Broke ground 1972 Opened 29 April 1974 | Capacity 10,754 Phone +1 480-727-0000 | |
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Former names ASU Activity Center (1974–1997) Location 600 East Veterans Way
Tempe, AZ 85287 Owner Arizona State University Operator Arizona State University Construction cost $8 million
($38.9 million in 2016 dollars) Address Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, 600 E Veterans Way, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA Team Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball Similar Sun Devil Stadium, Sun Devil Soccer Stadium, McKale Center, Packard Stadium, Maples Pavilion | ||
Wells Fargo Arena (formerly ASU Activity Center) is a 14,000-seat multi-purpose arena located at 600 E Veterans Way in Tempe, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona.
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Constructed in the spring of 1974 as the ASU Activity Center and at the cost of $8 million, it is the home of multiple Arizona State University athletic teams, to include men's basketball, women's basketball, women's volleyball, women's gymnastics, and men's wrestling. The facility also plays host to graduation ceremonies and a variety of concerts and shows. The building replaced Sun Devil Gym as the primary arena for the Sun Devils' basketball team.
Naming rights for the arena were purchased by Wells Fargo & Co. in 1997.
Design
The structure is 403 feet long, 340 feet wide and six stories high. The structure contains offices and locker rooms for men's basketball, women's basketball, women's volleyball, and the men's and women's track and field team, along with a weight room, coaches and film rooms, and an equipment room.
Events
Led Zeppelin played their third-to-last show as part of their 1977 North American Tour
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band performed at the arena on November 5, 1980 during the River Tour. Video and audio of the show were released in 2015 in conjunction with the band's The Ties That Bind commemorative box set, and their performance of "Badlands" was included on 1986's Live 1975–85 album.
The arena hosted the first dates of U2's Joshua Tree Tour in March 1987, with the tour eventually concluding next door at Sun Devil Stadium in December of that year.
It hosted the 1990 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament. Previously, the Sun Devils played at Sun Devil Gym.
The arena has also hosted the 1st and 2nd rounds of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament in both 2015 and 2016.