Toyota Center (Houston, Texas)
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Toyota Center is an indoor sports and entertainment arena located in the Convention Center District of downtown Houston, Texas. Owned by the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, it is the home of the National Basketball Association's Houston Rockets and the former home of the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League.
The arena, designed by Morris Architects, HOK Sport (now Populous), and John Chase Architects, was constructed between July 2001 to October 2003 at a cost of $235 million, and has a capacity of 18,083 for basketball, 17,800 for ice hockey, and up to 19,000 for concerts.
Naming rights for the center were purchased by automobile manufacturer Toyota for $100 million in 2003.
In November 2012 Toyota Center unveiled a new scoreboard, manufactured and installed by Panasonic; it reportedly has the largest combined viewing area of any indoor center-hung scoreboard currently used in the US.
The arena, designed by Morris Architects, HOK Sport (now Populous), and John Chase Architects, was constructed between July 2001 to October 2003 at a cost of $235 million, and has a capacity of 18,083 for basketball, 17,800 for ice hockey, and up to 19,000 for concerts.
Naming rights for the center were purchased by automobile manufacturer Toyota for $100 million in 2003.
In November 2012 Toyota Center unveiled a new scoreboard, manufactured and installed by Panasonic; it reportedly has the largest combined viewing area of any indoor center-hung scoreboard currently used in the US.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Center_(Houston)
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Coordinates: 29°45'2"N 95°21'43"W
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