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Jobing.com Arena, Arizona’s Premiere Sports & Entertainment Center, is a state-of-the-art,<br />
multi-purpose facility located at Loop 101 and Glendale Avenue. The arena anchors the<br />
223-acre, $1 billion development Westgate City Center, the “crown jewel” of sports and<br />
entertainment complexes.<br />
Owned by the City of Glendale, Jobing.com Arena is home to the National Hockey League’s<br />
(NHL) <strong>Phoenix</strong> <strong>Coyotes</strong> and a multitude of spectacular entertainment events annually. With<br />
two separate concourses on two seating levels, Jobing.com Arena’s open concourses<br />
are fan-friendly and provide fans with an open view of the ice. The Arena also features<br />
an intimate seating bowl that has all the modern amenities. The venue seats 17,125 for<br />
<strong>Coyotes</strong> games and both seating levels have been strategically situated to create great<br />
hockey sightlines.<br />
T<strong>here</strong> are 87 luxury suites in Jobing.com Arena, including two tower suites and 12 party<br />
suites that can accommodate large groups of up to 50 people. In addition, the Gila River<br />
Casions Club (located on the club suites level) consists of 400 upscale seats with unique<br />
club and dining opportunities. Club Bud Light is an upscale private club, open exclusively<br />
to season ticket holders. The Club is located directly behind the <strong>Coyotes</strong> and visiting team<br />
player benches, offering fans unique views of both the <strong>Coyotes</strong> and visiting team players as<br />
they enter and exit the ice.<br />
Fans visiting this exceptional arena enjoy state-of-the-art technology, including an electronic<br />
display system with 360-degree video boards, an eight-sided scoreboard, an advanced<br />
in-arena production studio and superior acoustics for concerts and other special events.<br />
The building opened on December 26, 2003 with the Arizona Sting’s inaugural National<br />
Lacrosse League (NLL) game. The following night, December 27, the <strong>Coyotes</strong> hosted the<br />
Nashville Predators in front of a standing-room only crowd of 19,052 for the inaugural NHL<br />
game at Jobing.com Arena. The arena has also hosted five NHL Playoff series, including the<br />
2012 Western Conference Final.<br />
Jobing.com Arena has hosted numerous world-class concerts and events since opening in<br />
December 2003. Some of the music industry’s top performers were welcomed to Glendale<br />
in the arena’s inaugural year including Prince, Rod Stewart, Toby Keith, Britney Spears and<br />
Usher. The arena was bestowed “the best new major concert venue in North America” by<br />
the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards in 2003. The venue has also hosted major acts and<br />
numerous sell-outs such as U2, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Bruce<br />
Springsteen, Kenny Chesney and Motley Crue.<br />
Many more A-list acts and major up-and-coming artists have played the venue including,<br />
Taylor Swift, Aerosmith with Lenny Kravitz, Nickelback, Bon Jovi, Madonna, Bruce<br />
Springsteen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, John Mayer, Tim<br />
McGraw and Faith Hill.<br />
Jobing.com Arena has also hosted a variety of live entertainment in recent years including,<br />
Smuckers Stars on Ice, Street League Skateboarding, Nuclear Cowboyz, Professional Bull<br />
Riding (PBR) and World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). The arena has brought a number of<br />
family oriented shows to Glendale including the likes of Radio City Christmas Spectacular,<br />
Nickelodeon Story Time Live!, Sesame Street Live!, the Harlem Globetrotters and Cirque<br />
de Soliel.<br />
Every February, Jobing.com Arena comes alive with “February Frenzy”, the Arizona<br />
Interscholastic Association’s (AIA) high-school tournaments and state championships for<br />
basketball and wrestling.<br />
In August 2011, Jobing.com Arena upgraded the rink system in compliance with new NHL<br />
guidelines. The new glass is an acrylic composite with each panel weighing only 100 lbs.<br />
The new viewing experience for fans will be second to none. Each panel along the first row<br />
of the lower bowl is now 8 feet by 6 feet and 5 feet by 8 feet in both end zones. Fans will<br />
be closer to the action than ever before.<br />
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Jobing.com arena fast facts<br />
• Fastest built arena of its kind in the United States<br />
(18 months)<br />
• Over 20,000 people were involved in the construction process with a grand total of<br />
1.5 million man-hours. At the peak of construction, 840 people worked on site at<br />
one time.<br />
• 47,000 yards of concrete<br />
• 5,000 tons of steel to reinforce the concrete structure<br />
• 1,600 tons of steel support the roof which covers 187,000 square feet (4.3 acres)<br />
• Steel in roof weighs 5 million pounds<br />
• Roof covers 4 acres and supports 187,000 feet<br />
of insulated roofing<br />
• 31,000 square feet of exterior glass<br />
• 30 miles of piping systems<br />
• 220 miles of wiring<br />
• 41,000 lineal feet of storm drain piping<br />
• 300,000 square feet of sidewalk<br />
was created<br />
• 2,400 tons of air conditioning<br />
• 10,000 gallons of water is used to create the ice sheet for hockey/figure skating<br />
• The 34,000 pound center hung scoreboard (28 feet by 28 feet) cost $2.5 million.<br />
It has four 9’ x16’ video instant replay screens and is raised and lowered by an<br />
electric winch capable of hoisting 50,000 pounds that is mounted up in the roof<br />
truss section directly over center ice.<br />
CONSTRUCTION Began on June 17, 2002<br />
COMPLETION December 2003, 18 months of construction<br />
OPENING DATE December 26, 2003 – Arizona Sting vs. Vancouver Ravens<br />
OPENING HOCKEY December 27, 2003 – <strong>Phoenix</strong> <strong>Coyotes</strong> vs. Nashville Predators<br />
OPENING CONCERT February 12, 2004 – Bette Midler<br />
COST<br />
$220 million<br />
ARCHITECTS HOK<br />
CONTRACTOR Perini Construction<br />
OWNER<br />
City of Glendale<br />
MANAGEMENT Arena Management Group<br />
SIZE<br />
Located on 223 acres, the arena complex is 612,900 square feet<br />
and built 90 feet underground<br />
LOCATION 9400 West Maryland Avenue; Glendale Avenue, Arizona 85305<br />
SEATING Seating capacity for hockey – 17,125 with a maximum of 20,000<br />
PARKING 7,000 parking spaces on site around the arena<br />
LUXURY SUITES 87 suites located on two mid-level concourses, each<br />
accommodates up to 20 guests<br />
PUBLIC ENTRANCES Five entrances, located at Gate 1(southwest), Gate 2 (west), Gate<br />
4 (north), Gate 6 (east) and Gate 7 (southeast).<br />
MEDIA ENTRANCE Located at Gate 1, in the southwest corner of the Arena. Parking<br />
is located in Lot E, accessible from <strong>Coyotes</strong> Lane at 91st Avenue.
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