Year In Review
Year in Review: Facilities
Open for business: Fans of sports as different as basketball and rodeo can watch in comfort and luxury at these new or renovated facilities
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Allianz Field
St. Paul, Minn.
Long awaited by soccer fans in the North Star State, Minnesota United’s new $250 million stadium seats 19,400 and features a 2,920-person safe standing supporters section, a 5,800-square-foot bar with 96 taps of local beer and a rooftop deck that caters to group sales.
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Dickies Arena
Fort Worth, Texas
The $540 million multipurpose arena — home to the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo as well as the American Athletic Conference’s basketball tournament and the NCAA’s gymnastics championships through 2022 — seats 14,000, features art deco styling and was financed through a public-private partnership.
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United Airlines Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles
The $315 million makeover of the century-old home of USC football included the addition of a seven-story Scholarship Tower that houses Founders suites, 1,100 club seats, 24 loge boxes, 26 upper suites and a rooftop terrace with 360-degree views of the city.
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Chase Center
San Francisco
The Golden State Warriors’ $1.6 million arena in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood is impressive not only in the luxurious amenities — a club for every one of its 18,064 seats — but in the record $2 billion in contractually obligated income from suite sales, sponsorships and other premium product revenue it is expected to generate.
In San Francisco, there’s never been a world-class multipurpose arena like this. And frankly, after working on this for the last seven years, I know why.
Rick Welts
Warriors President & COO, on the difficulties of building the Chase Center, which opened this fall
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Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium
Miami
The 30-court venue — with a 14,000-seat center court in the middle of the stadium — was built for $71 million, most of which was financed by Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, and led to record attendance of 388,734 for the two-week event.
