Less 15 mile.
Indeed, the biggest beneficiary of Toyota Center is the rocket. In the past, the home of Houston Rockets was in Compaq Center, and the headquarters of Houston Rockets was 0/5 mile away from Compaq Center/KLOC-. Every time the Rockets play a game, the athletes will set off in groups to play 15 miles away. If there are 20 people on the team bus at a time, that is to say, a trip of * * * is more than 300 miles. If there is a traffic jam, the team will spend more time.
Now the headquarters of Rocket Club is located in Toyota Center, and the distance between players during training and competition is upstairs and downstairs.
The box has tripled.
When the team is in Compaq Center, the office of the club and the lounge of male and female athletes are very narrow. Compaq Center has been in use since 1975, and it has been 27 years since 2002. In the United States, where gyms are rapidly updated, the 27-year-old gym should be overhauled. Compaq Center has 16285 basketball seats, which is more than 2000 less than Toyota Center. The worst number of boxes in Compaq Center is 20, and there are 92 in Toyota Center, which has more than tripled. In the past, there were no club seats in Compaq Center Gymnasium. Now the number of seats has reached more than 2900.
The management has an office.
The Rockets are quite satisfied with the Toyota Center, especially the management of the Rockets. For the rockets who have won the NBA championship twice, the biggest advantage provided by Toyota Center is that the rockets and comets have their own offices, and they are in the same building. At the same time, the setting of office, training hall and competition hall is very reasonable, which gives players more exercise opportunities. Of course, for the owner of the Rockets, Alexander, the most convenient thing is to watch the players' training activities anytime and anywhere. He can watch the players' training through the office window. If he wants to exercise his legs and feet, he can go to the terrace above and watch the players training in the training hall below.
Rockets do not need to make room for comets.
At Compaq Center, after the end of the NBA season, the staff of the Rockets had to vacate their houses and clean them up so that others could live in the rooms they no longer used between seasons. Now, the staff of the Rockets and Comets have fixed rooms. "This basketball hall is great," said van chancellor, the coach of the Comets. We now have a closer working relationship with the rocket. In the past, our two teams always used gyms and other facilities alternately, and there were often some unnecessary problems. Now our two teams don't interfere with each other and do their own things, avoiding a lot of unnecessary right and wrong. We used to hope to get our own space in the center. Now our dream has come true. "The training hall for comets and rockets is separated by a big lounge.
The training hall is equipped with the most advanced technical equipment in NBA. Athletes can enjoy cold water bath, hot water bath and hydrotherapy. Keith Jones, deputy director of the Rockets basketball team who is in charge of training, said: "We now have facilities that other teams in the league don't have. So our team can spend more time on basketball training now. In the past, our team spent a lot of valuable time and energy looking for fitness facilities in other places. "
No matter the owner, coach or player of the Rockets, they all think that Toyota Center will definitely provide the foundation for the team to create good results. Doug Hall, general manager of Toyota Center, said: "All the players of Rockets and Comets are very happy to come to the new Toyota Center for training and competition. It is really not easy to satisfy everyone and get enough space. Now, we have done it. The rocket has advanced training ground, decent office, athletes' lounge and huge space. Compared with the Compaq Center in the past, our team seems to have entered a dream world. "
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Staff: Although the Toyota Center looks small, it needs 2,500 full-time employees.
Area: The building area reaches 750,000 square feet.
Height: The main basketball court of the Rockets is 32 feet lower than the street where the Toyota Center is located. However, the main hall of the center is at the same height as the street.
Seats: Toyota Center Basketball Hall can accommodate 18300 seats. However, if the ice hockey game is held in the competition venue, the audience seats will be reduced to17800; If a concert is held in the venue, the audience seats can be increased to 19200.
Box: In order to let the rich people watch the games of Yao Ming and others comfortably, the Toyota Center Gymnasium has specially set up 92 luxury boxes.
Berth: In order to facilitate the parking of fans, the parking lot of the stadium itself can accommodate 2,500 cars. The parking lot in several blocks nearby can accommodate 10000 cars.
Project: Toyota Center is the largest project in Houston. * * * Plan to dig out 3 15000 cubic feet of earthwork; The number of reinforced concrete is 45,000 cubic feet, and 3,040 tons of steel are used. Used up 20,000 square feet of glass.
Green space: the surrounding green space area 1. 1 mu.
Ticket price: the cheapest is $50 and the most expensive is $222.