Sentence examples for before the arena from inspiring English sources
Pickoffs and drop-offs on nonevent nights have seen little change, compared to nights before the arena opened.
He attended a basketball game one night before the arena became host to a bench-clearing, chair-swinging brawl between U.S. and Chinese players.
Across South Broad Street, the Urban Word Cafe, which opened in the bleak months before the arena was finished, is jammed on weekend nights.
But long before the arena is built, there could be another Barclays center a couple of blocks north of Times Square.
Even before the arena issue resurfaces, Mr. McGreevey will be forced to confront a battle for the speaker's position in the soon-to-be Democrat-controlled State Assembly.
When Mr. Yormark announced the deal three years ago, well before the arena was open, he was instantly attacked by indignant New York promoters who claimed that he had outsourced Brooklyn boxing to an interloping West Coast operation.
Jeffrey Rich, a season-ticket holder from nearby Avondale, said it was more fun going to the game now than before, when the arena felt like "a barn that's half empty".
"Beat the Heat!" came from one pocket of the crowd before spreading throughout the arena.
Before going into the arena, I stopped at the Hakeem Olajuwon statue to pay my respects.
It's where the bullfighters used to prepare before going to the arena.
The smiling Arkansas-Pine Bluff players plopped into chairs and checked their cellphones for congratulatory messages before heading out the arena door to get on yet another bus.
