T-Mobile Arena
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Exterior of the arena
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| Former names | Las Vegas Arena (planning/construction) |
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| Address | 3780 South Las Vegas Boulevard |
| Location | Paradise, Nevada |
| Owner |
Anschutz Entertainment Group (50%) MGM Resorts International (50%) |
| Capacity | Overall: 20,000 Basketball: 18,000 Boxing/MMA: 20,000 Ice hockey: 17,500 Concerts: 12,000–20,000 |
| Acreage | 16 acres |
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| Broke ground | May 1, 2014 |
| Opened | April 6, 2016 |
| Construction cost | $375 million |
| Architect | Populous |
| Project manager | ICON Venue Group |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Services engineer | ME Engineers |
| General contractor | Penta Building Group Hunt Construction Group |
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Vegas Golden Knights (NHL) (2017–future) Pac-12 Tournament (NCAA) (2017–2019) |
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Coordinates: 36°06′10″N 115°10′42″W / 36.10278°N 115.17833°W
T-Mobile Arena is a multi-use indoor arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. Opened on April 6, 2016, the arena is a joint venture between MGM Resorts International and the Anschutz Entertainment Group.
The arena will be the home of the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League that will begin play in 2017. Since its opening, T-Mobile Arena has primarily been used for entertainment events such as concerts, and has been booked for one-off combat sports events, and other annual sporting events.
The arena is accessed by a new development project known as The Park, with retail and dining space between New York-New York and the Monte Carlo casino hotels.
The Anschutz Entertainment Group first tried to build an arena in Las Vegas in association with Harrah's Entertainment. In 2007, the joint venture announced they would build a 20,000 seat stadium behind the Bally's and Paris casino-hotels.Caesars Entertainment, Inc. had previously envisioned using the location to build a baseball park, but the company's buyout by Harrah's cancelled the plans. Through the following year, Harrah's became uncertain on continuing with the project, not knowing if AEG would split the costs, and whether building a major league-ready stadium without a guaranteed franchise to play on it would be feasible given the enduring financial crisis. The original plans were to break ground in June 2008 and finish the arena in 2010, but by 2009, it was revealed the stalled project had not even done a traffic study despite being located near a busy intersection. In 2010, the plans were changed to use an area behind the Imperial Palace. However, given the financing would require a special taxation district, opposition from Clark County regarding using public money in the project stalled it even further. AEG eventually backed out completely by 2012, once MGM Resorts International came up with their own project using a terrain behind the New York-New York and Monte Carlo resorts. This attracted AEG primarily for not relying on public funding.
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