Glendale Arena
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Glendale Arena is an arena located in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. It is home to the Phoenix Coyotes of the NHL and the Arizona Sting of the NLL. Completed in 2003, the arena cost $180 million. It seats 17,500 for hockey and lacrosse. Glendale Arena sits across the street from Cardinals Stadium, which is currently under construction.
The arena replaced the America West Arena (now the US Airways Center) in downtown Phoenix, as the home for the Coyotes; the AWA was primarily designed for basketball, and remains home to the NBA's Phoenix Suns. When the Coyotes were sold to a partnership led by Steve Ellman, that group committed to building a new arena in suburban Glendale. Originally promised to open in 2001, Glendale Arena opened midway through the 2002-03 season.
Glendale Arena is expected to gain the 2009 NHL All-Star Game after losing the 2006 game because of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement ratification in the National Hockey League. Under the terms of the new agreement, the All-Star Game would not be held during the year of the Winter Olympics for players to participate in the Winter Olympics. Philips Arena, which lost the game in 2005 because of the lockout, has been awarded the 2008 game.
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