British Basketball League Arenas

[@benrotko6411]

I like how new most of these arenas are.

[@somethingfromouterspace4922]

Good video - the league is in a turbulent time at the moment. It’s great to see more content being made on it! Let’s go Plymouth City Patriots!

[@gamify4228]

This aged well 😂😂😂

[@supersasukemaniac]

I think a fun one would be stadiums in Major League Rugby, the USAs Second ever premier Rugby Union competition (we don't talk about the first one)

[@ringleaders10820A]

He has done it

[@JBM425]

I’m surprised these arenas are as small as they are. I would have thought they would have more seats than the hockey arenas around the UK.

[@yayhay1]

Two NBA head coaches actually coached in the BBL. One is a former championship head coach. The other is Chris Finch whose team currently leads the NBA one record.

[@edwardburek1717]

Nick Nurse was the head coach of the Manchester Giants, before moving to North America. I'd dare say that move worked out well for him.

[@subparnaturedocumentary]

i was actually suprised how nice some of these are. i'm not sure how big basketball is in gb but our hometown nba team here the 76ers have played preseason games in london before

[@immersion726]

Bristol are building a new arena with a 4,000 capacity. Caledonia's current arena is temporary - with the larger arena replacing the current one and it will instead be a practice court

[@BDub2024]

Does Britain use indoor venues such as at Wimbledon for basketball? It happens in Melbourne and Perth. In which tennis netball basketball and concerts share venues.

[@adamsayer11]

Wimbledon is a grass court so no, plus the people who own Wimbledon would never allow it

[@BDub2024]

@@adamsayer11 Forgot about grass at Wimbledon. In Australia you get multiple football teams sharing the same venues. You also get sports such as tennis, basketball and concerts sharing. It seems strange in London that there are all these 60k stadiums, that are clearly underutilised. Seems a waste of money, but I guess there is a lot of money in the Premiers League. Isn't there a specialise $80k stadium at Twickenham, the maintenance costs must be massive. I guess private ownership is a reason.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

​@@BDub2024 some of these arenas are also used for Netball Superleague teams. The only time big arenas are used is for finals. There just isn't the fan base to use bigger venues.

[@BDub2024]

@@chesterdonnelly1212 West Coast Fever is a netball team in the domestic league in Australia and they get 10k. The Perth Wildcats mens basketball get 12k to 14k. I think in Melbourne they get good crowds and play at one of the Australian open tennis stadiums. Either Margaret Court or Rod Laver Arena.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

@@BDub2024 yeah that wouldn't work here. The biggest arena for netball and basketball teams is Copper Box Arena. Most of the major cities in Britain have an indoor arena of 12k - 16k capacity but these are rarely used for netball. Maybe once a year. And most of them are never used for basketball. It's just not a very popular sport in the UK.

[@Jimbo-wx9pu]

I think basketball is the second most player sport in the uk now the problem is outside of the NBA no one really watched basketball.

[@jonathanfox676]

For anyone wondering how good this league is. Sam Dekker won mvp

[@SIMOLAMBOTZ]

Wow 😂

[@chrisjackson9626]

Is the Manchester venue the same facility John Amaechi funded in Whalley Range?

[@pmufc7]

No

[@migedu53]

You should try the Mexican profesional basketball league Arenas

[@oliverbakker8381]

Should do the national ice hockey league in the uk

[@MickeyJWind]

that plymouth pavilions part was hysterical

[@michaelscott358]

Can you please do West Coast Conference Arena’s next

[@joanribas5978]

do the spanish acb

[@221BSam]

Our women’s team is WBBL, big up Essex Sport Arena! 👊🏻

[@Alex__37_]

Since you liked a handball arena, how about a video for them?

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

That is the only handball arena in Britain and it's not even used for handball anymore. Handball never took off here.

[@tylerh6625]

Ohio Valley Conference arenas would be a cool video

[@IRGhost]

Just putting it out there, Lions get no atmosphere whatsoever. It doesn't even feel like people care about the team, they're just there to watch generic basketball.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

That's how British basketball is. The fans aren't passionate like European fans or football fans.

[@billclinton984]

Up the flyers

[@stevecooksley]

I appreciate there are people who like basketball but 99% of the country wouldn't be able to name a BBL team, let alone anyone who plays here. It's just not on the radar here.

[@LDV95]

BEnext liga soon?

[@simkelacasa]

make for Euroleague arenas video

[@edwardburek1717]

The BBL needs more teams. A minimum of 12, at least. There's no end of suitable existing amenities that can host games, and this can add to the flavour of what is possibly the most eccentric of all British sporting leagues. How eccentric? The Morningside Arena has a sofa in the middle of the rinkside seating. As home of the Leicester Riders it's light years better than their previous home of Granby Halls. And the London Lions were originally from Milton Keynes - they are very much the British equivalent of the LA Lakers.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

Where should the extra teams be? Also I would say Plymouth Patriots are doomed because they don't have a suitable venue in Plymouth, so there needs to be 3 new teams.

[@edwardburek1717]

@@chesterdonnelly1212 How about Birmingham for starters? The league has been wanting to have a team there for years, ever since the Bullets went under, and it's still a strong basketball hotbed. Other suggestions would include Cardiff - I believe there's a team in the WBBL, so there should be no problem in getting a men's team as well - and Nottingham, just to take Panthers fans minds off from seeing how bad they've been this season. Leeds is another possibility, as are Guildford and Brighton. If the Patriots are in trouble as you say, maybe they could relocate somewhere else, like the previous suggestions, or maybe even - dare I say it - Coventry??

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

@@edwardburek1717 Coventry isn't a bad option because there's the indoor arena on the side of the Coventry Building Society Arena where Wasps netball team used to play. Do you live in Coventry?

[@edwardburek1717]

@@chesterdonnelly1212 I do indeed. I caught a few games there myself. There was talk of Wasps starting up a team - or was that for rugby league?

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

@@edwardburek1717 I'm not sure. Wasps are gone now and if they come back into existence it won't be in Coventry. I do think Coventry is a good option for a basketball team. There must be some rugby and netball ex-Wasps fans who will be open to supporting a basketball team. It's good to see CCFC doing well btw.

[@idankingon]

Do israel football premier league stadiums

[@gavinbreneman5153]

MAAC basketball arenas

[@alexhargrove7020]

My high school’s gym has a capacity higher than half these arenas

[@jamszyoung8701]

The people are begging for nsw cup stadiums

[@thedrizzle619]

i like vanilla ....

[@djblakk86]

It's weird that some American high schools have bigger arenas than this league 😮

[@toogyman]

In the ranking of attendance by sport domestic Basketball is a little low down the pecking order , slightly in front of Quidditch but not by much

[@yayhay1]

@@toogymandidn’t the BBL used be more popular. I think I read somewhere that in the late 90s and early 2000s they sold out most arenas and played in larger arenas.

[@edwardburek1717]

@@yayhay1 They did. Some were even multi-use, like the Sheffield Arena that hosted the Sharks and the Steelers, and the AO Arena in Manchester that was home to the Giants and the Storm. What used to be called the NIA is now the venue for the National Cup finals, but for a time it was also the home of the Birmingham Bullets. And there was talk of the M&S Bank Arena in Scouseland being the home of the Toxteth/Everton Tigers, until they went bust.

[@dan44zzt231]

It's not that weird. Texas is three times the size of the entire UK, and basketball really isn't very popular as a spectator sport.