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December 13, 1996-By Tom Fitzgerald, Chronicle Staff Writer
McNichols Sports Arena, home of the Denver Nuggets, is known in the Rockies as "the Big Mac," but it literally doesn't measure up to NBA standards. Oh, the 20-year-old arena holds 17,000 fans. That's not the issue.The urinals in the locker rooms are.
According to a confidential document sent by NBA deputy commissioner Russell Granik to Denver's city officials, the height of the urinals used by the Nuggets and their opponents must be "2 feet, 2 inches to rim." The Big Mac urinals are two inches too low.
Says Woody Paige of the Denver Post: "No wonder the NBA has gone in the toilet."
Instead of the required eight shower heads - 8 feet high - in the Nuggets' locker room, there are just five, at 6 feet, 6 inches. Paige wonders: "Does that mean guards and small forwards can shower comfortably, but not centers, and does (backup center) Ervin Johnson ever need to take a shower after a game, anyway?"
Deputy Granik complains that the ceilings in the officials' locker rooms are just 8 feet high instead of the required 9. Paige: "When was the last time you saw an 8 foot referee?"
Miscellaneous Facts
35,000 SF Exhibit Space on floor. 5,500 Parking Spaces. 16'x20' Loading Door Entrance. Directions to McNichols Sports Arena
(From Denver International Airport) Take I-70 West to I-25 South. Exit 17th Street. Arena is located just off the exit next to Mile High Stadium.
Information Courtesy of McNichols Arena
NEWS ADVISORY
January 21, 2000Fred Luetzen, long time McNichols Arena manager, will christen the wrecking ball as the structural demolition of the arena gets underway at 8 a.m. on Monday, January 24.
Much of the “soft” or nonstructural demolition has been completed. Spirtas Wrecking Company, a Missouri based demolition contractor hired by the Metropolitan Football Stadium District contractor team of Turner, Empire, Alvarado, will move ahead with structural demolition. The wrecking ball will be used to undermine the columns that support the roof of the structure, eventually causing the roof to collapse inward.
Luetzen, who participated in the original construction and has worked at McNichols Sports Arena for the last 24 years, will christen the wrecking ball, to be located at the southwest corner of McNichols Arena.
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