Viejas Arena

Viejas Arena
Construction
Steve Fisher Court

Former names	Cox Arena at Aztec Bowl (1997–2009)
Location	5500 Canyon Crest Drive San Diego, California 92115
Public transit	SDSU Transit Center
Owner	San Diego State University
Operator	San Diego State University Associated Students of SDSU
Capacity	12,414 (basketball) 12,845 (center stage concerts) 12,200 (end stage concerts)
Broke ground	March 27, 1995
Opened	July 24, 1997^[1]
Construction cost	$29 million ($42.7 million in 2016 dollars^[2])
Architect	Sink Combs Dethlefs Carrier Johnson^[3]
Structural engineer	Martin/Martin^[3]
Services engineer	M-E Engineers, Inc.^[4]
General contractor	Blake Construction Co., Inc^[3]
Tenants
San Diego State Aztecs (NCAA) (1997–present) San Diego Shockwave (NIFL) (2007)

Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl (formerly named Cox Arena), located on the San Diego State University (SDSU) campus in San Diego, California, is the home of the San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball and women's basketball teams. Viejas Arena opened its doors to the campus and community in July 1997 and seats 12,414 for basketball^[5] and up to 12,845 for concerts.^[6] The facility also hosts SDSU's commencement ceremonies.^[5] Previously, the Aztecs played at Peterson Gymnasium also on the SDSU campus.^[7] However, the men's basketball team played most of their home games at the San Diego Sports Arena prior to Viejas Arena's construction.

Viejas Arena was built on the site of the old Aztec Bowl football stadium (a Works Progress Administration project) on the SDSU campus, and the university (or its affiliated corporation) still owns the arena.^[5] It was originally named Cox Arena after Cox Communications, which owns one of the local cable television systems in the greater San Diego regional area, and which paid fees to become the arena's corporate sponsor.^[5] The arena was renamed to Viejas Arena under a 10-year naming rights agreement announced March 17, 2009. The naming rights agreement with the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians went into effect July 1 and will pay the university about $6 million over the next 10 years.^[8]

Viejas Arena hosted the men's NCAA basketball tournament first and second rounds in 2001, 2006 and 2014.^[5] In the 2006 tourney, the first-round games were delayed and the building evacuated due to a bomb-sniffing dog picking up scents of a potentially dangerous substance. These fears were unfounded, however, and play went on as scheduled.^[9] Because of its status as SDSU's home court, the Aztecs were not allowed to open the tournament at home (under "pod system" rules).^[10]

Viejas Arena has also hosted WCW Bash at the Beach in 1998. In 2007, the arena was the home of the San Diego Shockwave indoor football team for one season.^[11]

Viejas Arena is also used as a large concert venue where major acts perform,^[5] including the Foo Fighters, Janet Jackson, A Day To Remember, Linkin Park, Metallica, Van Halen, Green Day, Rise Against, Lady Gaga, One Direction, Tool, and Drake. The arena is often used as an alternative to the much larger Valley View Casino Center (the former Sports Arena) across town.

The arena was also the host of filming Megadeth's live DVD Blood in the Water: Live in San Diego.

The arena hosted TNA Wrestling's Bound For Glory 2013 pay-per-view event on October 20, 2013. Lady Gaga performed at Viejas Arena on her artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball Tour, on June 2, 2014. Actress and singer Ariana Grande will perform at the arena on her Honeymoon Tour in 2015. The Who will performing at Viejas Arena as part of their The Who Hits 50! tour in 2015.

References

↑ Wesch, Hank (July 25, 1997). "It's an Arena. SDSU Shows Off New Baby". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
↑ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
1 2 3 Raker-Beam Construction Requires Rugged Steel Forms
↑ M-E Engineers Projects - Sports (archived)
1 2 3 4 5 6 Viejas Arena at goaztecs.cstv.com, URL accessed November 24, 2009. Archived 11/24/09
↑ SDSU and Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians Agree on Arena Naming Rights at sdsuniverse.info, URL accessed November 24, 2009. Archived 11/24/09
↑ The Reno Report: SDSU Basketball Re-enters the Arena at eastcountymagazine.com, URL accessed November 24, 2009. Archived 11/24/09
↑ http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=10023979&nav=menu1607_2_2
↑ (10) Alabama 90, (7) Marquette 85 at sports.espn.go.com, URL accessed November 24, 2009. Archived 11/24/09
↑ It's simple: The pod system is a failure at nbcsports.msnbc.com, URL accessed November 24, 2009. Archived 11/24/09
↑ Stadiums in the United States at worldstadiums.com, URL accessed November 24, 2009. Archived 11/24/09

External links

Viejas Arena - official page
Page on goaztecs.cstv.com

Events and tenants
Preceded by Grand Canyon University Arena	Host of Bound for Glory 2013	Succeeded by TBD

