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Coordinates: 46°1312N 119°1301W / 46.22°N 119.217°W / 46.22; -119.217
 

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Toyota Center
The Coliseum, Retter & Company Theatre
Looking northeast in 2006
Toyota Center is located in Washington (state)
Toyota Center

Toyota Center

Location within Washington State

Toyota Center is located in the United States
Toyota Center

Toyota Center

Location within the United States

Former namesThree Rivers Coliseum
(2004–2005)
Tri-Cities Coliseum
(1988–2004)
Location7016 W. Grandridge Blvd.
Kennewick, Washington, U.S.
Coordinates46°13′12N 119°13′01W / 46.22°N 119.217°W / 46.22; -119.217
OwnerCity of Kennewick
OperatorVenuWorks
Capacity7,200 (concerts)
6,519 (basketball)
5,694 (hockey)
2,081 (theatre)[1]
SurfaceMulti-surface
Construction
Broke ground1987
OpenedNovember 19, 1988[5]
36 years ago
Construction cost$10 million[2]
($25.8 million in 2023[3])
ArchitectPBK Architects, Inc.[4]
Tenants
Tri-City Americans (WHL) (1988–present)
Tri-City Chinook (CBA) (1991–1995)
Tri-Cities Fever (AF2/NIFL/IFL) (2005–2016)
Tri-Cities Fire (AWFC) (2019)
Website
www.yourtoyotacenter.com
Kennewick is located in the United States
Kennewick

Kennewick

Location in the United States
Kennewick is located in Washington (state)
Kennewick

Kennewick

Location in Washington

The Toyota Center is a multi-purpose arena in the northwest United States, located in Kennewick, Washington.

Opened 36 years ago in 1988 as the Tri-Cities Coliseum, the arena's name was changed in 2004 to the Three Rivers Coliseum to match the Three Rivers Convention Center, which was built next door in the same year. In October 2005, a deal was reached between the city of Kennewick and Toyota, which agreed to pay $2 million over ten years for naming rights. The city uses the funds for needed improvements and upgrades to the facility. A smaller facility next door, built by the city in 1998, was named "Toyota Arena."

The Toyota Center is located west of central Kennewick, just northwest of Vista Field, which closed eleven years ago in 2013. The elevation at ground level is approximately 500 feet (150 m) above sea level.

Sports[edit]

The Toyota Center is home to the Western Hockey League's Tri-City Americans hockey team.[6] The center was formerly the home of the Tri-City Chinook of the Continental Basketball Association[7] and the Tri-Cities Fever indoor football team. The seating capacity for hockey is about 6,000.

During the 1990 Goodwill GamesinSeattle, the venue was used for ice hockey, since the Kingdome was in use by the Mariners.[8] It has also hosted the state championships for high school volleyball, held in November.

Concerts and shows[edit]

The arena is also used for concerts (capacity 7,715), banquets, ice shows, circuses, and trade shows (27,132 square feet (2,520 m2) of space). Recently, the theatre configuration of the facility has been named "Retter and Company Theatre", sponsored by Retter & Company Sotheby's International Realty & SVN Retter & Company, and the facility now hosts Broadway shows.

It also hosted acts such as Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Slipknot, and Avenged Sevenfold who to date holds the record for largest attendance for any event held, with a sellout of 6,842, based on the configuration for the concert. The legendary rock band KISS is scheduled to perform on July 10, 2016, and is expected to be the highest grossing and biggest concert ever held at the Toyota Center.[9] A concert by Shinedown was filmed at the Toyota Center, and aired on Palladia with the title Madness from Washington State.

Other events[edit]

The Toyota Center has also hosted yearly Jehovah's Witnesses conventions during the month of July. It has held numerous professional wrestling events: WWE house shows when WWE is taping Monday Night RaworFriday Night Smackdown or a PPV event in the nearby cities of Spokane, Yakima, Seattle, and Portland, Oregon.

The arena also hosts children's events, such as Sesame Street Live Make a New Friend!, making the venue an attraction for all ages.[10]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Toyota Center General Information". Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  • ^ Jim Riley (21 November 1988). "Tri-Cities steps into the big-time with Coliseum". Tri-City Herald. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ "Sports & Entertainment – complete project list" (PDF). PBK Architects, Inc. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  • ^ Kathleen Knutson (20 November 1988). "A Dream Fulfilled – Developer sees state-of-the-art building as first of many". Tri-City Herald. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  • ^ Dial, Tracci (March 7, 2014). "Time Lapse: Toyota Center Changeover From Ice to Turf to Court". Tri-Cities, WA: KNDU. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  • ^ "Tri-City Chinook fold". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. wire services. March 21, 1995. p. C2.
  • ^ "Tri-Cities Coliseum gets Games' hockey, skating". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 16, 1989. p. D5.
  • ^ "Legendary rock band KISS to perform July 10 in Kennewick | Tri-City Herald". Archived from the original on 2016-04-12.
  • ^ "Sesame Street Live! Make Your Magic! | Toyota Arena". www.toyota-arena.com. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
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