Sleep Train Arena
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ARCO Arena (1988–2011) |
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| place | One Sports Parkway Sacramento , California 95834
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 38 '57.1 " N , 121 ° 31' 5.5" W |
| owner | Maloof family |
| start of building | 5th September 1986 |
| opening | November 8, 1988 |
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Concrete parquet ice surface |
| costs | 40 million US dollars |
| architect | Rann Haight |
| capacity | 17,317 places ( basketball ) 10,632 places ( indoor soccer ) |
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The Sleep Train Arena is a multi-purpose hall in the US city of Sacramento in the state of California . It was the home of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA) until the end of the 2015/16 season .
history
The then ARCO Arena was completed in 1988 and financed primarily by private individuals. Until 2011 it carried the name of the oil company Atlantic Richfield Company , ARCO for short . In January 2011, the owner family and the bracelet manufacturer Power Balance agreed that the hall will officially bear the sponsor name Power Balance Pavilion from March 1, 2011 .
After only around 18 months, the hall was given a new name in October 2012. The mattresses - Retailers Sleep Train acquired the naming rights to the stadium for the Kings . The arena will officially bear the name Sleep Train Arena from November 2012.
It is the home stadium of the NBA team Sacramento Kings and was the home stadium of the WNBA team Sacramento Monarchs , which was disbanded in 2009 . The hall has 17,317 seats, including 412 club seats and 30 luxury seats, on a total area of around 41,000 m². With 40 million dollars it is the cheapest of all NBA stages.
For many years various investors and the Sacramento Kings have tried to build a new arena in the area of the city of Sacramento to have an alternative to the outdated Sleep Train Arena. But so far this project has failed due to both politics and funding. Even a move by the Sacramento Kings is in the room, as the club is not able to survive in the current arena in the long run.
After the Kings were taken over by new owners, parts of the arena were also renovated. The cabins, the VIP area and the video cube have been revised and improved. This should keep the arena attractive until the new arena for the Kings is completed. On April 9, 2016, the last NBA game of the Sacramento Kings took place in the Sleep Train Arena, which moved to the new Golden 1 Center for the 2016/17 season . At the conclusion of the arena's 28-year NBA history, the Kings defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder with 114: 112.
The last paying audience event was a performance by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on September 19, 2016 . The circus company was also the first event after opening in 1988. Once again, the doors of the hall opened for the Sacramento State Early Winter Celebrations on December 16 and 17 of that year. Then the hall was closed. A decision has not yet been made whether it will continue to be used or whether it will be demolished.
Notable events
- NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship - 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2007.
- NHL games, 1993 & 1994.
- Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 65 on November 18, 2006.
- World Wrestling Entertainment events, such as the pay-per-view events Royal Rumble 1993 and Judgment Day 2001.
- Game 4 of the 2005 WNBA Finals in which the Sacramento Monarchs defeated the Connecticut Suns 62:59 to win their first WNBA Championship.
gallery
Interior view of the Sleep Train Arena
Front view of the arena with the former name Arco Arena
Aerial view of the arena
Inside view at a game of Kings
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of March 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ kcra.com: The ARCO Arena becomes the Power Balance Pavilion ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article from January 11, 2011
- ↑ nba.com: Home of the Kings becomes Sleep Train Arena Article from October 15, 2012 (English)
- ↑ sacbee.com: One final event coming to Sleep Train Arena Article from December 6, 2016 (English)
- ↑ sacbee.com: When will there be new life for Sleep Train Arena? Article dated July 5, 2017
