BMO Harris Bradley Center

It’s an old stadium. It’s an old stadium. It’s a relic and I can’t wait to get a new one. Other than the fact that it’s an ancient POS the stadium is actually cool. I can only imagine the excitement when it was first built. Well it’s 2016 and that old style just don’t cut it anymore. The upper areas are so freaking steep, which does allow for a great view but is ultimately dangerous, especially when intoxicated. The staff that runs the place does their best to promote comfort and I’ve had nothing but good times watching Admirals and Bucks games but again it’s time to out with the old and in with the new!

Went to a concert and purchased reasonably priced tickets for behind the stage. This is the first time we ever visited this venue.
Positives: Good security, great parking if you arrive 1.5 hours early, pleasant staff, escalators to the different floors, clean restrooms, lots of food/​beverage choices. Also, sitting in section 435-​we could still see the concert! Even though the band faced away from us, there was nothing blocking our view and there were also video screens all over.
Negatives: No leg room. Steep stairs. If you are afraid of heights, don’t go higher than 400 level Row D.

BMO center security hates Chicago fans! Got in line for Bruce Springsteen. Our friends were there before us. Met up w them got into the arena. Security checked our line tickets — because we didn’t have the exact sequential line order we were very rudely kicked out. First by a questionably orientated security chick. Said thy didn’t do this in Chicago at the United Center. Shouldn’t have said we were from Chicago. They became dicks after that. The head security guy Dick Dave with short mans disease called the cops on us because we didn’t follow line protocol and short mans disease officer Dick Timmerman kicked us out because we didn’t read the back of the ticket. Suck it BMO center! We were just with our friends. We weren’t piss drunk cocks, we weren’t unruly– we didn’t do anything illegally like you said. We were just in line w our friends. At least we could’ve went to the back of the line and not kicked out. Us and our dollars are staying in Chicago or a non hillbilly venue from now on.

It’s a pretty good facility, adequate for MATC events, Bucks and Admirals games. It’s more affordable and more comfortable than seeing the Bulls or Blackhawks at home in Chicago, and much cleaner. Like Bulls and Blackhawk home games, it’s too loud here so I always bring ear protection. For concerts, the sound is terrible, just like all the indoor arena choices in Chicago and Madison, it’s no worse here at the Bradley Center. If you get here early you can find cheap parking on the streets, the elevated prices at the attached BMO parking lot are not worth the event rates. The food is a little overpriced and not that good, comparable to other professional hockey and basketball venues, the food is much better at Miller Park and Summerfest. The arena is well marked, it’s easy to find your seats, enter and exit, it’s very handicapped accessible. The Milwaukee Sports Hall of Fame plaques outside are worth a look. If you’re from out of town and come here during basketball season, the Bucks have an oddly talented house band making a game worth it even if you’re not big on pro basketball.

This is at least 50 miles away from where I live but it’s so much easier and quicker to get to than downtown Chicago, which is half the distance away! It is a nice and clean arena, and the staff are pretty nice and friendly too! They also have pretty good food! I am disappointed about the very little leg room and missing cup holders but not enough to take away a star.
We have taken my son twice to watch a game and he always enjoys it! Go Bucks! :)

A real nice venue to take friends or family to. Good food, parking and you get to see a great NBA team. Prices are very fair as well. Parking is usually $ 20.00. A great Ruben from the Carvery is $ 14.00. Real decent seats for $ 65.00. They also have a lot of beers to choose from. Go Bucks!

This review is for you all,
Who enjoy the game of basketball.
Cheer for the Golden Eagles, wish them luck,
Then spend a night with the Milwaukee Bucks.
This is the place you want to enter,
The BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Bring some friends you want to keep,
And bring some money cause beers aren’t cheap.
Overall before you’re done,
You’re bound to have a ton of fun.

Chicagoans, if you ever get the chance to go to a Bulls road game at this arena, do it.
It’s about half the price of what you’d pay at the UC, it’s easy to get to either by car or Amtrack, and it’s like watching a game in a high school gym on the account of it being so small in comparison.
Overall it’s a really cool basketball experience but there is a lack of concessions, the seats are old and uncomfortable, and people from Milwaukee will undoubtedly harass you about Jay Cutler even though you’re at a basketball game. I guess when you’re a town without all the major pro sports you’re probably a little bitter about life. :-)

Great venue for hockey and basketball. Football wasn’t the best for this arena, good thing the IFL team got relocated. Many say that the arena is too old and ugly, I disagree.

