Phil Knight and the University of Oregon unveiled Matthew Knight Arena Thursday night for the Oregon Ducks' game against the USC Trojans.
The final price tag was about $227 million dollar for the state-of-the-art arena, but the reactions coming in from the “critics” isn't very flattering.
Here's a short list of some headlines circulating around the blogosphere today:
- Jeff Eisenberg, Yahoo! Sports NCAA basketball blog The Dagger: Distracting glare detracts from first game at Oregon's new arena
- Brian Floyd, SB Nation: Oregon's New Basketball Court May Cause Retina Damage
- The Sports Grid calls Matt Court confusing
In his defense, here is designer, Tinker Hatfield talking about what inspired him to make the court look the way it does.
[some content extracted from: OregonLive.com]
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