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The Sacramento Kings need a new arena. The unfortunately-named Sleep Train Arena is the NBA’s third-oldest, at 25 years of age, it offers the smallest capacity of any building in the league, and it’s very much lacking in terms of perks that corporations and potential sponsors would like to take advantage of. The arena is so small that it nearly inspired the former Kings owners to sell the franchise to two different groups that would move the team to either Anaheim or Seattle. The former Arco Arena owns a nearly franchise-killing and community-heartbreaking style of small. It’s also very small and very old in a good way. Because of the size and lack of volume-killing obstacles within its infrastructure, the arena can get ridiculously loud when the mood is up, and the Kings are killing it. Unfortunately for Kings fans, the team has been routinely terrible over the last few seasons, up to and including a disappointing 1-5 start to this season. In order to draw attention away from that start, and to take advantage of the arena’s acoustics while the new Kings arena is being constructed, the new Kings ownership and front office has designed up a little novelty. They want you to bring the noise in an otherwise forgettable contest between the Kings and the Detroit Pistons. A record-setting level of noise, if you wouldn’t mind. From Sports Out West :
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