ARCO Arena
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| Former names | ARCO Arena (1988–2011) Power Balance Pavilion (2011–2012) |
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| Location | 1 Sports Parkway,Sacramento, California 95834 |
| Coordinates | 38°38′57″N 121°31′5″W / 38.64917°N 121.51806°WCoordinates: 38°38′57″N 121°31′5″W / 38.64917°N 121.51806°W |
| Capacity |
Basketball and concerts: 17,317 Indoor soccer 10,632 |
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| Broke ground | September 5, 1986 |
| Opened | November 8, 1988 |
| Construction cost | $40 million |
| Architect | Rann Haight |
| Structural engineer | Integrated Design Group |
| Services engineer | ACCO Engineered Systems |
| General contractor | Lukenbill Construction Co., Inc. |
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Sacramento Kings (NBA) (1988–2016) Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA) (1997–2009) Sacramento Attack (AFL) (1992) Sacramento Knights (CISL/WISL) (1993–2001) |
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Sleep Train Arena, originally ARCO Arena and later Power Balance Pavilion, is an indoor arena located in Sacramento, California, United States. Opened in 1988, it was the home of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1988 to 2016. It hosted nearly 200 spectator events each year. The arena is named for The Sleep Train, a chain of mattress and bed retailers based in Rocklin, California.
The original ARCO Arena (1985–1988), where the Kings played their home games for three seasons (1985 to 1988), after moving from Kansas City had a capacity of 10,333 seats.
Sleep Train Arena is located in a once isolated area on the expanding northern outskirts of the city. It was constructed at a cost of just $40 million, the lowest of any venue in the NBA. It is the smallest arena in the NBA with a seating capacity of 17,317, and has 30 luxury suites and 412 club seats. It can host such varied events as concerts, ice shows, rodeos and monster truck rallies. Nearly two million spectators from throughout Northern California visited Sleep Train Arena last year. The configuration for ice shows and ice hockey actually runs perpendicular to the basketball court with the normal sideline seating being retractable to allow for an international standard ice rink.
In 2006, there was a campaign to build a new $600 million facility in downtown Sacramento, which was to be funded by a quarter cent sales tax increase over 15 years; voters overwhelmingly rejected ballot measures Q and R, leading to the NBA publicly calling for a new arena to be built at another well-known Sacramento facility, Cal Expo, the site of California's state fair.
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