Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p US Airways Center is a sports and entertainment arena located in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. The arena opened in 1992 and is the home of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association and the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. US Airways Center is located near Chase Field, the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and together those two venues make up half of the buildings used for Phoenix area professional teams. (The other two venues, University of Phoenix Stadium and Jobing.com Arena, are located in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale.)The arena was known from its opening until 2006 as America West Arena, with naming rights having been sold to Tempe, Arizona based America West Airlines. In 2005, America West purchased rival carrier US Airways and assumed its name, with the naming rights agreement carried with it. The venue adopted its current name in 2006 after a rebranding, and is the second arena that US Airways has owned the naming rights for after Washington, DC's Capital Centre, which was known as US Airways Arena from 1996 until 1997 after the company, which had been known as USAir prior to that, rebranded.The naming rights agreement in place is set until 2022. However, with the recent merger between US Airways and American Airlines and the rebranding under the American name that will take place, it is unclear whether American will break the contract or rebrand the arena with its own name. American already owns the naming rights to two other arenas, American Airlines Center in Dallas and American Airlines Arena in Miami.The arena finished renovations in 2003, which added an air-conditioned glassed pavilion to keep people cool while waiting in line for tickets or before events.These renovations were part of the Phoenix Suns plan to keep the arena viable when Jobing.com Arena would open and take event dates from America West Arena. The idea to remake the arena came to Jerry Colangelo when he visited Staples Center, and envisioned a similar entertainment district in Phoenix.The Arena also features, the Verve Lounge, a high-class exclusive bar lounge.. }
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- US_Airways_Center abstract "US Airways Center is a sports and entertainment arena located in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. The arena opened in 1992 and is the home of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association and the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. US Airways Center is located near Chase Field, the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and together those two venues make up half of the buildings used for Phoenix area professional teams. (The other two venues, University of Phoenix Stadium and Jobing.com Arena, are located in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale.)The arena was known from its opening until 2006 as America West Arena, with naming rights having been sold to Tempe, Arizona based America West Airlines. In 2005, America West purchased rival carrier US Airways and assumed its name, with the naming rights agreement carried with it. The venue adopted its current name in 2006 after a rebranding, and is the second arena that US Airways has owned the naming rights for after Washington, DC's Capital Centre, which was known as US Airways Arena from 1996 until 1997 after the company, which had been known as USAir prior to that, rebranded.The naming rights agreement in place is set until 2022. However, with the recent merger between US Airways and American Airlines and the rebranding under the American name that will take place, it is unclear whether American will break the contract or rebrand the arena with its own name. American already owns the naming rights to two other arenas, American Airlines Center in Dallas and American Airlines Arena in Miami.The arena finished renovations in 2003, which added an air-conditioned glassed pavilion to keep people cool while waiting in line for tickets or before events.These renovations were part of the Phoenix Suns plan to keep the arena viable when Jobing.com Arena would open and take event dates from America West Arena. The idea to remake the arena came to Jerry Colangelo when he visited Staples Center, and envisioned a similar entertainment district in Phoenix.The Arena also features, the Verve Lounge, a high-class exclusive bar lounge.".