Coordinates: 25°46′53″N 80°11′17″W

American Airlines Arena

The American Airlines Arena is a sports and entertainment arena
American Airlines Arena
located in Downtown Miami, Florida along Biscayne Bay. It was
constructed beginning in 1998 as a replacement for the Miami Arena AAA
and designed by the architecture firms Arquitectonica and 360 The Triple A
Architecture. The Arena is home to the Miami Heat of the National A3
Basketball Association.

The American Airlines Arena is directly served by the Miami

Metrorail at Government Center station via free transfers to
Metromover Omni Loop, providing direct service to Freedom Tower
and Park West stations. The Arena is also within walking distance
from the Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Metrorail station.

The American Airlines Arena has 2,105 club seats, 80 luxury suites,
and 76 private boxes. The Waterfront Theater is Florida's largest
theater which is housed within the arena, that can seat between 3,000
and 5,800. The theater can be configured for concerts, family events,
musical theatre and other stage shows. American Airlines which has a
hub at Miami International Airport maintains the American Airlines
Arena Travel Center at the venue.[7]

The airline also holds the naming rights for another NBA venue, the
Looking east to the main facade of American
American Airlines Center for the Dallas Mavericks and the Dallas
Airlines Arena
Stars[8], which opened in 2001.

Contents
History
Accessibility
Transportation American
Parking on-site Airlines
Arena
Notable events
Basketball
Professional wrestling
Other sports
Music
Gallery
References Location in Miami
External links

History
The American Airlines Arena opened on December 31, 1999 and its
construction cost was $213 million. Architectural design team
members included George Heinlein, Cristian Petschen, Reinaldo
Borges, and Lance Simon. The American Airlines Arena was
inaugurated with a concert by Gloria Estefan. Two days later, on
January 2, 2000, the Miami Heat played its first game in the new arena
by defeating the Orlando Magic 111–103.

As part of its sponsorship

arrangement, American American
Airlines
Airlines had a giant aircraft Arena
painted atop the arena's roof,
with an American Airlines logo Location in Florida
in the center. The design is
The main façade of the visible from airplanes taking
arena at night off and landing at Miami
International Airport, where
American has a hub. The arena
also has luxury skyboxes called "Flagship Lounges", a trademark
originally used for American's premium-class lounges at certain American
Airlines
airports. Arena
Location in the United States

Local sportscasters often refer to the arena as the "triple-A". Some Address 601 Biscayne Boulevard
sports reporters on the local news stations such as WSVN have Location Miami, Florida
referred to the arena as "A3" (A cubed). The arena is known for its
Coordinates 25°46′53″N 80°11′17″W
unusual scoreboard, designed by Artist Christopher Janney. Drawing
Public Government Center
on the underwater anemone forms, the scoreboard also changes colors
transit Historic Overtown/Lyric
depending on the atmosphere. For concerts in an arena configuration,
Theatre
end stage capacity is 12,202 for 180° shows, 15,402 for 270° shows,
18,309 for 360° shows. For center stage concerts the arena can seat Parking 939 parking spaces
19,146. Owner Miami-Dade County

The Miami Heat has not had to pay to use the $357-million venue,
Operator Basketball Properties Ltd.
which sits on $38 million of county land; the county has paid $64 Capacity Basketball: 19,600;
million in operating subsidies. "It was never a good deal," says former 16,500 (Without upper levels)
Miami-Dade Commissioner Katy Sorenson, who opposed the new Concerts: 5,000-20,021
arena in 1996. "There are certain politicians who just get stars in their Surface Multi-surface
eyes and don't really think about what the real cost is going to be."
Construction
WTVJ, the city's NBC owned-and-operated station in Miami, had their Broke February 6, 1998
Downtown Miami Studios in the back of the arena from 2001 till 201
1. ground
Opened December 31, 1999
Despite American Airlines' logo change, American Airlines Arena still
uses the airline's old logo. Construction $213 million
cost ($320 million in 2018 dollars[1])

