(FOX40.COM) — The Golden 1 Center is commemorating its 10-year anniversary, having officially opened in downtown Sacramento in 2016, officials announced Wednesday.
According to the center, milestones over the past decade include:
Hosting more than 14 million visitors.
Generating $19.6 billion in economic impact.
Making $16.3 million in charitable contributions.
Running community programs for more than 230,000 young people.
Becoming the world’s first LEED Platinum-certified indoor sports venue.
Becoming the world’s first professional sports facility powered entirely by solar energy.
Named the #1 NBA arena by ESPN (2024).
Home to the NBA Team of the Year (2023-2024).
Ranked as the second busiest arena in the U.S. and sixth busiest in the world by Billboard (2026).
Ensuring 90% of the food ingredients used at the arena come from farmers and producers within 150 miles.
Click here to read the center’s full impact report.
To celebrate the anniversary, the Golden 1 Credit Union is sponsoring a sweepstakes where for each event it hosts, a winner will be selected to get free tickets. The Golden 1 Center Golden Ticket sweepstakes runs from Oct. 4 to June 30. Click here to enter.
Source: Downtown Sacramento Partnership
“Ten years ago, we set out to create more than a world-class arena — we wanted to build a place that reflected the spirit of Sacramento and showed what was possible when a community comes together around a shared vision,” said Sacramento Kings owner and chairman Vivek Ranadivé in a press release.
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