Guangzhou International Sports Arena ( Chinese : 广州国际体育演艺中心 ) is an indoor arena located in Guangzhou , China that was completed in September 2010. It is used mostly for basketball and it has a seating capacity of 18,000 spectators. On October 16, 2010, it hosted an NBA pre-season game between the New Jersey Nets and Houston Rockets . A sellout crowd attended this game as Houston beat New Jersey, 95–86.
4-671: Designed by MANICA Architecture in partnership with the Guangzhou Design Institute, the Guangzhou Arena not only hosted the Asian Games events in 2010, but is home to a wide variety of events such as basketball, international ice events, and major music concerts. The building's design also specifically accommodates the standards of the NBA, a feature that will allow it to become home to the league's expansion throughout Asia. The arena
8-635: A China sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . MANICA Architecture Manica (stylized as MANICA ) is a Kansas City, Kansas -based architecture firm. The firm owned by namesake David Manica was formed in 2007, who previously worked at sports architecture firm HOK Sport , where he was the lead designer on The O2 Arena , the new Wembley Stadium and the Beijing National Stadium . Manica has designed numerous sports and entertainment facilities, such as: Manica has also been contracted for: This article about
12-534: Is planned as part of a larger Sport and Entertainment District in the heart of the new Luogang District to the East of downtown Guangzhou. On 23 September 2011, Irish vocal pop band Westlife held a concert for Gravity Tour supporting their album Gravity . On September 20, 2014, Korean girl group, 2NE1 held a concert at this arena for their All Or Nothing World Tour. On 18 April 2015, American singer-songwriter Katy Perry performed her first show of her Asian leg of
16-619: The Prismatic World Tour at the arena. This was also her very first show in China. On 3 June 2017, Joker Xue , a Chinese singer-songwriter, headlined the arena as part of his I Think I've Seen You Somewhere Tour. On 30 August 2017, Ariana Grande performed at this arena for the first time as part of the Dangerous Woman Tour . [REDACTED] Media related to Baoneng Guangzhou Arena at Wikimedia Commons This article about
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