SK Center Getting New Exterior Color

Hallelujuah!! The rumors were true.

http://www.nola.com/pelicans/index.s...s_to_chan.html


Hopefully it extends to that "ferl" roof.

Would rather a new big screen to hang over the court.

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Originally Posted by AD23forMVP

Would rather a new big screen to hang over the court.

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+1

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Originally Posted by AD23forMVP

Would rather a new big screen to hang over the court.

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I'd rather a new sound system. I can never understand whatever comes out of those speakers.

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Originally Posted by thiefinthenight

I'd rather a new sound system. I can never understand whatever comes out of those speakers.

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pretty sure we got one

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Originally Posted by bojangles837

pretty sure we got one

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I wish we could've kept those screens from ASW...

Thank goodness. Not sure why that weird teal color was selected in the first place. And that was before we got the Hornets.

Update:

Just passed the SK Center on the way home from work. They were spraying what appeared to be some sort of yellowish base on a large portion of the interstate side of the building.

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Update:

Just passed the SK Center on the way home from work. They were spraying what appeared to be some sort of yellowish base on a large portion of the interstate side of the building.

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The article said they were probably going to do large swatches to choose the color, so you may be seeing several colors go up on there initially.

black and gold would be a nice touch

Update: Large sample tiles are up on the side of the arena. From the interstate, there appear to be four sample colors, each a different shade of grey.

There was a attachment in here a few weeks back, was there not?

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Update: Large sample tiles are up on the side of the arena. From the interstate, there appear to be four sample colors, each a different shade of grey.

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How many shades of grey total would you say there are?...

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How many shades of grey total would you say there are?...

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50 Shades of Grey...oh wait

I like the darkest grey.

Some pics of arena.
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Couple of extra pics.
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Cool they put up a new staircase, smart of them to test the color's on the wall that will be knock down:hihi:

I think the arena needs an interior change of colour aswell.. never been inside the arena, but from seeing the arena on T.V i think it deserves one.

Yeah agree with the staircase. Long over due. Also, at dusk the lighter color looked best. Only thing is it very similar to the roof.

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Yeah agree with the staircase. Long over due. Also, at dusk the lighter color looked best. Only thing is it very similar to the roof.

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The staircase just replaces the one they tore down (that was near the outdoor ticket window and the old buzz fest area). The new stair case is actually on the Superdome side of Girod outside the exit to the parking garage.

According to a poster on TD they're putting up grey paint.

muscle punch red?

Found this picture of the colors on another forum:

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Those colors have now changed to be only the white on the left side of the assortment and what looks to be the grey on the far right. I have a direct view from my office.

http://www.sportzin.com/forums/uploa...483-U10500.jpg

I did a mockup with the grey color.

Jesus, that looks depressing...yet sounds delicious.

I think I prefer the white. The grey just looks like an extension of the concrete on the streets and sidewalks. Completely boring and generic.

The white stands out without looking like it doesn't fit in with the rest of New Orleans the way the ugly teal did.

I agree. Give me the white color so it doesn't just look like concrete sidewalk.

How white is the white color? Is it like paper white? Or is it a darker white?

It is a grayish white that looked pretty good a dusk but the contrast with the roof is a little off.

It's a lighter color than the roof?

haha looks like a sideways version of ventilation buildings we have in Brisbane, Aus. Except ours are at least colourful.
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Also a red one.

Yeah a little lighter in color to the roof.

Sucks that the tiles are staying too.

They'd have to clean the white tiles fairly regularly, I'd imagine. The roof of the Superdome gets pretty mucky after a year. Not a deal breaker by any means, but still something you wouldn't have to do as often with the grey.

I think the dome roof is from mold if I remember correctly. Could be mistaken.

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I think the dome roof is from mold if I remember correctly. Could be mistaken.

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I think you're right. Growing up I lived in a house painted white on the outside. We'd regularly have to pressure wash the sides of the house because of mold to avoid a greenish tint. It was standard housing siding. I'm not sure how that compares to the panels on the arena.

I don't mind that grey at all.

Anything is better than the cafeteria covered aqua or whatever we have now.

"The rebrand is nothing if not consistent"
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The colors they are looking at are all bad choices. If they are married to the palette they are currently looking at, then they should really go with the darker charcoal color. The white would be the absolute worst choice as it would look poor next to the Dome, look horrendous with the aluminum arena roof, and hold up terribly (see: Dome roof or any other white building in New Orleans). What they really should be looking at is a medium-dark blue-grey color:
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thin...l&tid=17366006