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List of National Basketball Association arenas

Chase Center, the newest arena in the NBA, opened in 2019. It is the home of the Golden State Warriors.

The following list includes all current and former arenas used by current and defunct teams playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Other information included in this list are arena locations, seating capacities, years opened, and in use.

While there are 30 NBA teams, there are currently only 29 full-time arenas, as both Los Angeles teams, the Lakers and Clippers, share Staples Center. The United Center has the highest capacity of any current NBA arena at 20,917. Madison Square Garden is the only current arena not to be named after a corporate sponsor.

Current arenas[edit]

Arena	Location	Team(s)	Capacity	Opened	Ref(s)
American Airlines Arena	Miami, Florida	Miami Heat	19,600	1999	^[1]^[2]
American Airlines Center	Dallas, Texas	Dallas Mavericks	19,200	2001	^[1]^[3]
Amway Center	Orlando, Florida	Orlando Magic	18,846	2010	^[1]^[4]
AT&T Center	San Antonio, Texas	San Antonio Spurs	18,418	2002	^[1]^[5]
Bankers Life Fieldhouse	Indianapolis, Indiana	Indiana Pacers	17,923	1999	^[1]^[6]
Barclays Center	Brooklyn, New York	Brooklyn Nets	17,732	2012	^[1]^[7]
Capital One Arena	Washington, D.C.	Washington Wizards	20,356	1997	^[1]^[8]
Chase Center	San Francisco, California	Golden State Warriors	18,064	2019	^[1]^[9]^[10]
Chesapeake Energy Arena	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Oklahoma City Thunder	18,203	2002	^[1]^[11]
FedExForum	Memphis, Tennessee	Memphis Grizzlies	17,794	2004	^[1]^[12]
Fiserv Forum	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Milwaukee Bucks	17,500	2018	^[1]^[13]
Golden 1 Center	Sacramento, California	Sacramento Kings	17,583	2016	^[1]^[14]
Little Caesars Arena	Detroit, Michigan	Detroit Pistons	20,332	2017	^[1]^[15]
Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York	New York Knicks	19,812	1968^[a]	^[1]^[16]
Moda Center	Portland, Oregon	Portland Trail Blazers	19,441	1995	^[1]^[17]
Pepsi Center	Denver, Colorado	Denver Nuggets	19,520	1999	^[1]^[18]
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse	Cleveland, Ohio	Cleveland Cavaliers	19,432	1994	^[1]^[19]^[20]
Scotiabank Arena	Toronto, Ontario	Toronto Raptors	19,800	1999	^[1]^[21]
Smoothie King Center	New Orleans, Louisiana	New Orleans Pelicans	16,867	1999	^[1]^[22]
Spectrum Center	Charlotte, North Carolina	Charlotte Hornets	19,077	2005	^[1]^[23]
Staples Center	Los Angeles, California	Los Angeles Clippers	19,068	1999	^[1]^[24]
Staples Center	Los Angeles, California	Los Angeles Lakers	18,997	1999	^[1]^[24]
State Farm Arena	Atlanta, Georgia	Atlanta Hawks	18,118	1999	^[1]^[25]
Talking Stick Resort Arena	Phoenix, Arizona	Phoenix Suns	18,055	1992	^[1]^[26]
Target Center	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Minnesota Timberwolves	18,978	1990	^[1]^[27]
TD Garden	Boston, Massachusetts	Boston Celtics	18,624	1995	^[1]^[28]
Toyota Center	Houston, Texas	Houston Rockets	18,055	2003	^[1]^[29]
United Center	Chicago, Illinois	Chicago Bulls	20,917	1994	^[1]^[30]
Vivint Smart Home Arena	Salt Lake City, Utah	Utah Jazz	18,306	1991	^[1]^[31]
Wells Fargo Center	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Philadelphia 76ers	20,478	1996	^[1]^[32]^[33]

^ Underwent extensive renovations from 2010 to 2013, resulting in a completely new arena bowl and concourses within the original structure.

