G1C The G1 | |
Address | 500 David J. Stern Walk[1] |
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Location | Sacramento, California, U.S. |
Coordinates | 38°34′49.3″N 121°29′58.6″W / 38.580361°N 121.499611°W |
Public transit | Sacramento Regional Transit District: at St. Rose of Lima Park |
Owner | City of Sacramento[2] |
Operator | Sacramento Kings LP, LLC[2] |
Capacity | Basketball: 17,608[3] Concerts: 19,000 |
Field size | 779,200 sq ft (72,390 m2) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | October 29, 2014[4] |
Opened | September 30, 2016 |
Construction cost | US$558.2 million[5] ($709 million in 2023 dollars[6]) |
Architect | AECOM[7] Mark Dziewulski Architect[8] |
Project manager | ICON Venue Group |
Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti/Buehler & Buehler[8] Geocon Consultants, Inc. (geotechnical engineer) |
Services engineer | Henderson Engineers, Inc.[8] |
General contractor | Turner Construction[7] |
Tenants | |
Sacramento Kings (NBA) (2016–present) | |
Website | |
golden1center |
Golden 1 Center is an indoor arena in downtown Sacramento, California, United States. It sits partially on the site of the former Downtown Plaza shopping center.[9] The publicly owned arena is part of a business and entertainment district called Downtown Commons (DoCo), which includes a $250 million 16-story mixed-use tower.
The arena, which replaced ARCO Arena as the home of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association, hosts concerts, conventions and other sporting and entertainment events. Capacity is expandable to about 19,000 to accommodate concert audiences.[3] 34 luxury suites were sold to include all events year-round. Suite partners have access to three exclusive clubs on the premium level including two skyboxes that overlook the concourse and have a direct view of the outside. In addition to the luxury suites, there are 48 loft-style suites.
The Kings will announce Tuesday that they are naming the street leading to the front door of the new downtown arena in honor of former NBA Commissioner David Stern, whose persistent, decades-long efforts helped keep the franchise in Sacramento. Officially, the address of the Golden 1 Center – to be submitted to the city Tuesday for approval – is 500 David J. Stern Walk.