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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
I'm not a construction guy so my analogy will be crap, but imagine building one gigantic concrete staircase up Scotman's hill - let's just say it needs to be 100 feet high and 50 feet wide. Or, you can build five separate staircases, each is still 100 ft high, but only 5 ft wide. It's only half the materials, but I suspect the 5 smaller ones will take a lot longer and be more expensive...
If it was actually better and cheaper for all the reasons you list, don't you think it would be the new normal? Maybe it will become that way, but I'm not holding my breath.
It makes sense for the Clippers to try it...anything to differentiate them from the Lakers, and they're owner is a crazy man with more money than God.
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Yes, without question. But that is only one aspect of it. Because the building goes up, instead out out, the footprint is smaller, the building is smaller, the concourses for each level are right above each other, making construction simpler and more efficient. It costs less to heat/cool, etc.
There are multiple potential benefits with that design.