Arena Timeline?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amway_Center

Linking in the Amway Center since Populous designed that arena and will design the arena in Milwaukee. Different climates, but if the Bucks can get approval on this from the state and a design approved, could they break ground as early as late summer/early fall and be ready for the 2017-2018 NBA and college seasons? Construction took 2 years in Orlando, but it's a different site altogether. Alot of it depends on if Populous was working previously on designs before the announcement of their selection and if they are working on one site.

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Originally Posted by TedBaxter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amway_Center

Linking in the Amway Center since Populous designed that arena and will design the arena in Milwaukee. Different climates, but if the Bucks can get approval on this from the state and a design approved, could they break ground as early as late summer/early fall and be ready for the 2017-2018 NBA and college seasons? Construction took 2 years in Orlando, but it's a different site altogether. Alot of it depends on if Populous was working previously on designs before the announcement of their selection and if they are working on one site.

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It's hard to imagine that all of the bids were submitted with at least some conceptual renderings of what the arena would look like; the Bucks (hopefully) would not have approved
the winner otherwise. My guess is that basic concepts and ideas are in place architecturally, with greater fine detail and tweaking to be done once the site is selected.

Another option is that the site is selected already, and a rendering will be rolled out with the site announcement?