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 FTX Arena in 2012 (then named American Airlines Arena) |
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Former names | American Airlines Arena (1999–2021) |
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Address | 601 Biscayne Boulevard |
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Location | Miami, Florida |
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Coordinates | 25°46′53″N 80°11′17″W / 25.78139°N 80.18806°W / 25.78139; -80.18806Coordinates: 25°46′53″N 80°11′17″W / 25.78139°N 80.18806°W / 25.78139; -80.18806 |
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Public transit | Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre MiamiCentral
Freedom Tower
Park West |
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Parking | 939 parking spaces |
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Owner | Miami-Dade County |
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Operator | Basketball Properties Ltd. |
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Capacity | Basketball: 19,600; 16,500 (Without upper levels) Concerts: 5,000-20,021 |
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Surface | Multi-surface |
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Broke ground | February 6, 1998 |
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Opened | December 31, 1999 |
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Construction cost | $213 million |
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Architect | Arquitectonica 360 Architecture (formerly Heinlein Schrock Stearns) |
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Project manager | Parsons Brinckerhoff |
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Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
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Services engineer | Flack+Kurtz |
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General contractor | Morse-Diesel/Odebrecht/Facchina |
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Main contractors | John J. Kirlin, LLC Simpson Constructors Crown Corr Inc. |
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Miami Heat (NBA) (2000–present) Miami Sol (WNBA) (2000–2002) |