Amway Arena

About Amway Arena

Amway Arena was an NBA and WNBA arena in Orlando, Florida. It opened in 1989 and closed in 2012. It was designed by Cambridge Seven Associates. Its last recorded capacity was 15,077. Tenants included Orlando Magic (NBA, 1990–2010) and Orlando Miracle (WNBA, 1999–2002). On our ranked lists it ranks 19th for most name changes among 121 venues with 3 or more names and 76th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years. It has also been known as TD Waterhouse Centre (1999–2005), The Arena in Orlando (2006) and Orlando Arena (until 1998).

Appears in

• 19th for most name changes among 121 venues with 3 or more names
• 76th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
• 7th for most name changes among 29 basketball arenas with 3 or more names
• 4th shortest-lived of 46 basketball arenas with known opening and closing years
• 46th longest single tenancy (20 years) of the 109 longest on record in basketball arenas
• 39th longest single tenancy (20 years) of the 104 longest on record in NBA arenas
• 3rd for most name changes among 13 WNBA arenas with 3 or more names
• 27th longest single tenancy (3 years) of the 37 longest on record in WNBA arenas

Venue Information

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Capacity by layout

Seating capacity depends on how the building is laid out for each event. Figures are the best sourced claim per layout.

The site today

• The site is now part of Luminary Green, a park.

From OpenStreetMap data near the venue's recorded coordinates, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Maps show what is there now, not the old footprint.

Teams

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Frequently Asked Questions

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

• Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
• OpenStreetMap (ODbL): What stands on the site today.
• OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
• VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
• Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point), Architect and operator.
• Wikimedia Commons (Public domain): Photograph.
• Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): Capacity, professional wrestling layout, Capacity, hockey layout.