Pauley Renovation Moving Along

Yeah I agree on the cookie cutter look with the baseball stadiums, because each stadium kind of looks like Camden at first glance.  I think they've done 10+ baseball stadiums at this point, and I think they all use red brick.  However, HOK has made a concerted effort to make each baseball stadium look completely different beyond the red brick, especially the geomeotry.  For example, AT&T park's dimensions are completely different than Petco.

However, I'm pretty sure they won't do the red brick thing with Pauley, considering the various basketball stadiums I've seen don't incorporate that brick/metal thing going.  If I were to guess, I'm thinking more glass since most of the HOK basketball arenas seem to have that, so maybe a ring of windows along the top of Pauley, right under the roof, maybe as part of the luxury suites.

I wouldn't mind the red  brick look. It's kind of the signature look of UCLA's campus. Most of the newer, post-60s/70s buildings incorporate red brick into their design like the original 1920s buildings. I think an arena done with red brick would fit in nicely with the campus. A good design team could pull it off

Plenty.  This list, which is just a very, very, non-inclusive list:

Pepsi Center (Denver Nuggets)
Gaylord Entertainment Center (Louisville)
Toyota Center (Houston Rockets)
Sprint Center (NCAA BB HoF, where incidentally, we're going to play in next year for that tourney)

that this move is definitely much more solid than us picking an architect a few years ago.  For one thing, picking HOK shows a commitment by DG to put in a truly first-class sports facility.  I can't imagine HOK was even close to being the lowest-cost bid based on their reputation.

Personally, I'm very excited that we chose HOK.  The new Busch Stadium is absolutely kick-ass, especially the view of the Arch and the river.  Petco also has a great view of downtown San Diego, although personally, I think they may have screwed up with the shadows that drop along the third base line in later afternoon games.  I'm also curious to see if HOK is also going to make a proposal to build beyond Pauley, a la some sort of UCLA Athletics/Basketball village around Pauley, since HOK tends to do that as well.

When we put out that RFP back in December, I didn't even consider HOK because I thought that HOK would have been outside our price range.  This is probably the only firm where I would actually tell them, no restrictions, do what you want, because I'm confident they understand Pauley's historical significance and won't do anything to screw that up.

yeah, that's what I really like about HOK facilities, cheap seats still have great sight lines, so I think this renovation is going to be phenomenal.

HOK really is the standard for venue builds.  I just couldn't help mocking the "Standard" term.

If I were to guess based on the few HOK arenas I've been to and seen, I'm guessing:

1. Large, flat 100 section
   
2. Small 200 section on top of the 100 section, so on top of the court
   
3. Large, very steep 300 section on top of the 200 section, but pushed back a few rows

Perfect example of this is the Honda/Arrohead Center, which is an HOK facility as well (I forgot to put that on my list as well).  At the Tamu game, we were loud as hell, so I can imagine this should work.

a few weeks ago, and my guess is that the basketball team is out for the 2009-2010 season at least, maybe 08-09 as well depending on how big the project becomes.  I think the official release a few weeks ago said that the team would definitely be out for at least one season.  I'm also guessing we move to the Forum, but your guess is as good as mine.

Looking at a Sat map, you have the Santa Monica mountains to the North, and the dorms to the West, so that's a possibility for a view.

Also, although the project calls for the main entrance to be between Pauley and Spalding, I'm thinking that the area between Pauley and CTO makes a better entrance (on the East side) because there's a lot more room to play with.

Try this link instead.

http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/united-states-california-metro-areas/336689-1.html