Accessibility Architect Arquitectonica

360 Architecture (formerly
Heinlein Schrock Stearns)
Transportation Project Parsons Brinckerhoff
manager
Structural Thornton Tomasetti
 Traffic congestion after events engineer
can cause delays for those who Services Flack+Kurtz[2]
choose to drive to the arena. engineer
Visitors to the American
General Morse-
Airlines Arena are encouraged
contractor Diesel/Odebrecht/Facchina[3]
to take Metrorail, Metromover,
or Metrobus, as parking can be Main John J. Kirlin, LLC[4]
The arena as seen from scarce and expensive. contractors Simpson Constructors[5]
Freedom Tower station.
Metromover's Freedom Tower Crown Corr Inc.[6]
station is located two blocks Tenants
west of the arena. The nearest Metrorail stations are Government Miami Heat (NBA) (2000–present)
Center and Historic Overtown. The Metromover is free to ride and Miami Sol (WNBA) (2000–2002)
connects to Metrorail at Government Center station.

Parking on-site
American Airlines Arena features 939 parking spaces during HEAT Games. On-site parking is reserved for Premium seat and
Dewar's 12 Clubhouse ticket holders. On-site parking spaces must be pre-purchased through the Arena's Official Parking Provider,
ParkJockey.[9][10]

Notable events

Basketball
The American Airlines Arena along with theAmerican Airlines Centerin
Dallas, hosted the 2006 NBA Finals and the 2011 NBA Finals. The
Miami Heat played the Dallas Mavericks. The Heat won the
championship in 2006 in Dallas and the Mavericks won in the 2011
rematch in Miami. These series were the first and second appearances
in the NBA Finals for both franchises. As the airline held the naming
rights to both venues, people nicknamed the matchups as the
"American Airlines series".
The arena hosted the 2012, 2013 and 2014 NBA Finals along with the
Chesapeake Energy Arenain Oklahoma City in 2012, and the AT&T
Center in San Antonio in 2013 and 2014. In 2012, the Heat defeated the
Oklahoma City Thunderin five games, winning the championship at The arena during game 3 of the 2006
home. In 2013, the Heat played theSan Antonio Spurs. The Heat faced NBA Finals
a 3-2 series deficit returning to Miami but won games 6 and 7 to defend
their championship. In 2014, the Spurs defeated the Heat in five games
in San Antonio and won the championship and the rematch.
Since 2015, the arena has hosted the annualHoophall Miami Invitational, a National Collegiate Athletic Association
Division I college basketball showcase event.

Professional wrestling
The arena hosted World Championship Wrestling's Uncensored pay-per-view in 2000. Three major WWE pay-per-view events have
been held at the arena: theRoyal Rumble in 2006, and Survivor Series in 2007 and 2010.

