The rink is dead center making views from behind both nets obstructed. The way to fix this is to redo the ice plant and shift the rink off center so it creates decent views behind one of the nets. Right now about only 10K of the seats have an unobstructed view. Doing that shift probably adds another 4K. There might also be removal of more permanent seating on concrete rows and replacing it with retractable seats on metal rows like the seats behind the basket. New technology allows the angle and steepness for those to be adjusted. Again, the solution is not perfect but it is adequate for 3-4 years.

Examples of Barclays and Footprint center (FKA America West Arena) compared to the Delta Center. Barclays and the Delta Center both have close proximity to the court.