Map of current arenas[edit]

American
Airlines
Center American Airlines
Arena Amway
Center AT&T
Center Bankers Life
Fieldhouse Barclays Center Capital One
Arena Chase
Center Chesapeake
Energy
Arena FedEx
Forum Fiserv
Forum Golden 1
Center Little Caesars
ArenaMadison
Square
GardenModa
Center Pepsi
Center Rocket
Mortgage
FieldHouse Scotiabank
Arena Smoothie King
Center Spectrum
Center Staples
Center State Farm
Arena Talking Stick
Resort Arena Target
Center TD
Garden Toyota
Center United
Center Vivint Smart
Home Arena Wells Fargo Center

Future or proposed arenas[edit]

Arena	Team	Location	Capacity	Opening	Reference
Inglewood Basketball and Entertainment Center	Los Angeles Clippers	Inglewood, California	18,000	2024	^[34]^[35]^[36]

Former arenas[edit]

Milwaukee Bucks
	Indiana Pacers
		Detroit Pistons Fort Wayne (Zollner) Pistons
Cleveland Cavaliers
	Chicago Bulls
			Team	Arena	Years used	Capacity	Opened	Location	Ref.
Washington Wizards Washington Bullets Capital Bullets Baltimore Bullets Chicago Zephyrs Chicago Packers
	Orlando Magic
	Orlando Magic		Miami Heat
	Charlotte Hornets Charlotte Bobcats Charlotte Hornets (original)		Miami Heat
		Atlanta Hawks St. Louis Hawks Milwaukee Hawks Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Team	Arena		Years used	Capacity	Opened	Location	Ref.
Toronto Raptors
	Philadelphia 76ers Syracuse Nationals
			New York Knicks
				Brooklyn Nets New Jersey Nets New York Nets New Jersey Americans
Boston Celtics
			Team^[37]		Arena	Years used	Capacity	Opened	Location	Ref.
		Eastern Conference
	Atlantic Division
Hartford Civic Center XL Center (2007–present)	1975–1995 (occasionally for home games)	16,294	1975		Hartford, Connecticut	^[38]^[39]
Boston Garden Boston Madison Square Garden (1928)	1946–1995	14,890	1928		Boston, Massachusetts	^[40]^[41]
Boston Arena Matthews Arena (1982–present)	1946–1947 (partial schedule)	5,900s	1910		Boston, Massachusetts	^[42]
Prudential Center	2010–2012	18,711	2007		Newark, New Jersey	^[43]
Izod Center Meadowlands Arena (2015–present) Continental Airlines Arena (1996–2007) Brendan Byrne Arena (1981–1996)	1981–2010	20,049	1981		East Rutherford, New Jersey	^[44]^[45]^[46]
Rutgers Athletic Center Louis Brown Athletic Center (1986–present)	1977–1981	8,500	1977	Piscataway, New Jersey	^[47]^[48]
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	1972–1977	14,890	1972	Uniondale, New York	^[49]^[50]
Island Garden	1969–1972	5,200	1956	West Hempstead, New York	^[51]
Long Island Arena Commack Arena	1968–1969	6,000	1957	Commack, New York	^[52]^[53]
Teaneck Armory	1967–1968	5,500	1936	Teaneck, New Jersey	^[54]
Madison Square Garden (III)	1946–1968	16,000	1925	New York City, New York	^[55]
69th Regiment Armory	1946–1960 (partial schedule)	5,000	1906	New York City, New York	^[56]^[57]^[58]
The Spectrum Wachovia Spectrum (2003–2009) First Union Spectrum (1998–2003) CoreStates Spectrum (1994–1998)	1967–1996 2009 (one game)	18,176	1967	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	^[59]
Municipal Auditorium	1963–1967	12,000	1930		^[60]
Philadelphia Arena	1963–1967	7,000	1920		^[61]
Onondaga War Memorial	1951–1963	6,230	1951	Syracuse, New York	^[62]
State Fair Coliseum	1949–1951	7,500	1927	Syracuse, New York	^[63]
SkyDome Rogers Centre (2005–present)	1995–1999	28,708	1989	Toronto, Ontario	^[64]
