This is a list of indoor arenas in the United States.
Municipal and privately owned arenas by seating capacity This is a list of seating capacities for sports and entertainment arenas in the United States with at least 1,000 seats. The list is composed mostly of arenas that house sports teams (basketball, ice hockey, arena soccer and arena football) and serve as indoor venues for concerts and expositions. The arenas in this table are ranked by maximum capacity. Domed stadiums (such as the Superdome in New Orleans and the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis) are excluded from this list.
Rows shaded in yellow indicates arena is permanent home to an NBA, NHL, or WNBA franchise.
Future Venue Location Professional/college teams Capacity Opening year NotesDova ArenaRancho Cordova, CaliforniaMASL Sacramento (MASL)7,5002027 Midway Arena San Diego, California 16,000 TBD New Oklahoma City Arena Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA) TBD 2028 New South Philadelphia ArenaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia Flyers (NHL) Philadelphia 76ers (NBA) Future WNBA Team (WNBA)TBD2030
Historic
Note: "Historic" denotes either demolished, not in practical use or unused. Amway Arena – Orlando, Florida ARCO Arena (1985) – Sacramento, California Bayfront Arena – St. Petersburg, Florida Boston Garden – Boston Bradley Center – Milwaukee (also known as BMO Harris Bradley Center) Britt Brown Arena at Kansas Coliseum – Valley Center, Kansas Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena – Green Bay, Wisconsin Buffalo Memorial Auditorium – Buffalo, New York Capital Centre – Landover, Maryland (also known as USAir Arena and US Airways Arena during its existence) Charlotte Coliseum – Charlotte, North Carolina Chicago Coliseum – Chicago Chicago Stadium – Chicago Civic Arena – Pittsburgh (also known as Mellon Arena) Cleveland Arena – Cleveland, Ohio Coconut Grove Convention Center – Miami (formerly known as the Dinner Key Auditorium) Coliseum at Richfield – Richfield, Ohio Compaq Center – Houston (formerly known as The Summit; now the main worship center for Lakewood Church) Curtis Hixon Hall – Tampa, Florida Denver Coliseum – Denver Duquesne Gardens – Pittsburgh Hara Arena – Trotwood, Ohio HemisFair Arena – San Antonio, Texas Hollywood Sportatorium – Pembroke Pines, Florida International Amphitheatre – Chicago Island Garden – West Hempstead, New York (original arena demolished in 1973) Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum – Jacksonville, Florida Joe Louis Arena – Detroit Kiel Auditorium – St. Louis, Missouri (Enterprise Center stands on the site) Kingdome – Seattle Long Island Arena – Commack, New York Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena – Los Angeles (BMO Stadium stands on the site) Madison Square Garden (second) – New York (built on the site of the first Madison Square Garden; the New York Life Building now stands on the site) Madison Square Garden (third) – New York (demolished in 1968; used as a parking lot until One Worldwide Plaza was built on the site in 1989) Note: The first Madison Square Garden was not an indoor arena. Although used for many sports, it had no roof. Market Square Arena – Indianapolis McNichols Sports Arena – Denver, Colorado Metropolitan Sports Center – Bloomington, Minnesota Mid-South Coliseum – Memphis, Tennessee Minneapolis Auditorium – Minneapolis Motor Square Garden – Pittsburgh Municipal Auditorium – New Orleans New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum – New Haven, Connecticut Olympia Stadium – Detroit Omni Coliseum – Atlanta (State Farm Arena now stands on the site) The Palace of Auburn Hills - Auburn Hills, Michigan Philadelphia Arena – Philadelphia Philadelphia Civic Center – Philadelphia Philadelphia Convention Hall – Philadelphia Pyramid Arena – Memphis, Tennessee (now a Bass Pro Shops megastore) San Francisco Civic Auditorium – San Francisco St. Louis Arena – St. Louis, Missouri (also known as the Checkerdome) St. Paul Civic Center – Saint Paul, Minnesota Salt Palace – Salt Lake City Sam Houston Coliseum – Houston Sleep Train Arena – Sacramento, California (also known as the second ARCO Arena, and later as Power Balance Pavilion) The Spectrum – Philadelphia (also known as CoreStates Spectrum, First Union Spectrum and Wachovia Spectrum) Teaneck Armory – Teaneck, New Jersey War Memorial Gymnasium – San Francisco Washington Coliseum – Washington, D.C. (formerly Uline Arena)
University-owned sports arenas by seating capacity
This table includes indoor arenas by seating capacity, which are owned and operated by universities and colleges and serve as home to college sports teams. Arenas with a capacity of at least 10,000 are included. Arenas which are shared by both professional and college teams, appear on the table of municipal arenas above. Domed stadiums are excluded from this list, with the exception of those which can be configured to serve as the home of major college basketball programs (i.e. the JMA Wireless Dome).
University-owned sports arenas by seating capacity, below 10,000
This table includes indoor arenas by seating capacity, which are owned and operated by universities and colleges and serve as home to college sports teams. Arenas with a capacity of at least 5,000 are included.