milky_way
01-09-2003, 03:02 PM
Conseco Fieldhouse Rated No. 1
Indianapolis, Jan. 9 - Independent research has confirmed what Pacers fans already knew: Conseco Fieldhouse is the best venue in professional sports.
Two men, Andrew Kulyk and Peter Farrell, recently completed a four-year "Ultimate Road Trip" in which they visited all 102 venues in the NBA, NFL, NHL and Major League Baseball and rated Conseco Fieldhouse the best of them all.
"The City of Indianapolis did not just build a mere arena ... they built a fieldhouse, and one would have to say it is The Fieldhouse," they wrote on their website, www.thesportsroadtrip.com. "It was modeled after Indiana's old high school and college fieldhouses, where SRO crowds are the norm on any given wintry night. The building is cutting edge and at the same time retro - it is state of the art yet nostalgic. In short, it is not only a building to visit, but also to experience. ... Conseco Fieldhouse should serve as the blueprint for any professional or college team looking to build a new basketball facility."
Kulyk and Farrell concluded their trip on Dec. 15 game at Ford Field in Detroit, where the Lions played Tampa Bay.
"It was kind of a whirlwind," Kulyk, 44, a zoning board officer who also owns an exterminating company, told The Buffalo News.
Indianapolis, Jan. 9 - Independent research has confirmed what Pacers fans already knew: Conseco Fieldhouse is the best venue in professional sports.
Two men, Andrew Kulyk and Peter Farrell, recently completed a four-year "Ultimate Road Trip" in which they visited all 102 venues in the NBA, NFL, NHL and Major League Baseball and rated Conseco Fieldhouse the best of them all.
"The City of Indianapolis did not just build a mere arena ... they built a fieldhouse, and one would have to say it is The Fieldhouse," they wrote on their website, www.thesportsroadtrip.com. "It was modeled after Indiana's old high school and college fieldhouses, where SRO crowds are the norm on any given wintry night. The building is cutting edge and at the same time retro - it is state of the art yet nostalgic. In short, it is not only a building to visit, but also to experience. ... Conseco Fieldhouse should serve as the blueprint for any professional or college team looking to build a new basketball facility."
Kulyk and Farrell concluded their trip on Dec. 15 game at Ford Field in Detroit, where the Lions played Tampa Bay.
"It was kind of a whirlwind," Kulyk, 44, a zoning board officer who also owns an exterminating company, told The Buffalo News.