Maple Leaf Gardens	1997–1999 (for six home games)	17,000	1931	Toronto, Ontario	^[65]
Copps Coliseum FirstOntario Centre (2014–present)	1995–1998 (for three home games)	18,800	1985	Hamilton, Ontario	^[66]^[67]^[68]
Southeast Division
Georgia Dome	1997–1999 (partial schedule, primary stadium)	71,228	1992	Atlanta, Georgia	^[69]
Omni Coliseum	1972–1997	16,378	1972		^[70]
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Hank McCamish Pavilion (2012–present) Alexander Memorial Coliseum at McDonald's Center (1996–2005)	1997–1999 (partial schedule, secondary stadium) 1968–1972	9,191	1956		^[71]
Kiel Auditorium	1955–1968	9,300	1934	St. Louis, Missouri	^[72]
St. Louis Arena The Checkerdome (1977–1983)	1955–1968 (partial schedule)	20,000	1929	St. Louis, Missouri	^[73]
Milwaukee Arena UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2014–present) U.S. Cellular Arena (2000–2014) Wisconsin Center Arena (1998–2000) MECCA Arena (1974–1995)	1951–1955	10,783	1950	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	^[74]
Wharton Field House	1946–1951	6,000	1928	Moline, Illinois	^[75]
Charlotte Coliseum	2004–2005 (Bobcats) 1988–2002 (original Hornets)	24,042	1988	Charlotte, North Carolina	^[76]
Miami Arena	1988–1999	15,200	1988	Miami, Florida	^[77]^[78]^[79]
Amway Arena The Arena in Orlando (2006) TD Waterhouse Centre (1999–2006) Orlando Arena (1989–1999)	1989–2010	17,283	1989	Orlando, Florida	^[80]^[81]
US Airways Arena Capital Centre (1973–1993, 1997–2002)	1973–1997	18,756	1973	Lake Arbor, Maryland	^[82]
Baltimore Civic Center Royal Farms Arena (2013–present) 1st Mariner Arena (2003–2013) Baltimore Arena (1986–2003)	1963–1973	11,271	1962	Baltimore, Maryland	^[83]
Chicago Coliseum	1962–1963	7,000	1899	Chicago, Illinois	^[84]^[85]
International Amphitheatre	1961–1962	9,000	1934	Chicago, Illinois	^[84]^[85]
Central Division
Chicago Stadium	1967–1994	18,676	1929	Chicago, Illinois	^[86]
International Amphitheatre	1966–1967	9,000	1934	Chicago, Illinois	^[87]
Richfield Coliseum	1974–1994	20,273	1974	Richfield, Ohio	^[88]
Cleveland Arena	1970–1974	10,000	1937	Cleveland, Ohio	^[89]
The Palace of Auburn Hills	1988–2017	22,076	1988	Auburn Hills, Michigan	^[90]
Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium (1975)	1978–1988	33,000	1975	Pontiac, Michigan	^[91]
Cobo Arena	1961–1978	12,191	1960	Detroit, Michigan	^[92]
Olympia Stadium	1957–1961	15,000	1927	Detroit, Michigan	^[93]
War Memorial Coliseum	1952–1957	10,000	1952	Fort Wayne, Indiana	^[94]
North Side High School Gym	1948–1952	3,000	1927	Fort Wayne, Indiana	^[95]^[96]^[97]^[98]
Market Square Arena	1974–1999	16,530	1974	Indianapolis, Indiana	^[99]
Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum Indiana Farmers Coliseum (2015–present) Fairgrounds Coliseum (2014) Pepsi Coliseum (1998–2014)	1967–1974	10,000	1939	Indianapolis, Indiana	^[100]
Bradley Center BMO Harris Bradley Center (2012–2018)	1988–2018	18,717	1988	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	^[101]^[102]
MECCA Arena (1974–1995) UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2014–present) U.S. Cellular Arena (2000–2014) Wisconsin Center Arena (1998–2000) Milwaukee Arena (1968–1974, 1995–1998)	1968–1988 2017 (one game)	10,783	1950		^[103]

