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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
They may want the capacity for some of the other events they'd like to host. I can't imagine the construction costs or even the maintenance costs from going from 16K to 18K are really all that much, so might as well build it bigger than your main tenant might need.
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Yeah, it's easier to tarp over 2000 seats you can't sell than it is to try and cram an additional 2000 people into a building when you need the extra capacity.
If you think about it, most arenas have about 30 sections around the seating bowl, with about 20 seats per section, per row. That means one extra row is about 600 extra seats. 4 extra rows easily covers 2000 more seats.
Also, with a new, modern arena that is in a location that's easily accessible both by car and by train and close to their traditional fanbase, there's no reason to think they shouldn't be able to regularly draw in the 17-18,000 range.