NBA in Cincinnati

Bring the NBA back to Cincinnati!

Maybe not today or tomorrow but someday.

I know some people don't want to think about having to build a new arena (which we would have to do for this to ever work) but we need a new arena on the riverfront. We currently have the very outdated and undersized US Bank Arena. US Bank Arena is old and it shows.

Most NBA arenas are hold between 18,000 and 20,000 for a basketball game. US Bank Arena only holds about 17,000. The average NBA attendance is around 16,000 per game. So that tells me we don't need a super extravagant arena. Just an Arena that does what it needs to do. Look nice along the riverfront next to GABP and PBS and hold 20,000 people.

If you look at most NBA cities we compare pretty well. We would be larger than 7 markets and equal to 5 others. Cincinnati is the average for an NBA market size.

Another argument is that the NBA won't work in Cincinnati because we already have MLB and NFL. Milwaukee, Denver and Cleveland have similar or smaller markets and they have all three.

This is not something I see happening in the near future but I am hoping in my lifetime( I am only 22).

An expansion team could work. We would get a top 5 pick in the draft which in recent years has produced some stars(Lebron, DWade, CP3, Deron Williams, Chris Bosh, Kevin Durant, Dwight Howard). It is said that Cincinnati will only support a winner. Cincinnati could have a winning NBA team within three season of existence. Three years of being in the NBA lottery and an expansion draft would be plenty to make the playoffs in the East.

You can't tell me people wouldn't come out and see the #8 seed Cincinnati team with say a Evan Turner type player against #1 seed Cleveland Cavs with a Lebron James.

I know I would. Let me know your thoughts concerns with having the NBA in Cincinnati.