Sacramento Kings Kansas City Kings Kansas City-Omaha Kings Cincinnati Royals Rochester Royals
	Phoenix Suns
	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers Minneapolis Lakers
	Los Angeles Clippers San Diego Clippers Buffalo Braves
			Golden State Warriors San Francisco Warriors Philadelphia Warriors
				Team	Arena	Years used	Capacity	Opened	Location	Ref.
				Utah Jazz New Orleans Jazz
					Portland Trail Blazers
	Oklahoma City Thunder Seattle SuperSonics				Portland Trail Blazers
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves		Denver Nuggets Denver Rockets
Team					Arena	Years used	Capacity	Opened	Location	Ref.
San Antonio Spurs Texas Chaparrals Dallas Chaparrals
	New Orleans Pelicans New Orleans Hornets New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
		Memphis Grizzlies Vancouver Grizzlies
	Houston Rockets San Diego Rockets
			Dallas Mavericks
		Team	Dallas Mavericks	Arena	Years used	Capacity	Opened	Location	Ref.
		Western Conference
Southwest Division
Reunion Arena	1980–2001	18,293	1980	Dallas, Texas	^[104]
The Summit Lakewood Church Central Campus (2003–present) Compaq Center (1998–2003)	1975–2003	16,285	1975	Houston, Texas	^[105]
Hofheinz Pavilion Fertitta Center (2018–present)	1971–1975	10,000	1969	Houston, Texas	^[106]^[107]
San Diego Sports Arena (1970–2005; 2007–10) Pechanga Arena (2018–present) Valley View Casino Center (2010–2018) iPayOne Center (2005–2007) San Diego International Sports Center (1966–70)	1967–1971	14,500	1966	San Diego, California	^[107]
Pyramid Arena	2001–2004	20,142	1991	Memphis, Tennessee	^[108]
General Motors Place Rogers Arena (2010–present)	1995–2001	19,193	1995	Vancouver, British Columbia	^[109]
Ford Center Chesapeake Energy Arena (2011–present) Oklahoma City Arena (2010–2011)	2005–2007 (bulk of schedule)	19,164	2002	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	^[110]
Alamodome	1993–2002	20,557	1993	San Antonio, Texas	^[104]
HemisFair Arena	1973–1993	16,057	1968	San Antonio, Texas	^[104]
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum City Bank Coliseum (2007–2017)	1970–1971 (partial schedule)	11,200	1956	Lubbock, Texas	^[111]
Tarrant County Convention Center	1970–1971 (partial schedule)	16,057	1968	Fort Worth, Texas	^[112]
Moody Coliseum	1967–1973	8,998	1956	University Park, Texas	^[113]
Dallas Memorial Auditorium Dallas Convention Center	1967–1973	9,815	1957	Dallas, Texas	^[114]
Northwest Division
McNichols Sports Arena	1975–1999	17,171	1975	Denver, Colorado	^[115]
Denver Arena Auditorium	1967–1975	6,841	1908		^[116]
Denver Coliseum	1967–1970 (partial schedule)	9,000	1950		^[117]^[118]
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	1989–1990	50,000	1982	Minneapolis, Minnesota	^[119]
KeyArena at Seattle Center Seattle Center Coliseum (1962–1994)	1995–2008 1985–1994 1967–1978	17,072	1994 1962	Seattle, Washington	^[120]
Tacoma Dome	1994–1995	17,100	1983	Tacoma, Washington	^[120]
Kingdome	1978–1985	59,166	1976	Seattle, Washington	^[120]
Memorial Coliseum	1970–1995	12,888	1960	Portland, Oregon	^[121]
Salt Palace	1979–1991	12,686	1969	Salt Lake City, Utah	^[104]
Thomas & Mack Center	1983–1984 (partial schedule)	18,500	1983	Paradise, Nevada	^[122]
Louisiana Superdome Mercedes-Benz Superdome (2011–present)	1975–1979	55,675	1975	New Orleans, Louisiana	^[123]
Loyola Field House	1974–1975 (partial schedule)	6,500	1950		^[124]
Municipal Auditorium	1974–1975	7,853	1934		^[124]
Pacific Division
Oracle Arena Oakland Arena (2005–2006) The Arena in Oakland (1997–2005) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (1971–1996)	1971–2019	19,596	1971	Oakland, California	^[125]^[126]
San Jose Arena SAP Center at San Jose (2013–present) HP Pavilion at San Jose (2002–2013) Compaq Center at San Jose (2001–2002)	1996–1997	18,500	1993	San Jose, California	^[125]^[127]^[128]
USF War Memorial Gymnasium	1962–1965	5,300	1958	San Francisco, California	^[125]
San Francisco Civic Auditorium Bill Graham Civic Auditorium	1968–1971 1964–1967	7,000	1915	San Francisco, California	^[125]
Cow Palace	1966–1971 1962–1964	12,953	1941	Daly City, California	^[125]^[129]
Municipal Auditorium	1952–1962	12,000	1930	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	^[130]
Philadelphia Arena	1946–1962 (partial schedule 1952–1962)	7,000	1920	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	^[130]
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	1984–1999	16,161	1959	Los Angeles, California	^[131]^[132]
San Diego Sports Arena (1970–2005; 2007–10) Pechanga Arena (2018–present) Valley View Casino Center (2010–2018) iPayOne Center (2005–2007) San Diego International Sports Center (1966–70)	1978–1984	14,500	1966	San Diego, California	^[133]
Maple Leaf Gardens	1971–1974 (16 home games)	15,000	1931	Toronto, Ontario	^[134]
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	1970–1978	15,280	1940	Buffalo, New York	^[135]
The Forum Great Western Forum (1988–2003)	1967–1999	17,505	1967	Inglewood, California	^[136]
Long Beach Arena	1967 (when locked out of Sports Arena)	13,609	1962	Long Beach, California	^[137]
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	1960–1967	16,161	1959	Los Angeles, California	^[131]^[132]
Minneapolis Armory	1959–1960 1947–1959 (partial schedule)	10,000	1936	Minneapolis, Minnesota	^[138]
Minneapolis Auditorium	1947–1959	10,000	1927	Minneapolis, Minnesota	^[139]^[140]
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	1968–1992	14,870	1965	Phoenix, Arizona	^[104]
Sleep Train Arena Power Balance Pavilion (2011–2012) ARCO Arena (II) (1988–2011)	1988–2016	17,317	1988	Sacramento, California	^[141]
ARCO Arena (I) Sacramento Sports Arena (1985)	1985–1988	10,333	1985	Sacramento, California	^[142]
Kemper Arena	1974–1985	16,700	1974	Kansas City, Missouri	^[142]^[143]
Omaha Civic Auditorium	1972–1978 (partial schedule)	9,300	1954	Omaha, Nebraska	^[144]
Municipal Auditorium	1972–1974	9,287	1936	Kansas City, Missouri	^[145]^[146]
Cincinnati Gardens	1957–1972	11,000	1949	Cincinnati, Ohio	^[147]
Rochester Community War Memorial Blue Cross Arena at War Memorial (1998–present)	1955–1957	12,428	1955	Rochester, New York	^[142]^[148]
Edgerton Park Arena	1945–1955	4,200	1892	Rochester, New York	^[148]

