Interesting experience, not necessarily good, nor bad. I attended the game Heats vs Pacers on Nov 30 ‘23.

The good : Overall the stadium is clean. The seats are comfortable. The sound system is ok, almost ok (but the sound engineer is over leveling the output which goes on the quality). The ´special effects ´ are interesting. The transmission time of the images the cameras next to the field are capturing is insane - almost instant on the screen.

The bad :

• AC is way to cold and blowing constantly not making it fun or comfortable to sit and enjoy the game. Or you have to bring more clothes. Where is the point!?
• drinks are EXPENSIVE ! Consider trading your liver for it (15$ a beer in a can // 6,50$ a soda). Food and other is also very expensive.

The real bad thing :

• constantly there are noises, effects, adds or music !!! This is so annoying : you cannot just sit there and enjoy a moment of peace in watching a game. Your adrenaline and awareness is constantly triggered with actual real bad quality sounds. Plus it’s almost always the same.
• DON’T GO SPONTANEOUSLY after a day of exploring the city… that’s what I did and not even a paper bag was allowed to bring in. Though, you have lockers, depending on the size of your bag… starting at 15$ (according to Casey from the call center). That is ridiculous !

And about this « Star Wars night special event » …. What is the point again in using somewhat every occasion to send in some stormtroopers or whatever??! Extremely annoying and bad quality shows to artificially ‘fill the gap’. Lmao! That’s actually ridiculous ! There is absolutely no point in that.

Feels like a trash show !

The game itself was worth watching and brought suspense ! Until the end the Heats were unable to lead the score, though won the game ! Would have been more appreciable without all this artificial useless fuzz of shows in every interruption !

THE REALLY BAD : ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ALL THE WAY AND TIME THROUGH ! Let me explain : you come to a sports even, pay ~60$ only to get in and have some ok seating. It’s cold af and you get flooded by commercials during your visit. (Why are the fees higher than the actual price of the ticket?)

PS : don’t dare being old school in not owning a smartphone/not having a digital ticket.

PPS : I had an empty thermos, they take it away. Loss of 30$. No possibility to leave it somewhere and get it back after the game. That is a pity at this price.

PPPS : sorry for not being from the place and not knowing about that. Not.

Overall experience : paying a huge amount to be exposed and flooded by commercial during my stay & having cold. No thank you.