Other sports
The American Airlines Arena also hosted the firstUFC event in the state of Florida, UFC 42: Sudden Impact, on April
25, 2003.
The NFL Honors is scheduled for American Airlines Arena in 2020.
Music
Mariah Carey performed here as part of herRainbow World Tour on March 29,
2000.
On November 7–8, 2002,Cher's Living Proof: The Farewell Tour performed at
American Airlines Arena for anNBC special, which aired in April 2003, winning
an Emmy Award.
On March 28, 2004, Britney Spears performed to a sold out show as part ofThe
Onyx Hotel Tour. The show was broadcast live over the world. She performed
as part of her The Circus Starring Britney SpearsTour at the arena on March 7,
2009 and set an attendance record with a sold-out crowd of 18,644, beating out
Celine Dion who previously gathered a 17,725 crowd. It is noted as the largest
concert attendance in the arena's history as of 2009 .
The 2004 MTV Video Music Awards and 2005 MTV Video Music Awards were
held at the arena
The arena was the setting for the highly publicizedMTV Video Music Awards,
both in 2004 and 2005. Both events brought millions of dollars into theMiami- Shakira has performed 9 sold
Dade County economy. out shows in American
U2 brought their award-winningVertigo Tour to Miami on November 13 and 14, Airlines Arena, the most
2005. number of appearances at
Shakira performed in the arena as part of herTour of the Mongoose for the first the venue among all the
time on December 2, 2002. 4 years later, she performed in the arena on artists. She also holds the
September 15 and 16, 2006 as part of herOral Fixation Tour and returned for 3
more shows (December 7, 8 & 9, 2006), where the DVD footage of the concert record of having most shows
was filmed. With 5 shows together, this makes the Colombian singer obtaining in the venue within one single
the most sold-out shows in the arena as a female artist. She brought her The tour, Oral Fixation Tour in
Sun Comes Out World Tour to the arena again on September 27, 2010. 7 years 2006, with 5 sold out shows.
later, she returned to the arena withEl Dorado World Tour on August 17 and 18,
2018.
On December 4–5, 2007, theArgentine rock band Soda Stereo performed at the American Airlines Arena as part of
his farewell tour Me Verás Volver, being this tour a sellout in Argentina and the Americas. It was six (6) sold out
shows in the famous Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti.
The arena was host toFor Darfur benefit concert, which was the Miami stop forKanye West's Glow in the Dark Tour,
on May 6, 2008.
Tina Turner performed her Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour at the arena on October 30, 2008.
Celine Dion performed her Taking Chances Tour at the arena on January 23, 2009 and set an attendance record
making it the largest crowd in the arena's history
.
The cast of Mexican hit TV seriesTwo Faces of Love beat out Britney Spears selling out a crowd of 18,693 making
this the largest concert attendance in the arena's history, as of 2010.
Lady Gaga performed here for The Monster Ball Tour to a sold-out crowd of 14,695 on April 13, 2011 and was
scheduled return as part of herBorn This Way Ball Tour on March 16, 2013, but cancelled, not only this show but the
entire rest of the tour, due to a hip injury.
Jennifer Lopez performed at the arena on August 31 and September 1, 2012 to two sold-out crowds as part of her
Dance Again World Tour alongside with the help ofEnrique Iglesias.
Madonna performed at the arena on November 19–20, 2012 as part of herMDNA Tour. The sold out shows were
filmed for a DVD, entitledMDNA World Tour.
Miley Cyrus performed a total of three sold-out concerts in the arena, as a part of her
Best of Both Worlds Tour on
January 31, 2008, Wonder World Tour on December 2, 2009 andBangerz Tour on March 22, 2014.
Kanye West performed here during his Saint Pablo T our on September 16–17, 2016.
Australian worship bandHillsong United recorded a 2-hour long live CD/DVD set, entitledHillsong United: Live in
Miami, which was released in August 2011, which was filmed, recorded and played at the arena in front of a sold out
audience.
One Direction performed a sold-out show at the arena on June 14, 2013 as part of their Take Me Home Tour.
Indoor electronic dance music eventSensation took place at the arena on October 11–12, 2013.
Katy Perry performed a sold-out show at the arena as part ofThe Prismatic World Tour on July 3, 2014. She
returned to the arena as part of herWitness: The Tour on December 20, 2017.
Demi Lovato performed a show at the arena as part of herDemi World Tour on September 14, 2014.
Ariana Grande performed a show at the arena as part ofThe Honeymoon Tour on March 28, 2015.[11] She also
performed at the arena for theDangerous Woman Tour on April 14, 2017.
Chris Brown performed for a sold-out crowd at the arena during hisOne Hell Of a Nite Tour on September 3, 2015.
Janet Jackson performed a show at the arena as part ofUnbreakable World Tour on September 20, 2015. She will
perform again on August 5, 2018, as part of herState of the World Tour.
 The Weeknd performed a show at the arena as part ofThe Madness Fall Tour on December 19, 2015.
Rihanna performed a show at the arena on March 15, 2016 as a part of herAnti World Tour.[12]
Selena Gomez performed at the arena as part of herRevival Tour on June 11, 2016.[13]
Maroon 5 performed a show at the arena as part of theirMaroon V Tour on September 7, 2016
Adele performed two sold-out concerts at the arena as part of herAdele Live 2016 tour on October 25–26, 2016.[14]
Demi Lovato performed a sold-out show at the arena as part of herTell Me You Love Me World Tour on March 30,
2018.

Gallery

Arena during the 2004 Front view of the AAA in View from Biscayne Bay View from the north at
NBA Playoffs July 2010 night

Arena at night

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External links
Official website
Satellite view from Google Maps

Events and tenants [hide]

Preceded by Home of the Miami Heat Succeeded by
Miami Arena 1999–present current
Preceded by Home of the Miami Sol Succeeded by
none 2000–2002 none
Preceded by Home of the Royal Rumble Succeeded by
Save Mart Center 2006 AT&T Center

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