Defunct teams[edit]

Team	Arena	Years used	Capacity	Opened	Location	Ref.
Anderson Packers (1946–1950; 1949–1950 in NBA)	The Wigwam	1949–1950	8,996	1925	Anderson, Indiana	^[149]^[150]^[151]
Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954)	Baltimore Coliseum	1944–1954	4,500	1930	Baltimore, Maryland	^[152]
Chicago Stags (1946–1950)	Chicago Stadium	1946–1950	18,676	1929	Chicago, Illinois	^[153]^[154]
Cleveland Rebels (1946–1947)	Cleveland Arena	1946–1947	10,000	1937	Cleveland, Ohio	^[155]
Denver Nuggets (1948–1950)	Auditorium Arena	1948–1950	12,000	1908	Denver, Colorado	^[156]
Detroit Falcons (1946–1947)	Detroit Olympia	1946–1947	Unknown	1927	Detroit, Michigan	^[157]^[158]^[159]
Indianapolis Jets Indianapolis Kautskys (1948–1949)	Hinkle Fieldhouse	1948–1949	15,000	1928	Indianapolis, Indiana	^[160]
Indianapolis Olympians (1949–1953)	Hinkle Fieldhouse	1949–1953	15,000	1928	Indianapolis, Indiana	^[161]
Pittsburgh Ironmen (1946–1947)	Duquesne Gardens	1946–1947	6,500	1890	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	^[162]
Providence Steamrollers (1946–1949)	Rhode Island Auditorium	1946–1949	5,300	1926	Providence, Rhode Island	^[163]
Sheboygan Redskins Enzo Jels (1938–1951)	Sheboygan Municipal Auditorium and Armory	1942–1951	3,500	1942	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	^[164]
Sheboygan Redskins Enzo Jels (1938–1951)	Eagle Auditorium	1938–1942	1,200	Unknown	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	^[164]
St. Louis Bombers (1946–1950)	St. Louis Arena The Checkerdome (1977–1983)	1946–1950	15,000	1929	St. Louis, Missouri	^[165]
Toronto Huskies (1946–1947)	Maple Leaf Gardens	1946–1947	15,000	1931	Toronto, Ontario	^[166]
Washington Capitols (1946–1951)	Uline Arena Washington Coliseum (1959–present)	1946–1951	7,000	1941	Washington, D.C.	^[167]^[168]^[169]
Waterloo Hawks (1948–1951)	McElroy Auditorium	1948–1951	5,155	1936	Waterloo, Iowa	^[170]

Neutral venues[edit]

Arena	Location	Date	Attendance	Reference
Neutral Venues
Duquesne Gardens	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	March 11, 1953		^[171]^[172]
Civic Arena	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	February 18, 1964 December 14, 1964 January 11, 1965 February 15, 1966 November 3, 1966 January 5, 1967 February 7, 1967 February 24, 1967 March 6, 1967 December 7, 1972 December 27, 1972 January 12, 1973 February 25, 1973 March 11, 1973 March 25, 1973		^[171]^[173]^[174]^[175]^[176]^[177]
Charleston Civic Center	Charleston, West Virginia	December 6, 1965 February 14, 1966		^[178]^[179]
Mid-South Coliseum	Memphis, Tennessee	December 19, 1966 December 26, 1966 January 2, 1967 January 23, 1967 January 30, 1967 February 6, 1967 February 13, 1967 March 6, 1967 March 13, 1967		^[180]^[181]
Curtis Hixon Hall	Tampa, Florida	January 16, 1967		^[180]^[182]
Greensboro Coliseum Complex	Greensboro, North Carolina	January 30, 1967	7,168	^[181]^[183]
St. Paul Auditorium	Saint Paul, Minnesota	February 7, 1967

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Basketball Arenas in the United States