Prudential Center
| Prudential Center | |
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| The Rock Pru Center |
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| The Prudential Center (2008) | |
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Newark Arena (2005-2007) |
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| place | 25 Lafayette Street Newark , New Jersey 07102
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 44 '1.1 " N , 74 ° 10' 15.9" W |
| owner | Newark Housing Authority |
| operator | Devils Arena Entertainment LLC |
| start of building | October 3, 2005 |
| opening | October 25, 2007 |
| surface |
Concrete parquet ice surface artificial turf |
| costs | 375 million US dollars |
| architect |
HOK Sport Morris Adjmi Architects |
| capacity | 17,625 places ( ice hockey ) 18,711 places ( basketball ) 17,625 places ( lacrosse ) 17,502 places ( indoor soccer ) 19,500 places ( concerts ) |
| playing area |
NHL ice hockey 60.96 × 25.91 m (200 × 85 ft) |
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The Prudential Center is a multi-purpose arena in the US city of Newark , New Jersey . Since October 2007 it has been the home ground of the New Jersey Devils from the National Hockey League (NHL). The Prudential Center's nickname is The Rock .
Furthermore, bear in the arena, the NCAA - college basketball -Männermannschaft of Seton Hall University , the Seton Hall Pirates ( Big East Conference ) and the NJIT Highlanders ( Atlantic Sun Conference ), their home games. The women's ice hockey team of the Metropolitan Riveters from the National Women's Hockey League has been using the hall since 2016 . The arena owners also stated that between forty and sixty other events will be held at the Prudential Center each year. Located in Downtown Newark, the arena is the first of its kind to be inaugurated in the New York Metropolitan Area since the Continental Airlines Arena opened in 1981 .
history
The foundation stone for the new venue was laid on October 3, 2005. When the city of Newark announced that it would cancel the project because of excessive costs, the New Jersey Devils agreed to support the construction with 100 million US dollars .
Initially, it was also planned to relocate the New Jersey Nets NBA team , which is also based in the Continental Airlines Arena, to the new Prudential Center. Eventually, however, the Nets said they would stay at their old venue until 2010 and then move to the new arena in Brooklyn , New York City . This would mean that two similar arenas would compete in this area in the future.
The arena was opened on October 25, 2007 with a series of concerts by the New Jersey-based rock group Bon Jovi , and on October 27, the New Jersey Devils played their first league game in the new stadium. The opponents were the Ottawa Senators , also the last opponent in the Continental Airlines Arena in their last NHL season . The Senators won 4-1. The Devils celebrated their first win (6: 1) four days later against the Tampa Bay Lightning .
In early 2010, the New Jersey Nets announced that they would play at the Prudential Center from the 2010/11 season . Due to some delays in their move to New York, the Nets wanted to play in Newark up to and including 2013. But finally the new arena of the Nets was already ready for the 2012/13 season and the Nets left the Prudential Center and will play in the Barclays Center in the future .
The 2010 opened Red Bull Arena the MLS - Franchise New York Red Bulls is just 2.5 kilometers east of the Pru Center .
Surname
In January 2007, Newark-based Prudential Financial, Inc. became the arena's name sponsor for the next 20 years. The amount of the contract was $ 105.3 million.
The sponsor finally decided on the arena name Prudential Center , although a large number of building complexes, mainly high-rise buildings and office buildings, already bore the name. The venue was nicknamed The Rock , which results from the Rock of Gibraltar contained in the logo of the namesake . The venue is also the first sports complex in the New York City Area to be nicknamed Center , a name that can be found mainly in sponsored sports venues.
gallery
Satellite image of the construction site in June 2007
Interior view of the arena a few days before the opening in October 2007
The Prudential Center with ice rink in November 2007
Game of the Seton Hall Pirates at the Arena in January 2008
Web links
- prucenter.com: Official website of the Prudential Center (English)
- setlist.fm: concert list of the Prudential Center (English)
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