The Don has hosted a SmackDown taping and two WCW Nitros. The stages can fit. Those events were sold out however. Nothing needed to be scaled.
New Arena=Future UTEP BB Home?
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I know somebody that is a stagehand and that is the main reason why a lot of the events/concerts go to Las Cruces. When Britney Spears came here they couldn't even do their full act because there just wasn't enough room.
The arena needs to get built this year at the original proposed site. This is the best site in downtown. City council needs to move forward with the plan and get the project started. Was Lily Limon sleeping this whole time? She proposed building it in NE, when the voters approved a Downtown Arena.
And that was how long ago? The old WCW Nitro set is nothing compared to the massive LED wall WWE uses nowadays.
The last WWE event at the Haskins Center was in 2005. It seems like it goes to Las Cruces about every year.
Smackdown, Nitro, Spears were all in the round. UTEP does fine with those, it's the end stage set up that sucks. I went to the WWE in Las Cruces last year, really scaled down production value. But the entertainment value was good, Seth Rollins and John Cena.
Those house shows have the most pathetic backdrops. You could put that thing up in a Middle School gym if you had to. Those WWE house shows sell out every time they come to EP and Las Cruces. If we had a modern arena that could handle their stage/rigging we would definitely get a Raw/Smackdown. Corpus Christi had a PPV 2 years back, so there is no reason to think that a new arena wouldn't attract something of that magnitude right off the bat. Plus, you could configure the floor space so you could have arena football, indoor soccer, ice hockey, concerts etc. The Don is just a basketball court
Nowadays you need an arena that allows you to remove sections of the stands, giving you more floor space. That is why the Don can't host anything.
That arena holds 16,110 for basketball.
Hopefully if the arena gets built, the developers do not make the same mistake like the Haskins Center lighting. The DHC does not allow the lights to be dimmed.Get something like this:
Show-Light Green™
Show-Light Green using a LED light source provides a cost-effective, trouble-free lighting system that enhances the playing experience for athletes, while improving the light quality for spectators and HD broadcasts.
http://www.musco.com/indoor/showlight.html
Show-Light Green™
Show-Light Green using a LED light source provides a cost-effective, trouble-free lighting system that enhances the playing experience for athletes, while improving the light quality for spectators and HD broadcasts.
- Energy consumption reduced by 60-80 percent when compared to prior metal halide systems
- Advanced glare control for players, spectators, and television broadcasts
- Instant on/off capabilities allow for special effects during player introductions and halftime shows
- Dimming controls allow tailored light levels when full power of the system is not needed, saving additional energy
- Flicker free, with increased color temperature and CRI for higher quality TV broadcasts and photography
- Industry leading warranty parts and labor warranty includes guaranteed
light levels
http://www.musco.com/indoor/showlight.html
Indeed, smaller city Des Moines has an arena that holds 16k+. If El Paso settles for an arena of 12k, it's a crime.
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