My only real complaint is the giant section at mid-court in the upper level that

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Jun 10, 2024
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is left empty for cameras. It's Section 135. There has to be a better way.

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With BYU 🏀 trending up, what would you do to improve the Marriott Center?

Malcolm Reynolds

Jun 10, 10:42am

This is dumb and unnecessary and wouldn't improve anything to the gameday

Manti

Jun 10, 10:43am

I've always thought it looks like a really big church building from the 70's.

Y'zcrack

Jun 10, 10:46am

Make it into an homage to the old Provo Temple design.

DirtyWater

Jun 10, 10:53am

Ha love it!

RUNBYU1

Jun 10, 11:28am

Here are a couple of mockups leaked from Ryan Smith Architecture

King Boo

Jun 10, 1:22pm

Both unironically great

CougarMandias

Jun 10, 1:39pm

That's the old Ogden Temple spire.

fredgarvin

Jun 10, 1:39pm

Nah, it's the Provo spire before it was painted white and had the Angel Moroni.

King Boo

Jun 10, 1:51pm

Nope.

fredgarvin

Jun 10, 2:00pm

Sharp eye and memory. Google Image Search failed me.

King Boo

Jun 10, 2:47pm

You are amazing! Can we get a gold basketball at the top?

DirtyWater

Jun 10, 3:36pm

Tear down the exterior, expand the concourse. That would enhance the gameday experience.

Tesla Coug

Jun 10, 10:51am

This is the correct answer

RUNBYU1

Jun 10, 11:29am

I think what you mean is that it’s the answer you agree with.😆

Coug-Ida

Jun 10, 1:13pm

This is what I suggested in the end of season questionnaire.

byuluvr

Jun 10, 11:42am

Totally agree, the concourse needs to be expanded, you can hardly walk around

therock

Jun 10, 12:55pm

A giant ball pit in the south end of the upper concourse for the kids

Indy Coug

Jun 10, 10:44am

Marriott Center is pretty good as is. Would always be nice to widen the concourse.

kccougar

Jun 10, 10:44am

A giant tanned rectangle currently sits on BYUs campus begging to be renovated

CougarCanuck76

Jun 10, 10:45am

Hot tub seats. Like Rutgers.

DirtyWater

Jun 10, 10:46am

Wonder how much that lifeguard gets paid lol

ossicles

Jun 10, 11:03am

Thank you for posting the entire reason that I am skipping the BYU cruise

Heath Squashwell

Jun 10, 3:03pm

I have no complaints with any of those items. Seating has been upgraded already and so has the scoreboard. Food options

ManicBlue

Jun 10, 10:54am

It's so fascinating to me that Cupbop can be so slow. They should make all of their employees spend 4 days working

HarlemCoug

Jun 10, 11:22am

It's funny because the Cupbop station at LES can move people through pretty quickly comparatively. It's so strange that

ManicBlue

Jun 10, 11:33am

I know some people thinks it's a waste, but the outside could really use a facelift. The arena interior is awesome and

zonacougar

Jun 10, 10:56am

My only real complaint is the giant section at mid-court in the upper level that

BerkeleyCoug

Jun 10, 10:58am

Have you watched a Baylor game?

kccougar

Jun 10, 10:59am

RE: Have you watched a Baylor game?

byubyu

Jun 10, 11:00am

Yep, those are quality seats

BYU Fan

Jun 10, 11:02am

agreed ... but what's the better way? Isn't what we have the best of our bad options?

HarlemCoug

Jun 10, 11:23am

I have no idea but it baffles me that there isn’t a better way to film the game

BYU Fan

Jun 10, 11:34am

Yup & the empty rows on the other side because of sound & video mixing stations.

CaliWG

Jun 10, 2:06pm

I’d love to see the concourse area expanded

BYU Fan

Jun 10, 11:01am

They need to widen the sidewalks on 450 E leading from the Marriott Center to

Doogal McCougar

Jun 10, 11:13am

Rename it the Ryan Smith Marriott Center or Ryan Smith Court

Dr MoBYU

Jun 10, 11:15am

For a small donation of $100M towards NIL, anyone can have the naming rights to the stadium. Who wants them?

