because their facilities would instantly be better than ever other school. It would cause recruiting issues amongst players looking at all schools in that conference.

[blobfan]

I only know this because I worked with both arenas, but the Bank of Kentucky Center is the EXACT same design as the Cintas Center. The major difference is the acoustical treatment. NKU wanted their facility designed to be more quiet so they could have different events in there like concerts. XU wanted the space to be louder at basketball games.

Both spaces hold concerts with great sound systems, but the room at NKU is acoustically quieter. (They also have different courts and amenities, but I mean as far as the bones of the two places.)

The Bank of Kentucky Center is so nice, that I read that some of the sports conferences NKU was petitioning to join did not want NKU because their facilities would instantly be better than ever other school. It would cause recruiting issues amongst players looking at all schools in that conference.

Didn't the NKU group tour Cintas during the design stage?

[sirthought]

Didn't the NKU group tour Cintas during the design stage?

No idea, but that wouldn't surprise me. Aside from the arena space, both facilities can be used for conferences, as there are multiple rooms with presentation technology built in. Banquet rooms, etc.

[THRILLHOUSE]

I only know this because I worked with both arenas, but the Bank of Kentucky Center is the EXACT same design as the Cintas Center. The major difference is the acoustical treatment. NKU wanted their facility designed to be more quiet so they could have different events in there like concerts. XU wanted the space to be louder at basketball games.

Both spaces hold concerts with great sound systems, but the room at NKU is acoustically quieter. (They also have different courts and amenities, but I mean as far as the bones of the two places.)

The Bank of Kentucky Center is so nice, that I read that some of the sports conferences NKU was petitioning to join did not want NKU because their facilities would instantly be better than ever other school. It would cause recruiting issues amongst players looking at all schools in that conference.

This is all true.

Cintas was a big inspiration for the BOK Center.

When NKU first drew up plans to go D1 they wanted to go to the Horizon. But the Horizon wasn't interested in a program going through the D2 to D1 transition. So they later targeted Sun Belt, but fell one vote short because some schools were worried with NKU's facilities and lack of football program, they could dominate the conference.