Viejas Arena
- San Diego State Aztecs (MWC ) (since 1997)
The Viejas Arena Viejas Arena at Aztec officially called Bowl is a sports hall on the campus of San Diego State University, San Diego, California (USA). It serves as the venue for the basketball teams of the University and offers over 12,000 people depending on the event space. In addition to basketball games, concerts, and lectures are held in the arena.
History
With the construction of the arena was started in 1995, in 1997 it was inaugurated and has since served the basketball team the San Diego State Aztecs, as the sports teams of the University of call, as the venue for the basketball games. The arena was in the midst of the old football stadium Aztec Bowl built, similar to the Red Bull Arena Leipzig. After the building was called the Arena Cox Arena, named after the television companies Cox Communications. When the contract expired in 2009, the arena received its current name, derived from Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, a federally organized nation of Kumeyaay Indians, who in the areas of life in and around San Diego for over 10,000 years. This agreement brings the university in ten years, a six million U.S. dollars.
1998 WCW Bash at the Beach tournament was held in the arena. 2001 and 2006, the arena hosted the first two rounds of the National Basketball College Cup NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Championship. The tournament in 2006 had to be stopped and evacuated, as an explosive detection dog sniffed perfumes potentially hazardous substances. However, the tournament could be continued without prejudice. In October 2013, TNA Wrestling Bound for Glory event took place here.
In addition, the arena is often used as a concert arena. Thus occurred in recent years been well known bands and artists such as Linkin Park, Metallica, Green Day, Rise Against, Lady Gaga, One Direction or Drake on there. Often, the Arena serves as an alternative to the Valley View Casino Center a few miles away. 2012 held Tenzin Gyatsho, the 14th Dalai Lama, a part of its Compassion Without Borders program, a presentation in the arena.