He was there for the slew of professional wrestling events throughout the 1990s and 2000s. He remembers in 1995 - the last time the venue hosted an early round of the NCAA men’s tournament - when he warned Bryant “Big Country” Reeves, Oklahoma State’s 7-foot center, that if he broke another backboard, the games in Baltimore would have to cease because the arena had run out of replacements. Remesch, the general manager for the arena, has worked there for 35 of its 61 years. “This is something I never thought I would see to fruition.” “You’re in for a treat,” he said as a barrage of horns blared, hydraulics hissed, and workers chattered throughout and around the arena. Work crews and large hulking equipment feverishly completed various tasks ahead of the venue’s first big tests - a private Thursday night concert by Earth, Wind and Fire and the public debut featuring Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band on Friday night. Frank Remesch stood amid a sea of reporters in “The Bowl,” the massive rectangular open space at the heart of the newly reimagined CFG Bank Arena.
