The Nba Experience at Universal was sort of fun. They had a really good chicken alfredo pizza. They had a shop where you could buy jerseys. They had a few pop a shot racks. They used to hold draft parties and when live games werent going they'd show nice highlight reals of classic nba moments. I was a BIG Dennis Rodman fan back when it was open and they had like a 2 level high black and white picture of Rodman diving out of bounds to save a ball. He was almost completely horizontal to the floor. I also liked that they had bronzed plastic basketballs outside with plastic hand molds of real NBA players. i used to put my little hands in them and see how much bigger people like Shaq and Olujawons were than mine. The things i valued at the old NBA restaurant I HIGGGHLLLYYY doubt Disney will try to replicate. So im really not excited about it at all. Im probably their biggest demographic too. A 32 year old that likes the NBA.
The way the concept drawings look... it looks like a slightly larger NBC restaurant at city walk. I like that restaurant, but its a good RESTAURANT. This NBA experience is replacing something way bigger than a simple place to eat. They better have some sort of VR experience where you or a group can play against lebron or MJ or something. Maybe homage the arcade vibe of disney quest and put up a section with pop a shot... nba jam arcades.. etc.