The Pacers didn’t tell anyone, but they had a soft open for the Kroger Sky Deck on Friday night and drew several fans to the SRO deck (with some seats to belly up to the bar) behind the retired numbers on the west upper deck of the Fieldhouse.
This is one of several upgrades around the Fieldhouse which had to wait through COVID and supply chain issues, mainly for elevator access to be ADA compliant. But until the official opening the viewing deck is in a ‘soft open’ phase available to fans via a staircase near section 226 while the finishing touches are put on to formally open the area.