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Current · NBA
Kaseya Center
Home of the Miami Heat
Miami, FL
Still to visit
Teams
Miami Heat
NBA · basketball
1999–present
Also known as FTX Arena · American Airlines Arena · Miami Arena
Stadium facts
- Capacity
- 19,600
- Basketball. The page also lists 16,500 without the upper levels. Hockey is 14,447. Concerts run from 5,000 to 20,021.Source for capacity
- Opened
- December 31, 1999
- Opened as American Airlines Arena. A Gloria Estefan concert inaugurated the building. Ground was not given as a single date in the infobox fields used here.Source for opened
Names and sponsors
American Airlines Arena
1999–2021
Sponsor: American Airlines
SourceFTX Arena
2021–2023
The page says the naming agreement ended effective January 2023 after the FTX bankruptcy.
SourceMiami-Dade Arena
2023–2023
Temporary name for about three months in 2023.
SourceKaseya Center
2023–present
The lead says a 17-year, $117.4 million agreement began in April 2023.
Source
Timeline
1999
2000
2003
2011
2012
2013
2023
December 31, 1999
Estefan opens the arena
The building opened as American Airlines Arena on December 31, 1999, at a cost of $213 million. The page says a Gloria Estefan concert inaugurated the opening. The Heat's first game was two days later.
SourceUpcoming schedule
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Location
- Brickell / downtown. Central for Kaseya Center; plan car time for hard Rock (Miami Gardens) and loanDepot Park.
- South Beach. Best leisure base — budget rideshares to inland arenas/ballparks.
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