MECCA Court is a pop art by American artist Robert Indiana this use to be the home court of the Milwaukee Bucks and Marquette men's Basketball team. [1]
In 1977 Robert Indiana talk with Steve Marcus about painting a floor for basketball court in Milwaukee. [2] On October 4, 1977, the Milwaukee Bucks first game on their new floor against the Chicago Bulls. On October 18, 1977, the Bucks first Regular season game on the new floor against The Los Angeles Lakers. [3]
When Bucks and Marquette move to new arena Bradley Center and leaving the MECCA Arena floor in storage, all but forgotten by the general public.
In 2010 a Bucks fan Andy Gorzalski, Jim Paschke, and John Steinmiller have sent an email to Ben Koller are team up with Robert Indiana to re-construct and re-exhibit the floor. On August 23, 2013, the MECCA Floor has return and serving as the inspiration for the Milwaukee Bucks to redesign a new home court floor for their '13-14 NBA season based on the original design. On October 26, 2017, the Milwaukee Bucks announced to played on their MECCA Floor in the game against the Boston Celtics in honor of their 50th anniversary in the NBA. [4]
In 2014 ESPN 30 for 30 film was announced the making of the MECCA floor. By during 2018-19 Season the Bucks announced to wear the MECCA floor by Milwaukee's "City" uniform.