Came here from Chicago since the tickets are a bit cheaper for the playoff’s. It was only an hour and a half drive. It was difficult at first finding parking since we didn’t really know where to park, but we found a garage like one block away for $ 15. Was kinda scared at first bc we paid a person cash at the garage entrance and then I thought about it and said, shouldn’t we have just paid at the station? But, luckily it was all good. It was not a scam! Lol But I’m sure it happens!
We walked two blocks which was not bad considering it’s still freezing in April! Nothing too special about the stadium, they’re all the same to me. The food selections were good. They had a lot of variety. Prices of course are always expensive. I just got popcorn which wasn’t that good and my BF got a burger which looked pretty good. Bathrooms were also clean, but they had a weird sink thingy to wash your hands like the one’s they have for outdoor festivals.
We were in the 400 section and it seemed like a very good view compared to the higher section at the Bulls stadium. It may be smaller, but it was a nice view of the court.

I’m definitely a fan because Bucks tickets are way cheaper than Bulls tickets. I’m a Bulls fan first, then a basketball fan second, so I’ve made the trek up to Milwaukee a few times just for good NBA seats. Randomly I was courtside corner row CCC for a Bucks Nuggets game, and this most recent time, I was baseline courtside row BBB for the last second Bucks win over the Miami Heat (awesome game).
$ 20 parking for the garage next door, I’m sure there are cheaper options but I wouldn’t know. You can come early to get autographs if you’re 100 level. I got seats on the tunnel for a game vs OKC and was able to high five Kevin Durant, that was pretty awesome.
Anyway, for my most recent courtside game, I did order food so here’s my review of that. I got the pulled pork and it was decent. It has a nice surprise of pepper jack cheese on it. It came out in a pool of oil though which was pretty weird. To make things worse, I didn’t have any napkins, and my waiter didn’t come back for another 20 minutes, so I had to just let the oil dry on my hand. Yea, pretty gross. The gf got the chicken fingers and those were pretty good, seasoned well. The fries were alright, but the ranch it came with was too liquidy.
The seats we had just happened to be right next to the Bucks bench too. Jabari Parker was 3 seats away from me. Think we made eye contact. Overall pretty sweet. You’ll never have that chance to be that close at the United Center unless you’re rich or have the hook ups, so this is the next best thing.

Dribble. Dribble. Shoot. SCORE!
Yes. I love me some Milwaukee Bucks, which is why I pray that the day they get a newly built arena comes sooner rather than later. It should be no secret by now that the BMO Harris Bradley Center has seen brighter days. The bathrooms need some serious renovations including hot running water. The concession stands serves extremely overpriced bland food and watered down beverages. Luckily, prior to attending a Bucks game, we dined at the Cheese Cake Factory or we would have paid easily $ 40 for 3 hot dogs and 3 pops.
All in all, I love coming here for events. The crowd was rocking and the seats where nearly full on a Friday night game. Cannot wait until we get a new arena in MKE!

I understand now why we need a new one of these. It is a bit dated for sure.
However Admirals game was fun and bathrooms were clean and they had DIP N DOTS!

I’ve recently had the opportunity to attend the Bradley Center for three different events: an Admiral’s game, a Bucks game, and a Marquette Basketball game. I’ve been hearing a lot about the Bradley Center and it’s decrepid-​ness given the necessity of a new stadium in Milwaukee. I’m going to be honest, I don’t get it. I’ve been to a variety of stadiums and while the Bradley Center isn’t the nicest or newest, it is completely functional which, when you get down to it, is all I’m looking for in a stadium. They have all the abilities for sound, video, advertisement, hovering blimps, and parachute t-​shirt drops that they need. One time I even got to ride a Zamboni… oh wait that was in my dreams. My one piece of advice as a stadium attender is to build a new parking ramp, yiikes traffic jam!

We really enjoy going to NBA games here. The trip from the Chicago burbs is easy and the atmosphere is relaxed and fun! Parking is a breeze! Easy on and off from the highway.

