America West Arena

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America West Arena

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Facility Statistics

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Location201 East JeffersonPhoenix, Arizona 85004

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OpenedJune 1, 1992

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June 1 - 1992

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OwnerThe City of Phoenix

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ManagerPhoenix Arena Development, L.P.

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Construction Cost$90 million USD

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ArchitectsEllerbe Becket

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Tenants

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Arizona Rattlers1992-present

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Arizona Rattlers - 1992

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Phoenix Suns1992-present

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Phoenix Suns - 1992

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Arizona Sandsharks (CISL)1993-1997

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Arizona Sandsharks - CISL - 1993 - 1997

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Phoenix Coyotes1996-2003

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Phoenix Coyotes - 1996 - 2003

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Phoenix Mercury1997-present

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Phoenix Mercury - 1997

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Phoenix Roadrunners (ECHL)2005-present

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Phoenix Roadrunners (ECHL) - 2005

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Seating Capacity

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2003 Basketball19,023

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2003 - Basketball

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2003 Hockey16,210

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2003 - Hockey

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America West Arena is a sports and entertainment facility located in Phoenix, Arizona. It is home of the NBA's Phoenix Suns, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, and arena football's Arizona Rattlers. The NHL's Phoenix Coyotes previously played here, but have moved to a new arena of their own in the suburb of Glendale. It was also the home of the indoor soccer Arizona Sandsharks. Three of the games of the 1993 NBA Finals between the Suns and the Chicago Bulls, including game six where John Paxson hit basketball's version of the shot heard around the world, were played there, as was one of the three 1998 WNBA finals games and two Arena Bowl games. In 1997, the Rattlers won the Arena football world championship at America West Arena.

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Phoenix, Arizona - NBA - Phoenix Suns - WNBA - Phoenix Mercury - Arena football - Arizona Rattlers - NHL - Phoenix Coyotes - A new arena of their own - Glendale - Soccer - Arizona Sandsharks - 1993 - Chicago Bulls - John Paxson - Basketball - 1998 - 1997

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Construction of this arena began in 1988, as Suns owner Jerry Colangelo envisioned a need for a new playing facility for his sports team. In 1993, the arena was officially inaugurated with an 111-105 Suns win over the Los Angeles Clippers. After the Suns failed to win the NBA championship that year, a parade that attracted more than 300,000 Suns fans finished up at the America West Arena.

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1988 - Jerry Colangelo - 1993 - Los Angeles Clippers

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In 2003 the America West Arena had WWE SummerSlam. Triple H defeated Goldberg, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, Kevin Nash and Shawn Michaels in an Elimination Chamber Match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.

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America West Arena - WWE SummerSlam - Randy Orton - Kevin Nash - Elimination Chamber

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In addition to sports events, many famous singers and musical acts, such as The Spice Girls, Britney Spears, *NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys, Gwen Stefani, Vicente Fernandez and others have performed at the arena. Oscar De La Hoya had one of his first professional boxing bouts (versus Narciso Valenzuela) there, and Michael Carbajal also fought there various times.

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Spice Girls - Britney Spears - *NSYNC - The Backstreet Boys - Gwen Stefani - Vicente Fernandez - Oscar De La Hoya - Boxing - Narciso Valenzuela - Michael Carbajal

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The arena, which is situated across the street from Chase Field, is named after its sponsor, America West Airlines, under a naming rights arrangement. However, America West's planned merger with US Airways poses the question of whether America West Arena will be renamed accordingly.

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Chase Field - America West Airlines - Naming rights - US Airways

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