to me, it's all about balance in the seats. I feel like having 16k bleachers and 3k lower tier hurts you. what if you lose a game? kaboom, your previously selling out 16k seats goes down to about only a 12k showing. Thats why I like lower tier, whereas fans still could be mad, but the severity is much less then with bleachers.
so I say an ideal arena for me is
14-16k bleachers
6-7k lower tier
450-500 court side
40-50 VIP
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