The 1995 NBA All-Star Game, 2000 WNBA All-Star Game, and 2009 NBA All-Star Game were played at the arena. The Mercury hosted WNBA Finals games in 1998, 2007, 2009, 20. Less than a year after its opening, it hosted 3 championship games of the 1993 NBA Finals between the Suns and the Chicago Bulls and 3 games of the 2021 NBA Finals against the Milwaukee Bucks. The arena has seen its share of basketball moments.
NBA Ĭapacity for basketball games 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. Its most common nickname is "The Purple Palace", though during the Rattlers' season it is known as "The Snake Pit". The arena also hosted the Arizona Sandsharks of the defunct Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL). Just over 7 years later, the team played their last home game within Phoenix city limits with a 5–2 loss to the Minnesota Wild on December 15, 2003. That playoff appearance was short-lived, with a Game 7 loss to the Anaheim Ducks in the Western Conference Quarterfinals. They finished the 1996–97 season with a 38–37–7 record to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Coyotes hosted their first regular season home game in Arizona at the arena on October 10, 1996, with a 4–1 win over the San Jose Sharks. The capacities are 17,071 for basketball, 16,210 for ice hockey and indoor football, 17,716 for in-the-round concerts, 12,565 for end stage concerts, and 4,379 for theater events.
#Wnba arizona professional#
These two major league sports venues are half of those used by Phoenix area professional teams, the other two being State Farm Stadium and Mullett Arena in the neighboring Phoenix suburbs of Glendale and Tempe.īasketball, arena football, concerts, ice shows and other events such as wrestling are held in the arena. Located one block away from Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the arena is 1 million square feet (93,000 m 2) in size on an 11-acre (4.5 ha) site. Additionally, the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Phoenix Coyotes (now the Arizona Coyotes) played their first 7-plus seasons at the arena following their arrival in Phoenix on July 1, 1996.
The ECHL's Phoenix RoadRunners also played there from 2005 until they ceased operations at the conclusion of the 2008–2009 season. It is currently the home arena for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the Indoor Football League's Arizona Rattlers. Then-America West Arena in April 2005 Aerial view of then-US Airways Center in 2007 Then-US Airways Center interior in 2008įootprint Center (formerly known as America West Arena, US Airways Center, Talking Stick Resort Arena and Phoenix Suns Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in Phoenix, Arizona.īuilt in the regional population center of the southwestern United States, the arena opened on June 6, 1992, at a construction cost of $89 million.
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