Philips Arena
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| Address | 1 Philips Drive |
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| Location | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 33°45′26″N 84°23′47″W / 33.75722°N 84.39639°WCoordinates: 33°45′26″N 84°23′47″W / 33.75722°N 84.39639°W |
| Public transit | Dome / GWCC / Philips Arena / CNN Center (MARTA station) |
| Owner | Atlanta-Fulton County Recreation Authority |
| Operator | Atlanta Hawks |
| Capacity |
Basketball: 19,445 (1999–2005) 18,729 (2005–2011) 18,371 (2011–2012) 18,238 (2012–2013), 18,118 (2013–2014), 19,049 (2014–present) Ice hockey: 18,545 (1999–2010), 17,624 (2010–2011) Concerts: 21,000+ |
| Field size | 680,000 square feet (63,000 m2) |
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| Broke ground | June 5, 1997 |
| Opened | September 18, 1999 |
| Construction cost |
$213.5 million ($307 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect |
Populous (then HOK Sport) Arquitectonica (Expansion) |
| Project manager | Barton Malow |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc. |
| General contractor | Atlanta Arena Constructors (AAC), a joint venture of Beers Construction Co., Holder Construction Co., H.J. Russell & Co. and C.D. Moody Construction Co. |
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Atlanta Hawks (NBA) (1999–present) Atlanta Thrashers (NHL) (1999–2011) Georgia Force (AFL) (2002, 2005–2007) Atlanta Dream (WNBA) (2008–present) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (NCAA) (2011–2012) |
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Philips Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Atlanta, Georgia that is home to the Atlanta Hawks, of the National Basketball Association, and the Atlanta Dream, of the Women's National Basketball Association. It also served as home to the National Hockey League's Atlanta Thrashers from 1999 to 2011, before the team moved to Winnipeg. It opened in 1999 at a cost of $213.5 million, replacing the Omni Coliseum. It is owned by the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority and operated by Tony Ressler, who also, with a group of investors that includes Grant Hill, owns the Hawks.
The arena seats 19,050 for basketball and 17,624 for ice hockey. The largest crowd ever for an Atlanta Hawks basketball game at the arena was Game 6 of the 2008 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals on May 2, 2008 (against the Boston Celtics), where there was an announced attendance of 20,425. The arena includes 92 luxury suites, 9 party suites, and 1,866 club seats. For concerts and other entertainment events, the arena can seat 21,000.
The arena is laid out in a rather unusual manner, with the club seats and luxury boxes aligned solely along one side of the playing surface, and the general admission seating along the other three sides (the arrangement was later emulated at the Detroit Lions' home, Ford Field, and UCF Arena in Orlando, FL). This layout is a vast contrast to many of its contemporaries, which have their revenue-generating luxury boxes and club seats located in the 'belly' of the arena, thus causing the upper deck to be 2–4 stories higher. The layout at Philips was done so as to be able to bring the bulk of the seats closer to the playing surface while still making available a sufficient number of revenue-raising club seats and loges. Since 2005 for Hawks games and for the 2010–11 Atlanta Thrashers season, the 400 level has been curtained off.
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