Multi-purpose arena in Tempe, Arizona
Desert Financial Arena
[3]
(formerly
ASU Activity Center
and
Wells Fargo Arena
) is a 14,198-seat
[4]
multi-purpose
arena
located at 600 E Veterans Way in
Tempe, Arizona
, a suburb of
Phoenix
. It sits immediately east of
Mountain America Stadium
on the northern edge of the Tempe campus of
Arizona State University
(ASU).
Constructed in the spring of 1974 as the University Activity Center (or the "You-Ack") and at the cost of $8 million, it is the home of
men's basketball
, women's basketball, and women's volleyball and former home of women's gymnastics and men's wrestling. The facility also plays host to graduation ceremonies and a variety of concerts and shows. The building replaced
Sun Devil Gym
as the primary arena for the Sun Devils' basketball team.
The former naming rights for the arena were purchased by
Wells Fargo & Co.
in 1997. The current naming rights to arena were purchased by
Desert Financial Credit Union
in 2019 for $1.5 million for 5 years.
Design
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The structure is 403 feet (123 m) long, 340 feet (100 m) wide and six stories high. The structure contains offices and locker rooms for men's basketball, women's basketball, women's volleyball, and the men's and women's track and field team, along with a weight room, coaches and film rooms, and an equipment room.
Events
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The Eagles
played at the facility on October 15, 1976, with the setlist including the first live performance of
“Hotel California.”
[5]
[6]
Bruce Springsteen
& the
E Street Band
performed at the arena on November 5, 1980 during the
River Tour
. Video and audio of the show were released in 2015 in conjunction with the band's
The Ties That Bind
commemorative box set, and their performance of "
Badlands
" was included on 1986's
Live 1975?85
album.
The arena has also hosted the 1st and 2nd rounds of the
NCAA
Women's Basketball Tournament in both
2015
and
2016
.
See also
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References
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- ^
1634?1699:
McCusker, J. J.
(1997).
How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda
(PDF)
.
American Antiquarian Society
.
1700?1799:
McCusker, J. J.
(1992).
How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States
(PDF)
.
American Antiquarian Society
.
1800?present:
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
"Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800?"
. Retrieved
February 29,
2024
.
- ^
a
b
c
"ASU Tempe Campus Buildings Survey, 1960-2007"
(PDF)
. Arizona State University. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on November 13, 2013
. Retrieved
November 6,
2013
.
- ^
Staff, Arizona's Family Digital News.
"ASU's Wells Fargo Arena getting new name"
.
AZFamily
. Retrieved
2019-10-15
.
- ^
"Thesundevils.com"
. Phoenix. December 4, 2010
. Retrieved
December 15,
2010
.
- ^
"Eagles Setlist at ASU Activity Center, Tempe"
.
setlist.fm
. Retrieved
2024-03-26
.
- ^
"Iconic Eagles song has Arizona connection"
.
12news.com
. 2022-04-01
. Retrieved
2024-03-26
.
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