This layout was a vast contrast to many of its contemporaries, which have their revenue-generating luxury boxes and club seats located in the 'belly' of the arena, thus causing the upper deck to be 2–4 stories higher. The arena was originally laid out in a rather unusual manner, with the club seats and luxury boxes aligned solely along one side of the playing surface, and the general admission seating along the other three sides (the arrangement was later emulated in Ford Field, Addition Financial Arena, Soldier Field, Levi's Stadium, and other venues).
For concerts and other entertainment events, the arena can seat 21,000. The arena includes 92 luxury suites, 9 party suites, and 1,866 club seats. The largest crowd ever for an Atlanta Hawks basketball game at the arena was Game 6 of the 2008 Eastern Conference First Round on (against the Boston Celtics), where there was an announced attendance of 20,425. The arena seats 19,050 for basketball and 17,624 for ice hockey. It is owned by the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority and operated by the Hawks, owned by Tony Ressler along with a group of investors including Grant Hill. It opened in 1999 at a cost of $213.5 million, replacing the Omni Coliseum. It also served as home to the National Hockey League's Atlanta Thrashers from 1999 to 2011, before the team moved to Winnipeg, as well as the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)'s Atlanta Dream from 2008 to 20. The arena serves as the home venue for the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Atlanta Hawks.
State Farm Arena (formerly Philips Arena) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets ( NCAA) (2011–2012)
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