New Sprint Center

Kansas City unveiled its new arena today, the Sprint Center. It's hoped that it will bring the NBA, NHL, more college basketball and concerts to Kansas City. It should open in 2007. I can't help but think I wouldn't want to work across the street from something that's going to reflect the afternoon sun into my window year around. Oh, well.















UPDATE: Good news! It turns out lots of people were asking about the sun's reflection off the new disco ball we're planning to build but the designers assure us that it is "not mirrored or reflective." Hmmm… Then why did you draw it that way? Is that not the REFLECTION of the KC skyline I see?

It turns out… no. It's actually supposed to be transparent. You can see right through it. Here's some more pics. These show that it looks more like glass cream-filled donut than a disco ball. Hmmm… donuts…

Actually I'm concerned about that much glass. What happens during a college basketball game in the afternoon? Are you going to get that monster glare like you get from the windows in Allen Field House and other windowed arenas? Might you be watching an afternoon game, feeling like you're being baked in a greenhouse, wishing you were sitting in the shade? Hopefully not. Surely the best architects in the world can account for these things and more.

And besides, it should look really cool at night.