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in dollars) | architect = Populous Kahler Slater Torphy Architects Zimmerman Design Group〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nba.com/bucks/media/media_guide_1011.pdf )〕 | structural engineer = Thornton Tomasetti〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://s3.amazonaws.com/tt_assets/pdf/SportsEntertainmentBrochure.pdf )〕 | services engineer = M-E Engineers, Inc.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.me-engineers.com/projects/?office=denver&category=professional_arena )〕 | general_contractor = Huber, Hunt & Nichols〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://basketball.ballparks.com/NBA/MilwaukeeBucks/index.htm )〕 | tenants = Milwaukee Bucks (NBA) (1988–present) Milwaukee Mustangs (AFL) (1994–2001, 2009–2012) Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) (1988–present) Marquette Golden Eagles (NCAA) (1988–present) Milwaukee Wave (MISL) (1988–2003) | seating_capacity = Wrestling: 18,800 Concerts: 20,000 College Basketball: 18,850 NBA Basketball: 18,633 (1988–1997), 18,717 (1997–present) Ice Hockey: 17,845 Indoor Soccer: 17,800 |}} The BMO Harris Bradley Center (originally Bradley Center) is an indoor arena located on the northwest corner of North 4th and West State Streets, in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is home to the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA, the Marquette University men's basketball team, and the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL (and formerly of the IHL). It is also the former home of the Milwaukee Wave of the MISL, from 1988 to 2003, the original Milwaukee Mustangs of the AFL from 1994 to 2001, along with the second incarnation of the team from 2009 to 2012 and the Badger Hockey Showdown from 1989 to 2002. ==History== The arena was opened on October 1, 1988 with an exhibition hockey game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Edmonton Oilers. At $90 million, it was meant to be a modern replacement of its current cross-street neighbor, The MECCA (now named the UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena), which was built in 1950. This arena was built for an NHL expansion team; instead, the Milwaukee Admirals moved in. The MECCA, during much of its time operating as an NBA facility, had the league's smallest seating capacity, holding just over 11,000 people. Funds to build the Center were donated as a gift to the State of Wisconsin by philanthropists, Jane Bradley Pettit and Lloyd Pettit, in memory of Jane's late father, Harry Lynde Bradley of the Allen-Bradley company. Despite being one of the premier NBA facilities when completed in 1988, the BMO Harris Bradley Center (formerly Bradley Center) is currently one of the oldest active NBA arenas (The Palace of Auburn Hills in suburban Detroit and ARCO Arena (now Sleep Train Arena) in Sacramento, California also opened in 1988), only behind Madison Square Garden in New York City (which was renovated in 2011), and Oracle Arena in Oakland (which was significantly remodeled during the mid-1990s). The BMO Harris Bradley Center is unique in that it was a gift from a family without any provision for the building's long-term capital needs or annual operating expenses. While the facility is self-sufficient, the BMO Harris Bradley Center tenants such as the Bucks are at a disadvantage compared with other NBA teams due to the arrangement. Building a new, state-of-the-art downtown arena was proposed by former Bucks owner and former U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, but the community reaction to the idea of a publicly funded arena has been mostly negative. In 2009, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle included a provision in the state's capital budget seeking $5 million in state bonding support to renovate the Bradley Center. The Bradley Center's board of directors told state officials that the building needs $23 million in renovations, so they reportedly agreed to raise the remaining $18 million on their own. Over the summer of 2010 the arena's longtime Sony Jumbotron scoreboard was replaced with a new 3.5-million-pixel LED unit manufactured by TS Sports and Lighthouse Technologies, and was put into service in October 2010 at the start of the Admirals season. Unlike many other NBA and NHL scoreboards however, the bottom panel also has an LED screen, allowing display of many images above the floor itself rather than a static image of a sponsor or team logo. On May 21, 2012, the Bucks' then-owner Herb Kohl and representatives from BMO Harris Bank announced that the bank had officially purchased the naming rights for the Bradley Center, and it would now be called the "BMO Harris Bradley Center". On September 18, 2013, then-deputy NBA commissioner Adam Silver toured the arena and found it unbefitting of an NBA team due to its small size and lack of amenities. On April 16, 2014 it was announced that Bucks' owner Herb Kohl had agreed to sell the franchise to New York hedge-fund investors Marc Lasry and Wesley Edens. The deal included provisions for $100 million each from Kohl and the new ownership group, for a total of $200 million, towards the construction of a new downtown arena. While no location has been specifically determined for the new Milwaukee Bucks Arena, the team owners are asking that public funding, from some source, will be required to finance the project. The NBA has issued a mandate requiring the Bucks to relocate, or be close to completion of a new facility, by 2017. On July 15, 2015, the Wisconsin Senate approved funding for the Milwaukee Bucks new arena by a 21-10 margin. On July 28, 2015, the State of Wisconsin Assembly approved funding for the new Milwaukee Bucks arena. The bill was passed by a 52-34 margin.〔http://fox6now.com/2015/07/28/wisconsin-assembly-approves-milwaukee-bucks-arena-deal/〕 On August 12, 2015, Governor Walker signed the arena spending plan at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin.〔https://sports.yahoo.com/news/wisconsins-walker-signs-nba-arena-spending-plan-milwaukee-163923927--nba.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BMO Harris Bradley Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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