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AmericanAirlines Arena

AmericanAirlines Arena Miami
AAA
The Triple A
A3
AmericanAirlines Arena logo
AmericanAirlines Arena
Address 601 Biscayne Boulevard
Location Miami, Florida
Coordinates 25°46′53″N 80°11′17″W / 25.78139°N 80.18806°W / 25.78139; -80.18806Coordinates: 25°46′53″N 80°11′17″W / 25.78139°N 80.18806°W / 25.78139; -80.18806
Public transit Government Center
Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre
Parking 939 parking spaces
Owner Miami-Dade County
Operator Basketball Properties Ltd.
Capacity Basketball: 19,600;
16,500 (Without upper levels)
Concerts: 5,000-20,021
Surface Multi-surface
Construction
Broke ground February 6, 1998
Opened December 31, 1999
Construction cost $213 million
($306 million in 2016 dollars)
Architect Arquitectonica
360 Architecture (formerly Heinlein Schrock Stearns)
Project manager Parsons Brinckerhoff
Structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti
Services engineer Flack+Kurtz
General contractor Morse-Diesel/Odebrecht/Facchina
Main contractors John J. Kirlin, LLC
Simpson Constructors
Crown Corr Inc.
Tenants
Miami Heat (NBA) (2000–present)
Miami Sol (WNBA) (2000–2002)

The AmericanAirlines Arena is a sports and entertainment arena located in Downtown Miami, Florida along Biscayne Bay. It was constructed beginning in 1998 as a replacement for the Miami Arena and was designed by the architecture firms Arquitectonica and 360 Architecture. The Arena is home to the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association.

The AmericanAirlines Arena is directly served by the Miami Metrorail at Government Center station via free transfers to Metromover Omni Loop, providing direct service to Freedom Tower and Park West stations. The Arena is also within walking distance from the Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Metrorail station.

The AmericanAirlines Arena has 2,105 club seats, 80 luxury suites, and 76 private boxes. The Waterfront Theater is Florida's largest theater which is housed within the arena, that can seat between 3,000 and 5,800. The theater can be configured for concerts, family events, musical theatre and other stage shows. American Airlines which has a hub at Miami International Airport maintains the AmericanAirlines Arena Travel Center at the venue.

The airline also holds the naming rights for another NBA venue, the American Airlines Center for the Dallas Mavericks, which opened in 2001.


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