Located in the heart of Toronto, the first-ever NBA Courtside Restaurant is a 10,000-square-foot sports-inspired dining experience that celebrates the NBA through custom art and décor.
Featuring a globally inspired food and beverage menu, the restaurant, which opened in April 2023, also includes a retail space and two patios along the waterfront. Todd Sherman, president of Urban Dining Group, understands the importance of installing and maintaining cutting-edge restroom fixtures in a state-of-the-art venue like the NBA Courtside Restaurant. Sloan proved to be the ideal fit for the restaurant’s needs, as its innovative sinks, faucets, and flushometers are helping to meet sustainability goals while maintaining a sleek appearance and lessening the burden on the maintenance staff.
"As an NBA league branding attraction, there is an expectation that we feature cutting-edge restroom fixtures in our space," says Sherman. "Sloan’s industry-leading products fit that model."
“If you are going to open a high-profile, well-designed restaurant, there is no option other than touch-free,” Sherman says.
That is why the NBA Courtside Restaurant chose hands-free Sloan EBF-415 Optima Faucets with ultra-low flow rates on the Designer Series DSWD-83000 Weir Deck Sink to conserve water, as well as Royal 152 and 195 ESS Flushometers for water closets and urinals. Both products feature industry-leading, water-saving technology that will benefit the restaurant now and in the future.
In addition to sustainability, another key factor in specification for the restaurant was aesthetics.
“The physical design, look, and performance of the Sloan products is best in market,” Sherman says.
As the most visible functional element in the restroom, Sloan DSOF-83000 Designer Series Sinks are eye-catching components to the restaurant’s next-generation look and feel. The sinks also pair perfectly with the Sloan faucets and flushometers from a visual standpoint.
Sloan’s touch-free faucets and flushometers in the NBA Courtside Restaurant are game-changers in more ways than one. The restaurant’s maintenance team can use the Sloan Connect App to adjust and configure the Bluetooth-connected products from their smartphones — from keeping track of battery strength and water usage metrics to customizing usage and activation settings, and everything in between. Sherman added that the ease of installation was another important selling point for the restaurant.