HarlemCoug

Jun 10, 11:24am

It seems BYU is no longer naming buildings after people, so that's probably out.

fredgarvin

Jun 10, 12:02pm

Dave Rose Court at the Marriott Center sponsored by Ryan Smith

RenoCoug

Jun 10, 7:56pm

I would like to see a ramp built above the student section so that Cosmo can

BYUheaven

Jun 10, 11:17am

Just demo it for baseball games. Ruins the view

BaseCoug

Jun 10, 11:19am

The Concourse is a mess with concessions lines blocking the flow of fans just

BYUtka

Jun 10, 11:31am

Put the students back on the side where they were when Jimmer played.

ThatBYUFan

Jun 10, 11:32am

WHAT???? You want to eliminate NIL donations? Why? How could this possibly get us more wins?

HarlemCoug

Jun 10, 11:39am

It wouldn't. It would reduce the ROC effect and hurt revenue. No positives for

BYUtka

Jun 10, 1:54pm

Why would you want to destroy our advantage? Teams miss more shooting into the

BYUtka

Jun 10, 1:52pm

It’s where I sat as a student. It was fun.

ThatBYUFan

Jun 10, 2:32pm

I'm sure it was. The current ROC location is probably also fun... So is winning.

BYUtka

Jun 10, 2:53pm

Yeah winning is fun. The team did a lot of it when the students were on the side

ThatBYUFan

Jun 11, 8:31am

Really just need more room in the concourses.

Rivers Cuomo

Jun 10, 11:32am

Would you rather have donors spend $5M on NIL or $5M making the concourse wider (which will save us all 3 minutes)

HarlemCoug

Jun 10, 11:42am

I think it would need to be part of a larger upgrade with some luxury upgrades.

BYUtka

Jun 10, 1:55pm

Paint the outside royal blue. Or do something to make it look a little less dated.

byuluvr

Jun 10, 11:44am

Turn the facade into a giant wraparound marquee board with 1000s of LEDs

doktorpfeffer

Jun 10, 11:45am

RE: Turn the facade into a giant wraparound marquee board with 1000s of LEDs

zonacougar

Jun 10, 12:11pm

EXACTLY

doktorpfeffer

Jun 10, 1:16pm

I would make it shine with sparkling upgrades to LES! 😃

truecougster

Jun 10, 11:46am

The only thing they should do is require that food vendors have a 3 transactions per minute output. All other $$$ should

HarlemCoug

Jun 10, 11:53am

expand the concourse. Put a legitimate fan shop in. Not sure why they don't use

Garn

Jun 10, 11:56am

Exterior facade. And add a median to University Parkway. That’s it.

andrewg3

Jun 10, 12:09pm

NIL, NIL,NIL, NIL,NIL, NIL,NIL, NIL,NIL, NIL,NIL, NIL,NIL, NIL,NIL, NIL,NIL.

ParentingNotForSissy

Jun 10, 12:12pm

Fill in the corners!

sah22

Jun 10, 12:38pm

A speakeasy hidden behind a trophy case.

Revolution

Jun 10, 12:50pm

Really need to update the facade. Dump the old, dated brick and theme with

IceBlue

Jun 10, 12:55pm

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TailgateU

Jun 10, 12:56pm

Paint a giant stretch Y on the white roof.

Frank Drebin

Jun 10, 1:37pm

The screen drop is pretty cool. BYU has been doing it for a while. Can they come

Parley

Jun 10, 1:41pm

Exterior is iconic, the seats, food, and bathrooms are ok The mountains however

Ripliancum

Jun 10, 2:14pm

Student section around the lower bowl so no more empty seats all game like last

Magneto

Jun 10, 2:25pm

If there's a relatively easy/fast/low expense way to add suites, that's about it

NYC and Japan

Jun 10, 4:37pm

It impacts half time the most. The lines for food block anyone from walking around the concourse.

byuluvr

Jun 10, 5:19pm

Can be a problem pre-game as well. Any time a significant portion of fans are

BYUtka

Jun 10, 5:56pm

Maybe putting the portal letters outside the building would help.

ParentingNotForSissy

Jun 10, 6:09pm

Everyone would still go in the door closest to their car. It's freezing outside

BYUtka

Jun 10, 6:16pm

I love that idea. I would in almost all circumstances prefer to walk away from

NYC and Japan

Jun 10, 9:49pm

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