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The anticipated renovation cost was between $150 and $160 million, and construction would not start before spring of 2014. [9] As part of the renovations, State Farm Insurance purchased the naming rights to the arena for $60 million over 30 years. [10] The State Farm Center began renovations after the 2013–14 men's basketball season.
State Farm Arena is among the busiest arenas for concerts in the world, having sold well over 550,000 concert tickets in 2007 [20] and ranked as the third-busiest arena in the U.S. in 2011. State Farm has hosted such concerts as Elton John, The Who, and The Weeknd. [21]
The construction of State Farm Center, originally known as the Assembly Hall, at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign consisted of building a huge indoor arena with a 400-foot-diameter (120 m) concrete dome whose center height is 125 feet (38 m) above the center floor, and which weighs 10 million pounds. [1]
This is a list of seating capacities for sports and entertainment arenas in the United States with at least 1,000 seats. The list is composed mostly of arenas that house sports teams (basketball, ice hockey, arena soccer and arena football) and serve as indoor venues for concerts and expositions.
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Construction cost $455 million [4] ($710 million in 2024 dollars [5]) ... State Farm Stadium is a multi-purpose retractable roof ... The event grossed $5.8 million in ...
Philips Arena (now State Farm Arena) was constructed in its place, and opened on September 18, 1999. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The demolition of the Omni forced the Hawks to split their home games for the 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons between the Alexander Memorial Coliseum at Georgia Tech (their first home in Atlanta), and the Georgia Dome .
The Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center, formerly known as State Farm Show Arena and informally known simply as the Farm Show, is a large exhibition center and indoor arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It is primarily used for concerts, agricultural exhibitions, the Pennsylvania Farm Show, and indoor football. The complex also hosts ...