Steve Ballmer

Yeah. We took a revenue. Definitely, we could have made more revenue on that side if we'd done things a little bit differently, but it's about basketball. We have a lot of toilets.

Something like that. Why? It's about basketball. Get out and get back into your seat. Don't miss the action. We started out with a lot more concession stands, and then we said, no, no, let's just do this completely frictionless. So if you register your face, you just walk in, grab what you want, and leave. If not, you can just tap your phone on the way in, grab your stuff, and leave.

Something like that. Why? It's about basketball. Get out and get back into your seat. Don't miss the action. We started out with a lot more concession stands, and then we said, no, no, let's just do this completely frictionless. So if you register your face, you just walk in, grab what you want, and leave. If not, you can just tap your phone on the way in, grab your stuff, and leave.

There's no checkout. We don't serve eclectic food, little everything. Same thing everywhere. Why? We don't want you walking around having to look for your favorite food. No, you're going to get the same great stuff everywhere. It turns out 85% of what gets bought is in five items anyway. It's a hamburger. It's a...

There's no checkout. We don't serve eclectic food, little everything. Same thing everywhere. Why? We don't want you walking around having to look for your favorite food. No, you're going to get the same great stuff everywhere. It turns out 85% of what gets bought is in five items anyway. It's a hamburger. It's a...

a hot dog it's uh nachos uh chicken tenders and i don't know i'm not remembering off the top of my head is part of the calculus of this for attracting players too sure if you look at our back end spaces like our practice facility i think most people think that but i'm thinking even like if you know your opponent's gonna have a lower free throw shooting percentage in your home arena sure i think people think players have said they think it's really cool now

a hot dog it's uh nachos uh chicken tenders and i don't know i'm not remembering off the top of my head is part of the calculus of this for attracting players too sure if you look at our back end spaces like our practice facility i think most people think that but i'm thinking even like if you know your opponent's gonna have a lower free throw shooting percentage in your home arena sure i think people think players have said they think it's really cool now

And that's good. That's good. Players' offices are also good, i.e. the training facility. I mean, the training area, the practice area, our outdoor pool and sauna and cold plunge, our weight room, our sports performance center. So that stuff's all, I would say, pretty... Pretty good as well. Very good. So we've done a bunch of things. We have the best refs room, I think, in the league.

And that's good. That's good. Players' offices are also good, i.e. the training facility. I mean, the training area, the practice area, our outdoor pool and sauna and cold plunge, our weight room, our sports performance center. So that stuff's all, I would say, pretty... Pretty good as well. Very good. So we've done a bunch of things. We have the best refs room, I think, in the league.

We called the refs union and said, what do you guys need? The media area, we said, look, if we're going to build a new arena, our visiting locker room is the best in the league. Best weight room. That's your sales pitch to Visiting Stars. Exactly. Yeah. We say, hey, we care. And we care about everybody. And then we make it about the basketball in and out. Oh, what's our artwork?

We called the refs union and said, what do you guys need? The media area, we said, look, if we're going to build a new arena, our visiting locker room is the best in the league. Best weight room. That's your sales pitch to Visiting Stars. Exactly. Yeah. We say, hey, we care. And we care about everybody. And then we make it about the basketball in and out. Oh, what's our artwork?

I mean, we have public art that is required, some of which is basketball oriented. But our major piece of public art? is a clipper ship whose masts are backboard, replicas of basketballs from around the world. Basketball, basketball, basketball. Our art inside the building? We have a high school basketball jersey from every high school in the state of California.

I mean, we have public art that is required, some of which is basketball oriented. But our major piece of public art? is a clipper ship whose masts are backboard, replicas of basketballs from around the world. Basketball, basketball, basketball. Our art inside the building? We have a high school basketball jersey from every high school in the state of California.

It looks like art almost because it's nice colors on the wall. Basketball, man.

It looks like art almost because it's nice colors on the wall. Basketball, man.

Yeah, it is. Look, you know how oftentimes startups come about because the founder is in love with some topic and builds the product they wanted to use? I think that happens a lot. I don't think people start back and look at the market. They say, oh, I think Zuckerberg did that. Bill did that. Programming. Everybody does it, right? Yeah. That's what you did. I didn't try to go out and survey.

Yeah, it is. Look, you know how oftentimes startups come about because the founder is in love with some topic and builds the product they wanted to use? I think that happens a lot. I don't think people start back and look at the market. They say, oh, I think Zuckerberg did that. Bill did that. Programming. Everybody does it, right? Yeah. That's what you did. I didn't try to go out and survey.

We could have designed for the, let me call it the contemporary audience. We would have had more lounge space. We could have designed for what I'd call traditional, long-term. That's kind of how I think about it. We could have designed in a lot of ways. I designed for me in some large measure, guys like me. And it turns out Clipper fans are a little bit

We could have designed for the, let me call it the contemporary audience. We would have had more lounge space. We could have designed for what I'd call traditional, long-term. That's kind of how I think about it. We could have designed in a lot of ways. I designed for me in some large measure, guys like me. And it turns out Clipper fans are a little bit

are like me because some of them are long-suffering. The team wasn't good there for a number of years. People are diehards. They'll come up to you and say, I'm 89, which really means they bought their season tickets in 1989, and they've been there. Now we've exploded in the last, whatever, 14 years. We haven't had a losing season.