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Coordinates: 38°38′57″N 121°31′5″W / 38.64917°N 121.51806°W / 38.64917; -121.51806
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For the song named after the facility's original name, see Arco Arena (song).
Sleep Train Arena
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Former namesARCO Arena (1988–2011)
Power Balance Pavilion (March 2011–October 2012)
LocationOne Sports Parkway, Sacramento, California 95834
Coordinates38°38′57″N 121°31′5″W / 38.64917°N 121.51806°W / 38.64917; -121.51806
OwnerMaloof Sports & Entertainment
OperatorMaloof Sports & Entertainment
CapacityBasketball and concerts: 16,517 (1988-1989)
17,014 (1989-1992)
17,317 (1992-present)
Indoor soccer 10,632
Construction
Broke groundSeptember 5, 1986[1]
OpenedNovember 8, 1988
Construction cost$40 million
($103 million in 2024 dollars[2])
ArchitectRann Haight
Structural engineerIntegrated Design Group[3]
Services engineerACCO Engineered Systems[4]
General contractorLukenbill Construction Co., Inc.[4]
Tenants
Sacramento Kings (NBA) (1988–present)
Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA) (1997–2009)
Sacramento Attack (AFL) (1992)
Sacramento Knights (CISL - WISL) (1993–2001)
Inside Sleep Train Arena
A basketball net at the arena

Sleep Train Arena is an indoor arena, located in Sacramento, California. Opened in 1988, it is the home of the National Basketball Association's Sacramento Kings.

Background

Sleep Train Arena hosts nearly 200 spectator events each year. The current configuration seats up to 17,317 and can host such varied events as concerts, ice shows, rodeos and monster truck rallies. Nearly two million spectators from throughout Northern California visited Sleep Train Arena last year. The configuration for ice shows and ice hockey actually runs perpendicular to the basketball court with the normal sideline seating being retractable to allow for an international standard ice rink.

Owned and operated by Maloof Sports & Entertainment, Sleep Train Arena is the home of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings.

Sleep Train Arena has played host to the Ultimate Fighting Championship 65 and 73, NCAA Men's Basketball Tournaments multiple times and was the host site for the 2007 NCAA Volleyball Championships.

Details

The original ARCO Arena (1985–1988), where the Kings played their home games for three seasons (1985 to 1988), after moving from Kansas City had a capacity of 10,333 seats.

Sleep Train Arena is located in a once isolated area on the expanding northern outskirts of the city. It was constructed at a cost of just $40 million, the lowest of any venue in the NBA. It is the smallest arena in the NBA with a seating capacity of 17,317. In 2006, there was a campaign to build a new $600 million facility in downtown Sacramento, which was to be funded by a quarter cent sales tax increase over 15 years; voters overwhelmingly rejected ballot measures Q and R,[5] leading to the NBA publicly calling for a new arena to be built at another well-known Sacramento facility, Cal Expo, the site of California's state fair.[6]

The original namesake sponsor of the arena, energy company ARCO, had corporate sponsorship since the arena's inception as well as the original ARCO Arena. On March 19, 2007, the Maloof brothers announced a multi-year agreement extending the naming rights of ARCO Arena.[7]

Sleep Train Arena has hosted and currently hosts several state high school basketball championship games (1992, 1996, 1998–2009, 2011-present)[8][9] Sleep Train Arena hosts many graduation celebrations for local high schools.

Sleep Train Arena has hosted several WWE events including the 1993 Royal Rumble, Judgment Day 2001, and The Bash in 2009.

Other notable events include the five-day 1995 Billy Graham Greater Sacramento Crusade, which 177,000 people attended.[10] A crowd of 47,500 people reportedly showed up on one night of the event; only 18,000 people were permitted to inside and many watched on outside television screens.[10][11]

Sleep Train Arena has also hosted a PBR Built Ford Tough Series bull riding event every year since 2005. The arena hosted World Extreme Cagefighting's first ever pay-per-view event, WEC 48, on April 24, 2010.[12]

The naming rights for the arena, ARCO, expired in February 2011. The arena was renamed Power Balance Pavilion on March 1, 2011 for its new sponsor, Power Balance, a manufacturer of sports wristbands.[13] On October 15, 2012, it was announced the arena would again be changing its name, this time to Sleep Train Arena for its new sponsor, retail mattress chain Sleep Train (a company based in nearby Rocklin).[14]

Seating

The arena seats 17,317 for basketball, and has 30 luxury suites and 412 club seats.[15]

Baseball stadium

There is an unfinished baseball stadium directly north of the arena. The stadium was never finished because the Sacramento Sports Association ran out of money during construction in 1989. The completion of Raley Field has stopped any possibility of this stadium being completed.[16]

There is an instrumental song called "Arco Arena" on the album Comfort Eagle by Sacramento band Cake. The band also released a version of the song with lyrics as a B-Side. The music video for Bel Biv Devoe's "She's Dope" was filmed at the arena. This was also the home for the WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs until they folded in 2009.

The then-ARCO Arena set a Guinness World Record for loudest sports roar by reaching over 130 decibels on November 8, 2006.

The popstar Britney Spears kicked off her Femme Fatale Tour at the arena on June 16, 2011.

References

  1. ^ "Hattle LinesDrawn Over Arena Plans". The Sacramento Bee. September 6, 1986. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  2. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  3. ^ "Gerardo Calvillo, PE, SE". Wood Rodgers. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Arco Arena-Sacramento". ACCO Engineered Systems. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  5. ^ Johnson, Kelly (November 8, 2006). "Railyard Arena Backers Will Keep Trying". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved April 22, 2008.
  6. ^ Johnson, Kelly (September 21, 2007). "Cal Expo Board Agrees to Consider Arena, Mixed-Use Project". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved April 22, 2008.
  7. ^ Extension to Naming Rights Agreement
  8. ^ California Basketball State Champions
  9. ^ California Interscholastic Federation - Basketball Championships
  10. ^ a b Lindelof, Bill (September 25, 1997). "Bay Area Not "Sin City' to Billy Graham". The Sacramento Bee. p. A4. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  11. ^ McMillan, Carolyn (September 14, 1997). "Pastors Recruited Volunteer Army to Lure Graham". Contra Costa Times. p. A19. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  12. ^ "WEC: Aldo vs. Faber". WEC.tv. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  13. ^ "Arco Arena To Become Power Balance Pavilion". KCRA. January 11, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  14. ^ Sosenko, Ben (October 15, 2012). "Kings Now Call 'Sleep Train Arena' Home". KOVR. Archived from the original on January 7, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "Sleep Train Arena". Ballparks.com. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  16. ^ McCarthy, Mike (January 20, 2002). "Arco Stadium Plans Still Stuck in Mud". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
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Events and tenants
Preceded by Home of the Sacramento Kings
1988-2011 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by Home of WWE The Great American Bash
2009 		Succeeded by
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