ARCO Arena
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| ARCO Arena | |
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| Location | One Sports Parkway, Sacramento, California 95834 |
| Broke ground | 1987 |
| Opened | 1988 |
| Owner | The Maloof family |
| Operator | The Maloof family |
| Construction cost | $40 million USD |
| Architect | Rann Haight |
| Tenants | |
| Sacramento Kings (NBA) (1988-present) Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA) (1997-present) Sacramento Attack (AFL) (1992) Sacramento Knights (CISL - WISL) (1993-2001) |
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| Capacity | |
| Basketball: 17,317 | |
ARCO Arena is an indoor arena located in Sacramento, California, United States. After playing in the make-shift facility called the Original ARCO Arena, this version was completed in 1988, at a cost of $40 million — entirely privately financed.
It is home to the Sacramento Kings of the NBA and the WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs. The arena seats 17,317 for basketball, and has 30 luxury suites and 412 club seats.
The arena has been noted for its loud character and continual at-capacity crowds, which, combined with wood floors, make it a tough environment for visiting teams. It is considered the loudest NBA arena. The arena has hosted the NCAA Tournament four times as a first and second rounds venue in 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2007. In 1993 and 1994, the arena also hosted several NHL exhibition and neutral site games. It played host to the Ultimate Fighting Championship's UFC 65 on November 18, 2006. It also is a regular stop for World Wrestling Entertainment events, including two pay-per-views (Royal Rumble 1993 and Judgment Day 2001).
ARCO Arena hosted a 1995 Billy Graham crusade which brought the fourth largest crowds in arena history.
There was another sports venue with that exact same name, which was known as the original ARCO Arena (1985-1988), where the Kings played their home games for three seasons (1985 to 1988), after moving from Kansas City. It had a capacity of 10,333 seats.
There has recently been a campaign by the Maloof family to build a new $600 million facility in Sacramento, which is to be taxpayer funded.
ARCO Arena is located in a once isolated area on the expanding northern outskirts of the city. It was constructed at a cost of just $40 million, the lowest of any venue in the NBA. It is the third-smallest arena in the NBA. Only KeyArena in Seattle (17,072) and Orlando's Amway Arena (17,248) have smaller seating capacities.
The namesake sponsor of the arena, energy company ARCO, has had corporate sponsorship since the arena's inception as well as the original ARCO Arena. On March 19, 2007, the Maloof brothers announced a multi-year agreement extension of the naming rights of ARCO Arena [1].
[edit] Trivia
- A partially built baseball stadium is located on the northern end of the arena. Financing for the stadium fell through, and eventually was abandoned. The construction of Raley Field dashed hopes of finishing the project, however there have been talks of converting this location to a soccer stadium.
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| Preceded by ARCO Arena (First) 1985–1988 |
Home of the Sacramento Kings 1988–present |
Succeeded by current |
| Current arenas in the Women's National Basketball Association |
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| Eastern Conference | Western Conference | |
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| Conseco Fieldhouse | Madison Square Garden | Mohegan Sun Arena | The Palace of Auburn Hills | UIC Pavilion | Verizon Center | ARCO Arena | AT&T Center | KeyArena | Staples Center | Target Center | Toyota Center | US Airways Center | |
Categories: Basketball venues in the United States | Indoor arenas in the United States | Indoor ice hockey venues in the United States | 1988 architecture | Sacramento Kings | Sacramento Monarchs | Sacramento, California | Sports in Sacramento | Sports venues in California | Music venues in California | National Basketball Association venues
