The Prudential Center

This is a beautiful building. Reminds me of Milwaukee's Bradley Center, which is one of my favorite arenas to work in. This place, which is also the home of the NHL New Jersey Devils, seats about 18,500 for hockey. but Seton Hall so far has opted to curtain off the upper deck, which reduces capacity to about 9,800, which is what they drew for the Louisville game. Presumably, if they start winning consistently and draw bigger crowds, they will lift the curtain and increase the capacity. As we were walking in, a Seton Hall official was telling us how much more they like the arrangement they have with this building, which is located in downtown Newark, than the one they had with the Meadowlands, which, without a doubt, is my least favorite sports venue in America.