Stan Sheriff Center

Stan Sheriff Center
"The Stanley", "The Aloha Dome"
Construction

Former names	Special Events Arena (1994-1998)
Location	1355 Lower Campus Drive Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822-2312
Coordinates	21°17′39.45″N 157°49′07.95″W / 21.2942917°N 157.8188750°W / 21.2942917; -157.8188750Coordinates: 21°17′39.45″N 157°49′07.95″W / 21.2942917°N 157.8188750°W / 21.2942917; -157.8188750
Owner	University of Hawaii at Manoa
Operator	University of Hawaii at Manoa
Capacity	10,300
Surface	Hardwood
Broke ground	December 1992
Opened	October 21, 1994
Construction cost	$32.24 million ($51.5 million in 2016 dollars^[1])
Architect	Kauahikaua and Chun (Honolulu) Heery Architects (Atlanta)
Structural engineer	ADTEK Engineers^[2]
General contractor	Charles Pankow Builders, Ltd.^[3]
Tenants
Hawaii Rainbow Wahine (women's basketball, women's volleyball) Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (men's basketball, men's volleyball) Diamond Head Classic

The Stan Sheriff Center is a 10,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Honolulu CDP,^[4] City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Initially named the Special Events Arena when it opened in 1994, the arena was renamed in 1998 after Stan Sheriff (1932–1993), a former UH athletic director who lobbied for its construction.

Events

Stan Sheriff Center is home to the University of Hawaiʻi men's Rainbow Warriors basketball and Warriors volleyball, and the women's Rainbow Wahine basketball, and Rainbow Wahine volleyball teams.

In May 12, 1998, the Miss Universe pageant was held at the Center.^[5] The Diamond Head Classic midseason college basketball tournament is held in December.^[6] and the annual regional FIRST Robotics Competition. As Hawaii's largest indoor arena, the Stan Sheriff Center is the site of many major concert tours in Honolulu. Concert capacity is 11,000 for an end-stage show and 11,300 for a center-stage show. The World Championship Wrestling used the Stan Sheriff Center as its Hawaiian stop from 1994 until the organization folded in 2001. The arena hosted two NBA preseason games between the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz on October 4th and 6th, 2015. Both were designated as Lakers home games; the Jazz swept the short series, winning the second game in overtime.

References

↑ "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
↑ "Recreation". ADTEK Engineers. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
↑ Torres, Maria (June 1, 1993). "30: Charles Pankow Builders Ltd. (Corporate Anniversaries) (Company Profile)". Hawaii Business. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
↑ "Honolulu CDP, HI." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 21, 2009.
↑ Pageant has isles sitting pretty
↑ http://www.diamondheadclassic.com/about.html

External links

Official page for the Stan Sheriff Center from the UH Athletics web site

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Academics	Business Law Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources

Facilities	Aloha Stadium East–West Center The Fourth Sign Hamilton Library Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology John Young Museum of Art Les Murakami Stadium Lyon Arboretum Stan Sheriff Center Waikiki Aquarium

Organizations	Associated Students of the University of Hawaii

Media	Asian–Pacific Law & Policy Journal Ka Leo O Hawaii KTUH

Men's athletics	Baseball Basketball Football

Women's athletics	Basketball Seasons 2009–10 Softball Volleyball Beach volleyball

People	Alumni Faculty

Related	Hawaii Ocean Time-series University of Hawaii System

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball

Venues	Neal S. Blaisdell Center (1964–1994) Stan Sheriff Center (1994–present)

People	Head coaches Notable players

Seasons	1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Basketball arenas in the Big West Conference

Mott Athletic Center (Cal Poly) Titan Gym (Cal State Fullerton) Matadome (Cal State Northridge) Stan Sheriff Center (Hawaiʻi) Walter Pyramid (Long Beach State) UC Davis Pavilion (UC Davis) Bren Events Center, Crawford Hall (UC Irvine) UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (UC Riverside) UCSB Events Center (UC Santa Barbara)

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