ArenaVisual Background:
Sports facilities are large buildings by default, and
consequently they make a large visual impact on the cities they
serve. This brief
survey will ask you to rate sports facilities on a visual
scale. Please do not
consider how much you like or dislike the team(s) that play(s) inside
the arena. Try to look at the facilities from a visual/aesthetic perspective only.
Note:
Although the Arco Arena tax issue is currently hot news locally,
this
informal survey is not about opinions related to arena funding,
and therefore, you will not be asked your opinions related to arena funding. A
fascinating topic to be sure, it has been covered
from both pro and con positions in the Sacramento Bee and the
Sacramento Business Journal. For a list of links to recent
articles, click
here. (There are also numerous books and academic articles
from the disciplines of Urban Geography, Tourism, Event
Planning, Hospitality, Urban Planning, Architecture,
Sports Management, Parks Management, Landscape Architecture and
Urban Economics on arenas/stadiums and funding methods
throughout sports facility history. Quick academic searches from
your local university library or even on Amazon can lead you to
several of those.)
Step
Into the Aesthetic
Arena
Olympic
Velodrome Santiago
Calatrava
Athens, Greece 2004
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Sprint
Center Ellerbe-Becket/HOK
Kansas City, MO 2007
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Arco
Arena Rann Haight
Sacramento, CA 1988
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Bobcats
Arena Ellerbe-Becket
Charlotte, NC 2005
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Brooklyn
Nets Arena Frank Gehry
Brooklyn,
NY 2009?
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Allianz
Arena Herzog + de Meuron
Munich,
Germany 2005
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American
Airlines Center HKS
Dallas, TX 2001
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American
Airlines Arena Arquitectonica
Miami, FL 1999
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Rose
Garden Arena Ellerbe-Becket
Portland, OR 1993
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Wembley
Stadium Norman Foster/HOK
Wembley,
England 2007
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Pepsi
Center HOK
Denver, CO 1997
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Philips
Arena HOK
Atlanta, GA 1999
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National
Swimming Center "Water Cube"
PTW Beijing, China
2008
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Please
take a moment to tell us a little about yourself. This information is
helpful in discovering patterns in the responses given above. We
appreciate you answering each question.
Are
you a sports fan? Rank the level to which you enjoy watching
sports.
:-(
do not enjoy
neutral
greatly
enjoy :-)
Are
you an "architecture fan?"
Rank the level to which you enjoy looking at architecture.
:-(
do not enjoy
neutral
greatly
enjoy :-)
In
your opinion, should civic buildings/facilities be aesthetically pleasing?
Yes
No
In
your opinion, can an arena/a stadium affect the overall "aesthetic
quality" of a city?
Yes
No
In
your opinion, it is best when an arena/a stadium...
Blends
in with the surrounding buildings/environment (so that it
is hardly noticed)
Stands
out from the surrounding buildings/environment (and
becomes an icon for the city)
In
your opinion, it is best when an arena/a stadium...
Uses
traditional/standard architecture
Uses
innovative/unique architecture
In
your opinion, the facility architecture...
Can
affect the experience of visiting an arena/a stadium for a
game, concert or event
Has
no effect on the experience of visiting an arena/a
stadium
for a game, concert or event
In
relation to tourism, I think...
Tourists
are more likely to visit an arena/a stadium located in a
city's downtown
Tourists
are more likely to visit an arena/a stadium located in the
suburbs
After
seeing the images of the arenas/stadiums presented here in ArenaVisual, I can say that...
I
already knew what all/most of these facilities looked
like
I
did not know what most/any of these facilities looked
like
What
is your gender?
Male
Female
What is your age?
What is your
occupation?
Please list your primary place of residence.
City
County
State
If you
do not live in the United States,
what is your country of residence?
Thank you
for your input. Please click the "send" button below.