San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball

Venues	Peterson Gym (1961–1997) San Diego Sports Arena (alternate; 1966–1997) Viejas Arena (1997–present)

Rivalries	San Diego

Culture & lore	History The Show

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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

NAIA national championship in bold

Basketball arenas of the Mountain West Conference

Live Nation Entertainment

Divisions	Live Nation Live Nation Network Ticketmaster Artist Nation

Subsidiaries	Academy Music Group (51%) BigChampagne DF Concerts (part owner) Festival Republic (majority owner) Gods of Metal Hard Events MAMA & Company (joint venture)

Festivals	Big Guava BluesFest London Bospop Budweiser Made in America Calling Festival City Break Copenhell Creamfields Creamfields Australia Dcode Digital Dreams Discovery Download Faster Horses FortaRock I Love Techno Impact-fest Jamboree in the Hills KISW Pain in the Grass (partnership) Loud Park Lowlands Magic Summer Live Main Square Festival (75%) MixTape Music Midtown North Sea Jazz Paradiso (partnership) The Peach Music Festival Pinkpop Pitch Popaganda Pukkelpop PunkSpring Rock the Beach Rock Werchter Sasquatch! (partnership) Springroove Squamish (50%) Stockholm Music & Arts Summer Sonic Voodoo Watershed Way Out West WYCD Downtown Hoedown (partnership) De Wereld Draait Buiten Where the Wild Things Are

House of Blues clubs and theatres (owned venues in bold)	Bayou Music Center Bogart's Cobb's Comedy Club Comerica Theatre Gramercy Theatre Irving Plaza The Louisville Palace NYCB Theatre at Westbury Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre Old National Centre Punch Line San Francisco Punch Line Sacramento Saint Andrew's Hall The Fillmore Charlotte The Fillmore Detroit The Fillmore Miami Beach The Fillmore Silver Spring Fox Performing Arts Center Riverside Municipal Auditorium The Tabernacle Wellmont Theatre Theatre of Living Arts Tower Theater Warner Theatre

Other venues (owned venues in bold)	PNC Bank Arts Center Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Paramount Theatre (booking only) Union County Performing Arts Center (booking only) San Manuel Amphitheater Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Gibson Amphitheatre Hollywood Palladium Wiltern Theatre First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre FirstMerit Bank Pavilion Bottom Lounge (booking) BB&T Pavilion Festival Pier River Stage at Great Plaza Boyd Theatre Gexa Energy Pavilion Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center (booking only) Palladium Ballroom (booking only) Shoreline Amphitheatre Sleep Train Pavilion The Fillmore Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium Comcast Center Blue Hills Bank Pavilion Orpheum Theatre Paradise Rock Club Brighton Music Hall Jiffy Lube Live Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood Chastain Park Amphitheatre Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (booking only) White River Amphitheatre Ak-Chin Pavilion MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre Klipsch Amphitheatre at Bayfront Park Revolution Live (booking only) Fillmore Auditorium Blossom Music Center Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica (booking only) Sleep Train Amphitheatre (Wheatland) Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (St. Louis) The Pageant (50%) First Niagara Pavilion Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion Red Hat Amphitheater (booking only) PNC Music Pavilion Uptown Amphitheater at the NC Music Factory Klipsch Music Center Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park (booking only) Sleep Train Amphitheatre (Chula Vista) SDSU Open Air Theatre (booking only) Viejas Arena (booking only) XFINITY Theatre Rentschler Field (booking only) Mohegan Sun Arena (booking only) Starlight Theatre (booking only) Alpine Valley Music Theatre Riverbend Music Center (booking only) PNC Pavilion Cruzan Amphitheatre Oak Mountain Amphitheatre Hersheypark Stadium (booking only) Sands Bethlehem Event Center (booking only) Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach Austin360 Amphitheater Isleta Amphitheater Sandia Casino Amphitheater (booking only) Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain Saratoga Performing Arts Center The Gorge Amphitheatre Jamboree in the Hills Festival Site Molson Canadian Amphitheatre Rogers Arena (booking only) Commodore Ballroom Nation Olympic Stadium O2 Apollo Manchester Sheffield Arena O₂ Guildhall Southampton Cream Heineken Music Hall Ziggo Dome Motorpoint Arena Cardiff 3Arena Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Torino Palasport Olimpico Torino Palavela Palais Nikaia (50%)

Bound for Glory venues

Impact Zone (2005) Compuware Sports Arena (2006) Arena at Gwinnett Center (2007) Sears Centre (IV) Bren Events Center (2009) Ocean Center (2010) Liacouras Center (2011) GCU Arena (2012) Viejas Arena (2013) Korakuen Hall (2014) Cabarrus Arena (2015)

Coordinates: 32°46′25.5″N 117°4′28.5″W / 32.773750°N 117.074583°W / 32.773750; -117.074583

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Viejas Arena

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