I’ll start off with the obvious. It’s a stadium, all stadiums have the same cons. You just can’t get away from them so lll list them off.
1. Food and drinks are way over priced. Let’s get real, have you ever been to a stadium where they are not? Nope. So that’s expected. Eat before you come or stick to beer and get over it. You know the prices coming in.
2. It’s loud. It’s supposed to be! It’s a stadium! If you don’t like loud, bring your own ear protection.
3. It’s packed and crowded. Again every stadium you go to will be this way. Yes there’s very little leg room, and no cup holders but eh that didn’t have a dramatic effect on my experience.
4. Parking is over priced and difficult. It’s a stadium located downtown. This will always be the norm. If you don’t want to pay, take public transit, walk, get a ride. It’s very easy to get around.
Now for my actual experience:
I really enjoyed the bucks game I attended! There was a bunch of audience interaction going on which made it fun to stay the whole time in hopes of getting a shirt or some other prize.
I found it super easy to get in and out and find my seats. I’ve attended over a dozen games in Chicago and have never gotten in and out in as little time as I did here. The hallways are big so everyone can walk by without the lines for food and drink getting in the way, everything was nicely labeled and easy to find. Plus staff is everywhere to point you in the right direction. Even the traffic on the street is easily managed and not too much of a hassle.
I personally didn’t find it too loud in the stadium. The half time entertainment wasn’t my thing and I couldn’t understand a word, but I passed that off as his rapping and enjoying making fun of it to my friend who I could easily talk to instead.
The jumbo tron was awesome and easy to keep track of what was going on and I really enjoyed the sound effects for different things. One was from Mario which made us all laugh.
Overall I really enjoyed my experience. I’d love to go to an admirals game or a concert there as well.

I was here for Pearl Jam in October, and my complaint back then went unacknowledged. The band was phenomenal, but the way that your staff treats people with disabilities is appalling.
I have multiple sclerosis, and I recently had a relapse that left me barely able to walk. My relapses are unpredictable, and though the seats were bought when I was healthy, I was unable to climb the stairs to my seat in Section 442, row T because they are too steep. My party informed the usher, who proceeded to make me stand in the hallway with my cane for over an hour and a half, because a chair would have been a fire hazard For some reason, all the potsmokers and their lighters weren’t, though.
I had asked to speak with a manager several times, whom I never got to speak to. After missing the first 9 songs, we finally found out we could just go to the ticket office and exchange the tickets — no one told us that beforehand or helped us find the ticket office. I then needed to request a wheelchair transport because I could no longer walk due to extreme pain and fatigue. I fell on the stairs to my seat and received no assistance from staff. I also was made to leave before the show ended, and the staff transporting me made me feel like an inconvenience the entire time.
The concert of my lifetime turned out to be one of the worst nights of my life and I will never be back to this arena.

(This is a review of the Bradley Center is a venue for Milwaukee Admirals games only. I’ve never been to a Bucks game or a concert so I can’t speak to how the experience is.)
The Bradley Center has become a bit of a political issue recently, but I’m not really interested in that. Replace the place or don’t, I don’t care.
As a place to watch a minor league hockey game, it works. You can tell it has aged, but it still serves it’s purpose.
As far as getting around, the numbers that direct you to your seat make sense and it’s easy enough to find your zone. Some of the row and seat numbers have worn off though, so you sometimes have to figure out where you’re supposed to be by going up or down a row or too from the last visible letter and counting seats.
Concessions are overpriced, and you’re pretty much captive to whatever they want to charge. Do yourself a favor and sneak in a flask or a small bottle of water in your coat. The food options leave a lot to be desired.
Recently, the Admirals have been putting on a great effort, so every game is a lot of excitement – they’ve got a real shot at the Caulder cup depending on what happens with the Predators this year. It’s an awesome display of athleticism, and even if you’re not a hockey fan you should check out at least one game. And that aside, an Ads game is the definition of «good for kids» while not being a headache for adults. I remember my dad taking me to the UW Badger games in Madison and those are some of my best memories, I can only imagine there’s a lot of kids forming similar memories at these games.
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It’s not that big inside but it’s nice.
The seats are not very comfortable if your sitting threw and entire game which sucks. There’s no cup holders so you have to either put your drink in-​between your legs on the floor or hold it. There is not much room for your legs at all they are so close to the next row and it’s loud because the person sitting behind you are like being onto of your head. The food was good but thats what you expect for a sport event place which is great, I had the fries with cheese on it which was yummy but yet bad for you.
For it being my first time there it looks really big outside but overall it was nice

This update is more a review of the 2014 NCAA Tournament than a review of The BMO Harris Bradley Center itself.
This was one of the best sporting events I’ve ever experienced as a spectator (nothing can touch competing in the 1984 and 1992 Paralympics). Wisconsin making the Sweet 16 is the cherry on the Sundae, but everything else was fantastic! The staff was helpful and friendly and they even spiffed up the old lady a little. «The Brad» looked better than I’ve seen it in years! If you like sports, even a little, it’s worth the splurge to attend a game or two the next time Milwaukee is a host city!