(View from our seat)
On Saturday I got up very early to take our son to the airport to fly back to grad school at the University of Kentucky. Then, my wife and I drove to Eugene for the UCLA basketball game with Oregon in the new Matthew Knight Arena. The picture above does not do it justice. The place is beautiful. The lower concourse is fantastic. On one side is all glass with a view outside. The inside wall is made of of huge pictures of Oregon Duck basketball history and lined with a light wood finish. There are "snack bars" with cute names like "Uncle Phil's" for Phil Knight and "The Admirals" for one of the "Tall Firs" who still attends games. The inside arena is steep just like Mac Court and has captured the feel and intimacy of the old arena. Our seats were in the top section and we had a great view. The four video screen scoreboard that hangs over the court is unbelievable. Best in college basketball. There are two walk in "Duck Shops" where you can buy Duck gear. Unlike the old Matt Court there are a lot of restrooms and snack bars. It's only a few steps down to our aisle seats and those snack bars and restrooms are close by. I love the place!
As I have posted before, a group of 5 of us here in Medford purchased two season tickets to the games and had a "lottery" to see how the games were divided. It is hard to go to every game when it's a three hour trip each way from Medford to Eugene over 4 mountain passes in the dead of winter.
