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MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Bucks arena is really taking shape as walls of the structure are going up.The Bucks offered the media on Thursday, June 29th a look at the progress being made as construction continues in downtown Milwaukee. <\/p>\n
Amid the hum and drone of heavy equipment, FOX6 News swept in for a grand view of center court. <\/p>\n
\"This is where the team will literally live,\" said Milwaukee Bucks President Peter Feigin. <\/p>\n
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And then, we got an inside look at the locker room. <\/p>\n
\"Obviously, we are working through all of our enclosures to facilitate the interior construction,\" said Jeff Maples, Mortenson Construction senior product manager. <\/p>\n
Mortenson Construction officials and Feigin guided more than a dozen journalists through a very active build site. <\/p>\n
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\"An example of our installation of our escalator. There are 10 escalators in the project,\" said Maples. <\/p>\n
The first stop was the main atrium, and then, passing by the lower bowl, before the group moved through a corridor leading to an area called the \"Bucks Campus\" -- 30,000 feet of customized space. <\/p>\n
\"Really unique and unlike any arena ever built,\" said Maples. <\/p>\n
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\"This will be one of our really special areas and points of interest of the entire arena,\" said Feigin. <\/p>\n
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The tour then brought us along Juneau Avenue, which Feigin said will be a showpiece. <\/p>\n
\"It's the difference betweenconceptual and literal. It's like giving birth. I mean, you can't really feel it or understand it until it is actually coming out of the ground,\" said Feigin. <\/p>\n
Feigin says it will take another month for the glass and zinc shell to be installed. <\/p>\n
\"What we really have is the building taking form,\" said Feigin. <\/p>\n
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There are many milestones lying ahead, but by Thanksgiving, Feigin said the entire structure will be watertight. <\/p>\n
\"For us to be on schedule and kind of avoid a harsh Wisconsin winter. We've really been lucky,\" Feigin said. <\/p>\n
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