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State Farm Arena after renovations during a 2019 Hawks game vs the Chicago Bulls Shortly after acquiring the Hawks and the operating rights to Philips Arena on June 24, 2015, Tony Ressler announced his intentions of remodeling the arena to keep the Hawks in Downtown Atlanta at a cost between $150 million and $250 million.
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. [5] [20] [7] [8]
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.
Jan. 1—ATLANTA — Earlier this month, industry-leading publication Pollstar released its 2021 year-end rankings for sports and live entertainment venues across the globe. State Farm Arena, home ...
A statue of Dominique Wilkins stands outside the main entrance of State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.The monument was designed by sculptor Brian Hanlon and depicts Wilkins, a former basketball player who spent several seasons with the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association, as he is about to perform a slam dunk.
State Farm (Phillips) Arena, Atlanta, GA: Author: Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States: Licensing : This file is made available under the Creative Commons ...
Atlanta also hosted WrestleMania XXVII in the Georgia Dome on April 3, 2011. Philips Arena hosted WWE's Survivor Series pay-per-view in 2015. The company would then return for another event, this time in 2024, where State Farm Arena would host Bad Blood. The event drew WWE's largest indoor arena gate of all time, and it was WWE's 60th sold-out ...
The Hawks continue to use Philips Arena, since renamed State Farm Arena, to this day, [112] while the Thrashers would leave Atlanta after the 2010–11 season [113] and become the current version of the Winnipeg Jets. [114] On August 29, 2018, Philips Arena was renamed State Farm Arena, coinciding with a $192.5 million renovation to the arena ...