ARENA & RETIRED NUMBERS -- works in progress

[Bricklayer]

VI -- ARENA & RETIRED NUMBERS
A -- Arenas
Arco I -- DONE (Bricklayer)
Arco II
plans for new arena
practice facility?
A -- Retired Numbers
#1 Nate Archibald
#2 Mitch Richmond
#4 Chris Webber
#6 6th Man
#11 Bobby Davies
#12 Maurice Stokes
#14 Oscar Robertson
#16 Peja Stojakovic
#21 Vlade Divac
#27 Jack Twyman
#44 Sam Lacey

 

[VF21]

I did some write-ups a few years ago about the numbers in the rafters. I'll see if I can find them.

 

[Bricklayer]

I did some write-ups a few years ago about the numbers in the rafters. I'll see if I can find them.

okay. I am also going to target a couple of specific posters for the older ones, just to try to get some interest.

I'll do Nate Archibald here to provide a sample format, and then leave the rest hopefully to you guys. I think just to make things consistent I'll just use a variety of the normal player format.

 

[VF21]

http://www.kingsfans.com/threads/maurice-stokes-12-royals.2484/

 

[Bricklayer]

Arco Arena I (The Original Arco Arena)
Opened: 1985
Closed: 1988 (repurposed as commercial office building)
Capacity: 10,333

The original home of the Sacramento Kings, the original Arco Arena was a small, temporary sports arena built in Sacramento in order to house the newly acquired Kansas City Kings. Seating only 10,333, it was the smallest arena in the NBA during its three seasons of operation and did not even have an upper deck, but sold out every single game over that span, earning the nickname "The Madhouse On Market Street" (reflecting its address on Market Boulevard). Originally called simply "Sacramento Sports Arena", Arco I also became a pioneer as the first sports arena to sell its naming rights to a corporation (the Atlantic Richfield Company), and both it and its successor building would bear the name "Arco Arena" for the first 26 years of the Sacramento Kings' existence (the naming rights deal ended in 2011).

After the second Arco Arena was built a mile down the road in 1988, the original building was repurposed as a commerical office building at 1625 Market Boulevard, originally housing Sprint Communications, and then in 2005 being taken over by the California Department of Consumer Affairs who moved their headquarters into the building.

The repurposed building in 2015:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARCO_Arena_(1985)
http://www.ballparks.phanfare.com/4258449#imageID=77431612