Town Toyota Center
| "Eastmont Town Center" | |
| Former names |
Greater Wenatchee Regional Event Center (2007–2008) Town Toyota Arena (2008) |
|---|---|
| Location |
1300 Walla Walla Avenue Wenatchee, Washington 98802  United States |
| Owner | Wenatchee PFD |
| Operator | Wenatchee PFD |
| Capacity |
Basketball: 5,000 Ice hockey/Arena football: 4,300 Concert: 5,800 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 12, 2006[1] |
| Opened | October 5, 2008[2] |
| Construction cost |
$52.8 million ($58.1 million in 2016 dollars[3]) |
| Architect | Sink Combs Dethlefs[4] |
| Project manager | International Coliseums Company[5] |
| Structural engineer | Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers[6] |
| Services engineer | M-E Engineers. Inc.[6] |
| General contractor | Hunt Construction Group[7] |
| Tenants | |
|
Wenatchee Wild (BCHL) (2008–present) Wenatchee Valley Venom (AIFA/IFL) (2010–2011) Pepsi Robertson Cup (NAHL) (2010) | |
Town Toyota Center is a 4,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Wenatchee, Washington. The arena was built and is owned and managed by the Wenatchee Public Facilities District, or PFD. It is the home of the Wenatchee Figure Skating Club, Wenatchee Curling Club, and the Wenatchee Wild of the British Columbia Hockey League.
During planning and early construction, the arena was known as the Greater Wenatchee Regional Events Center, but in August 2008, a local auto dealer bought the naming rights of the arena for an undisclosed amount, giving the arena its current name.
Default
The arena went into default in December 2011 and is expected to lose $400,000 in 2012.[8] A state bailout proposed in 2011 would loan WA money to Wenatchee to temporarily bail out the bond payments. The loan would be repaid back with a 0.2% sales tax increase in Wenatchee.[9]
Notable events
- High School Musical: The Ice Tour – October 29-November 2, 2008
- Newsboys – March 26, 2009
- Tech N9ne – April 26, 2010 and November 2, 2011
- Backstreet Boys "This Is Us" Tour – August 4, 2010
- Paul Wall, Slim Thug, Ying Yang Twins, and Neema – May 6, 2011
- Bill Engvall – July 31, 2011
- Amy Grant & Michael W. Smith 2 Friends Tour – September 15, 2011
- BB King – November 16, 2011
- Ron White – November 20, 2011
- Mannheim Steamroller – December 20, 2011
- The Bad Boys of Arenacross – January 13-14, 2012 and December 27-28, 2013
- Styx – February 1, 2012
- Stars On Ice – February 27, 2012 and May 16, 2014
- Harlem Globetrotters – February 16, 2011 and February 27, 2012 and February 19, 2014
- Michael Londra's Beyond Celtic – March 15, 2012
- Kelly Clarkson - April 13, 2012
- TNA Live! – April 28, 2012
- Sesame Street LIVE!: Elmo Makes Music – May 15-16, 2012
- Joan Sebastian – August 30, 2013
- Larry the Cable Guy - January 15, 2014
- Chicago - March 18, 2014
- Gloria Trevi – April 18, 2014, with Carlito Olivero
- Marco Antonio Solis - August 30, 2015
See also
References
- ↑ New Events Centre Penticton - Castanet.net - John Thomson Report
- ↑ Builder Global Entertainment will manage the $52.8M center for a public facilities district in Wenatchee - Puget Sound Business Journal
- ↑ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
- ↑ Greater Wenatchee Town Toyota Center
- ↑ http://www.globalentertainment2000.com/images/docs/gpi%20brochure1.pdf
- 1 2 GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT CORP - 10-K - 20080829 - BUSINESS
- ↑ http://huntconstructiongroup.com/images/stories/projects/arenas/towntoyota.pdf
- ↑ Town Toyota Center headed for more trouble Archived April 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57333428/sponsor-$42m-wenatchee-bailout-plan-in-trouble/
External links
Coordinates: 47°26′32″N 120°19′18″W / 47.442326°N 120.3217185°W