Me in front of the ‘EGO SIGNAGE’
My first impression is that It’s very plain, and design elements don’t match up going from lounges to seating. It was to be expected. A facility like this should have cost us around $200 million, we built it on the cheap, and we got what we paid for. Now the only people benefitting are the bond salespeople.
Yes, I am a cynic, but I am also a person who has worked in construction, art and design, I notice things. The flow of the building is disjointed, and you can tell it was built FAST.
I also noticed lots of cracks in the Terezzo flooring on the second level, it could mean the under structure was not supported correctly or level. Some of the cracks are over 20 feet long and span over different sections.
The biggest disappointment is the signage font is Helvetica. Mainly this bothers me because it would not have cost anymore to buy a different font (or maybe it did) One of the first things you learn in design school is that Serif fonts read better then San-serif fonts (Like Helvetica) and they look better. I would have gone with Garamond instead of Helvetica.
Other then that, I wasn’t impressed. Of course I voted against the place and still think it is gigantic waste of tax dollars when only a few will benefit.
But the biggest disappointment was that T Denny wasn’t even there for the ribbon cutting. Call him modest, whatever. His go to BOY Dana Dykhouse said, (paraphrasing) “Denny hasn’t bought Caribbean islands or NFL teams, he has given over a billion dollars to the state.” Right after that, a friend leans into me and says, “He bought a city.” Yes he did.
We will wait for the Joan Jett concert to give my next review.
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