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The iPayOne Center (formerly San Diego Sports Arena) is an indoor arena located on Sports Arena Blvd in Point Loma, San Diego, California off of Interstate 8. Completed in 1966 at a cost of $6.5 million, the arena seats 12,000 for arena football, 12,920 for ice hockey, 14,500 for basketball and tennis, 5,450 for amphitheater concerts and stage shows, between 8,900 and 14,800 for arena concerts, 13,000 for ice shows and the circus, and 16,100 for boxing and wrestling. It was the home of the San Diego Rockets of the NBA from 1967-1971, the San Diego Conquistadors/Sails of the ABA from 1975-1976, the San Diego Mariners of the WHA from 1974-1977, the San Diego Clippers of the NBA from 1978-1984, the San Diego State University Aztecs basketball teams, off and on, from 1966-1997 as well as numerous indoor soccer and minor league hockey teams over the years. The venue hosted the 1971 NBA All-Star Game and the 1975 NCAA men's basketball Final Four as well. It was also the site of WWE Vengeance 2001 and Taboo Tuesday 2005. In May, the arena will host WWE Friday Night SmackDown!.

Currently it is home to the San Diego Gulls of the ECHL and the San Diego Riptide of the af2. Concerts are also occasionally held there, although other San Diego venues, like the Open Air Theatre and Cox Arena at San Diego State University (on the eastern edge of the city) and SOMA (also in Point Loma), are becoming more popular for musical events.

Since 2004, iPayOne Center's naming rights come from iPayOne, a real estate savings company based in Carlsbad, California.

The arena was slated to be the site for the 1972 Republican National Convention, but financial and security concerns, along with the fear that the arena was too small for such a gathering, prompted the move of the convention to Miami Beach, Florida.

The arena was also featured in the movie Almost Famous, as the site where a young Cameron Crowe goes to cover a Black Sabbath concert for Rolling Stone Magazine.

External links

[iPayOne Center website]

Current arenas in the ECHL
American Conference		National Conference
Arena at Gwinnett Center \| Augusta Civic Center \| Bi-Lo Center \| Cambria County War Memorial Arena \| Carolina Coliseum \| St. Lawrence Homes Home Ice \| Ford Arena¹ \| Germain Arena \| North Charleston Coliseum \| Nutter Center \| Pensacola Civic Center \| Sovereign Bank Arena \| Sovereign Center \| Toledo Sports Arena \| U.S. Bank Arena² \| WesBanco Arena		E Center \| iPayOne Center \| Long Beach Sports Arena \| Orleans Arena \| Qwest Arena \| Rabobank Arena \| Save Mart Center \| Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre\| Stockton Arena \| Sullivan Arena \| US Airways Center
¹ * The Ford Bank Arena will be the home of the Texas Wildcatters starting in 2006.
² The U.S. Bank Arena will be the home of the Cincinnati Cyclones starting in 2006.

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