FTX Arena
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FTX Arena
FTX Arena in 2012 (then named American Airlines Arena)
FTX Arena is located in Miami
FTX Arena
FTX Arena
Location in Miami
FTX Arena is located in Florida
FTX Arena
FTX Arena
Location in Florida
FTX Arena is located in the United States
FTX Arena
FTX Arena
Location in the United States
Former namesAmerican Airlines Arena (1999–2021)
Address601 Biscayne Boulevard
LocationMiami, Florida
Coordinates25°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
Public transitMetrorail (Miami-Dade County) Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre
Brightline MiamiCentral
Metromover Freedom Tower
Metromover Park West
Parking939 parking spaces
OwnerMiami-Dade County
OperatorBasketball Properties Ltd.
CapacityBasketball: 19,600;
16,500 (Without upper levels)
Concerts: 5,000-20,021
SurfaceMulti-surface
Construction
Broke groundFebruary 6, 1998
OpenedDecember 31, 1999
Construction cost$213 million
ArchitectArquitectonica
360 Architecture (formerly Heinlein Schrock Stearns)
Project managerParsons Brinckerhoff
Structural engineerThornton Tomasetti
Services engineerFlack+Kurtz
General contractorMorse-Diesel/Odebrecht/Facchina
Main contractorsJohn J. Kirlin, LLC
Simpson Constructors
Crown Corr Inc.
Tenants
Miami Heat (NBA) (2000–present)
Miami Sol (WNBA) (2000–2002)