Surface Hardwood Capacity 10,300 Phone +1 808-956-6955 | Broke ground December 1992 Opened 21 October 1994 Architecture firm Heery International | |
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Former names Special Events Arena (1994-1998) Location 1355 Lower Campus Drive
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822-2312 Operator University of Hawaii at Manoa Construction cost $32.24 million
($52.1 million in 2016 dollars) Address 1355 Lower Campus Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA Owner University of Hawaii at Manoa Teams Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball, Hawaii Rainbow Warriors men's basketball Similar Les Murakami Stadium, Aloha Stadium, Hawaiian Islands, Waikiki Shell, Waikiki Aquarium | ||
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The Stan Sheriff Center is a 10,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Initially named the Special Events Arena when it opened in 1994, the arena was renamed in 1998 after Stan Sheriff (1932–1993), a former UH athletic director who lobbied for its construction.
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Stan Sheriff Center is home to the University of Hawaiʻi men's Rainbow Warriors basketball and Warriors volleyball, and the women's Rainbow Wahine basketball, and Rainbow Wahine volleyball teams.
On May 12, 1998, the Miss Universe pageant was held at the Center. The Diamond Head Classic midseason college basketball tournament is held in December. and the annual regional FIRST Robotics Competition. As Hawaii's largest indoor arena, the Stan Sheriff Center is the site of many major concert tours in Honolulu. Concert capacity is 11,000 for an end-stage show and 11,300 for a center-stage show. The World Championship Wrestling used the Stan Sheriff Center as its Hawaiian stop from 1994 until the organization folded in 2001. The arena hosted two NBA preseason games between the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz on October 4 and 6, 2015. Both were designated as Lakers home games; the Jazz swept the short series, winning the second game in overtime.