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in dollars 2001–04 renovations: $67 million ($ in dollars | architect = Ellerbe Becket | project_manager = Huber, Hunt & Nichols〔(Ballparks.com - US Airways Center )〕 | structural engineer = Horst Berger〔(Joseph Denardis - Experience )〕/Severud〔(Severud Associates - Projects )〕 | services engineer = Flack + Kurtz〔(Flack + Kurtz Sports Experience )〕 | general_contractor = Perini Building Company〔(Perini Building Company - Sports Projects )〕 | former_names = America West Arena (1992–2006) US Airways Center (2006–2015) | tenants = Phoenix Suns (NBA) (1992–present) Phoenix Mercury (WNBA) (1997–present) Arizona Rattlers (AFL) (1992–present) Arizona Sandsharks (CISL) (1993–97) Phoenix Coyotes (NHL) (1996–2003) Phoenix RoadRunners (ECHL) (2005–09) NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) (1999, 2004, 2008, 2012) | seating_capacity = Basketball: 19,023 (1992–2003), 18,422 (2003–2014), 18,055 (2014–present) Ice hockey: 16,210 Arena football: 15,505 | publictransit = Convention Center }} Talking Stick Resort Arena (formerly America West Arena and US Airways Center) is a sports and entertainment arena in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It opened on June 6, 1992, at a construction cost of $89 million. It is home to the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the Arena Football League's Arizona Rattlers. The ECHL's Phoenix RoadRunners played at the arena from their inaugural 2005–06 season until they ceased operations at the conclusion of the 2008–09 season. Located near Chase Field (the Arizona Diamondbacks' home ballpark), the arena is one million square feet in size on an 11-acre site. These two major league sports venues are half of those used by Phoenix area professional teams, the other two being University of Phoenix Stadium and Gila River Arena (formerly Jobing.com Arena) in the neighboring Phoenix suburb of Glendale. Renovations were completed in March 2003, which feature a 16,000-square-foot air-conditioned glass-enclosed atrium built on the northwest side of the arena, to keep patrons cool while waiting in line for tickets or spending time inside the building before events. The total cost was estimated at around $67 million. The upgrading of US Airways Center was done as part of the Phoenix Suns' plan to keep it economically competitive after Jobing.com Arena opened. Former Suns owner Jerry Colangelo originally thought of the renovations after visiting Staples Center in Los Angeles and envisioned a similar entertainment district in Phoenix.〔(October 27, 2003) (Facelift At Arena Keeps It In Vogue )〕 The arena also features the ''Verve Lounge'', a high-class exclusive bar lounge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=Aug 12, 2013 )〕 ==Sports teams and events== Basketball, arena football, concerts, professional wrestling, ice shows and other events are held in the arena. The National Hockey League (NHL)'s Phoenix Coyotes played their first 7½ seasons at Talking Stick Resort Arena following their arrival from Winnipeg, Manitoba on July 1, 1996. Now as the newly renamed Arizona Coyotes, they eventually moved northwest over to Gila River Arena on December 27, 2003. The arena also hosted the Arizona Sandsharks of the defunct Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL). Its most common nickname is "The Purple Palace", though during the Rattlers' season it is known as "the Snake Pit". Capacity for basketball was originally 19,023, but was downsized after the 2002-03 season to 18,422 and further downsized to 18,055 before the 2014-15 season. Three of the games of the 1993 NBA Finals between the Suns and the Chicago Bulls, including game six where John Paxson hit a last second 3-point shot to clinch the Bulls' Championship, were played there, as was one of the three 1998 WNBA Finals games and two ArenaBowl games, and some games of the 2007 and 2009 WNBA Finals. In 1997, the Rattlers won ArenaBowl XI at America West Arena. The 1995 NBA All-Star Game was played in the arena as well as the 2000 WNBA All-Star Game, and the arena hosted the 2009 NBA All-Star Game. In boxing, Oscar de la Hoya had a few of his early bouts at the arena, and Michael Carbajal also fought there, including winning the WBO world Junior Flyweight title from Josue Camacho in 1994, and Julio Cesar Chavez ended his career with a fight at the arena. In bull riding, the PBR hosted a Built Ford Tough Series (at the time, called the Bud Light Cup) event at the arena each year between 1999 and 2002; in 2004 the event was moved to the Glendale Arena (later Jobing.com Arena and Gila River Arena). The PBR will be returning to the arena for the first time in March 2014. On December 10, 1993, legendary singer Frank Sinatra did one of his last concerts at America West Arena. WWE held the 2013 Royal Rumble event at the arena. The Talking Stick Resort Arena is also the standard venue when WWE visits Phoenix. The Venue was host of a Raw is War in 1998, a House Show in 1999, a Raw is War in 1999, a Raw is War in 2000, a SmackDown in 2000, a Raw is War in 2001, a SmackDown in 2002, SummerSlam 2003, Judgment Day 2006, a SmackDown in 2008, Cyber Sunday 2008, a Raw in 2010 one day after WrestleMania XXVI Shawn Michaels' farewell speech, a SmackDown in 2011, a Raw in 2012, and on February 15, 2014, WWE Live's Road to WrestleMania XXX. WCW held Monday Nitro in 1998 and 1999. on August 19, 2014, WWE SmackDown came back to the US Airways Center for the first time in over 4 years. on March 21, 2015 WWE Live's Road to WrestleMania 31. On October 27, 2015, WWE SmackDown returned to the new Talking Stick Resort Arena. U2 performed at the stadium on April 28 and November 23, 2001 during their Elevation Tour, in front of a total sold out crowd of 34,681 people. The band performed at the stadium for other two shows on May 22 and 23, 2015 as part of their upcoming Innocence + Experience Tour. Depeche Mode performed at the stadium three times: the first one was on December 14, 1998 during their Singles Tour. The second one was on August 10, 2001 during their Exciter Tour. The third one was on August 23, 2009 during their Tour of the Universe, in front of a crowd of 7,635 people. The 2009 show was recorded for the group's live albums project ''Recording the Universe''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Talking Stick Resort Arena」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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