Power Balance Pavilion
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| Location | ||
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One Sports Parkway Sacramento, California 95834
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| Arena information | ||
| Opened | November 8, 1988 | |
| Owner | Maloof Family | |
| Operator | Maloof Family | |
| Cost | $40 million | |
| Capacity | 17,317 | |
| Tenants | ||
| Sacramento Kings (NBA) (1988–present) Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA) (1997–2009) | ||
| Sacramento Kings arenas | ||
| < Arco Arena | ||
| Future arena > | ||
The Power Balance Arena (formerly ARCO Arena II) is an indoor arena located in Sacramento, California, United States. After playing in the make-shift facility called the Original ARCO Arena, this version was completed in 1988, at a cost of $40 million — entirely privately financed.
It is home to the NBA's Sacramento Kings and the WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs. The arena seats 17,317 for basketball, and has 30 luxury suites and 412 club seats.
The arena has been noted for its loud character and continual at-capacity crowds, which, combined with wood floors, make it a tough environment for visiting teams. It is considered the loudest NBA arena. The arena has hosted the NCAA Tournament four times as a first and second rounds venue in 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2007.
There was another sports venue with that exact same name, which was known as the original ARCO Arena (1985-1988), where the Kings played their home games for three seasons (1985 to 1988), after moving from Kansas City. It had a capacity of 10,333 seats.
There has recently been a campaign by the Maloof family to build a new $600 million facility in Sacramento, which is to be taxpayer funded.
ARCO 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 second-smallest arena in the NBA. Only Orlando's Amway Arena (17,248) have smaller seating capacities.
The namesake sponsor of the arena, energy company ARCO, has 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 extension of the naming rights of ARCO Arena.
The Maloof Family is currently a project to build a New arena.
| Preceded by: ARCO Arena I | Home of the Sacramento Kings: (1988-present) | Succeeded by: none |
| Preceded by: none | Home of the Sacramento Monarchs: (1997-2009) | Succeeded by: none |
