Spokane Arena
| Spokane Arena, "The Arena" | |
 
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| Location | 720 W. Mallon Avenue Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 47°39′58″N 117°25′23″W / 47.666°N 117.423°WCoordinates: 47°39′58″N 117°25′23″W / 47.666°N 117.423°W |
| Owner | Spokane Public Facilities District (SPFD) |
| Operator | Spokane Public Facilities District (SPFD) |
| Capacity |
End Stage concert: 12,638 |
| Surface | Multi-surface |
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| Broke ground | March 5, 1993 |
| Opened | September 10, 1995 22 years ago |
| Construction cost | $62.6 million ($98.4 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | ALSC Architects Ellerbe Becket |
| General contractor | Garco Construction |
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Spokane Chiefs (WHL) (1995–present) Gonzaga Bulldogs (NCAA) (1995–2004) Spokane Shock (af2/AFL) (2006–2015) Spokane Empire (IFL) (2016–present) |
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End Stage concert: 12,638
Basketball: 12,210
Hockey: 10,759
Indoor football: 10,771
Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (Spokane Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in the western United States, located in Spokane, Washington.
It is home to the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League and the Spokane Empire of the Indoor Football League.
With an aging Spokane Coliseum, along with a need for a larger facility more than twice the coliseum's capacity, the Spokane City Council and Board of Spokane County Commissioners formed the Spokane Public Facilities District (SPFD) to acquire, construct, own and operate sports and entertainment facilities with contiguous parking facilities. In 1990, the SPFD board members unanimously agreed on the following recommendations made by an economic feasibility/market study. The recommendations were:
Voters rejected the Spokane Arena four times in six years before agreeing to build it in 1991.
In the fall of that year, two ballot measures were put out to voters, and passed:
In the fall of 1991, another funding measure was put out to voters and was passed. It involved a 0.1% raise in the sales tax. The passage of all three measures completed the $44.8 million financining needed to build the arena.
Ground was broken on March 5, 1993, and the Spokane Arena opened 2 years later, in September 1995.
The Spokane Arena has a capacity for:
The arena has a state-of-the-art audio and video system. It consists of a 15-by-20-foot (4.6 by 6.1 m) Viacom Sports 12 mm LED display, which is capable of being used as two separate units. The video board has exceptional color reproduction and the best off-angle viewing available for any LED format. It can even be moved forward approximately 100 feet (30 m) and down to approximately 20 feet (6.1 m) off the arena floor. The arena also features a 350° color LED ribbon board, which is mounted on the fascia of the Spokane Arena bowl. It is capable of displaying text messages, animations, logos, scores and statistics.
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