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 | Nationwide Arena
200 West Nationwide Blvd.
Columbus, OH 43215
614-246-2000
Nationwide Arena is a sports and entertainment arena in Columbus, Ohio. It opened in 2000 and is the home of the Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL), who were joined for the 2004 season by the Columbus Destroyers (Arena Football League). Here are a few facts about the Arena: | Seating
Hockey and Arena Football: 18,500
Basketball: 19,500
Concerts: up to 20,000
The arena is of an attractive brick design and serves as the center of an entertainment district located about one half mile north of the Ohio State Capitol.
Arena District
The area surrounding Nationwide Arena, appropriately called the Arena District, houses a variety of bars, clubs and a movie theater. Constructed as a seamless entity, Columbus uses the arena as a drawing point for the city with the various other establishments feeding off of the foot traffic. The Lifestyle Communities Pavilion concert venue, and Arena Grand Theatre adjacent to the Nationwide Arena property, completes the entertainment complex.
Nationwide Arena also houses a smaller ice rink called the Dispatch IceHaus (formally named the CoreComm IceHaus). This facility serves as the practice rink for the Blue Jackets and is also used for youth hockey games and open skating times for the public. This facility makes Nationwide Arena the only NHL arena with an on-site practice facility.
Unique Features
Two 80-foot party suite towers anchor the arena's stage end. Each tower represents three suites for a total of six suites. Party tower suites, seating between 24-48 people, are available for rent during hockey games and family shows.
A 70-foot glass-enclosed atrium, open lobbies and concourses allow guests to immediately feel part of the action.
A 135-foot light tower will illuminate the downtown Columbus sky to signal an event happening inside Nationwide Arena.
Ownership:
The venue is named for the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, whose home office is located nearby. Nationwide's real estate development affiliate, Nationwide Realty Investors, financed and developed the project--making it one of the only privately financed arenas in the nation. | History
Arena Size: 685,000 total square feet in the main arena; 110,000 total square feet in attached practice facility, the CoreComm Ice Haus.
Total project size: 800,000 square feet (includes practice rink, office and retail space)
Structural Facts:
1.5 million labor hours expended
9,400 tons of steel
1.3 million bricks laid (exterior)
44 miles of pipe installed
300 miles of wire
40,000 cubic yards of concrete
12,000 gallons of paint
60,000 square feet of glass (exterior)
200,000 watts of power for audio/sound system
6,596 light fixtures
First Event: "Soul to Soul" Tour featuring Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, September 9 and 10, 2000
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