Toyota Center

Toyota Center was established with the purpose of becoming the home ground of the Houston Rockets - a professional basketball team. Despite wanting a new gymnasium in 1995, however, due to competing interests with a third party, it was not until 2001 that construction officially began.

A building formerly owned by the Houston Electric and Lighting Company was demolished to make way for the arena, and two streets were closed during construction. Morris Architects, designed the 70,000 square meter building, and Hunt Construction was contracted to build. At the request of Alexander, owner of the Houston Rockets, the arena was built 9.8 meters below the road surface so that fans don't have to walk up stairs to get to their seats. And to do this, $12 million was spent to dig 24,100 cubic meters of soil over four months, which is considered Houston's largest underground excavation. The total time for construction was 26 months and the highest workforce mobilized was 650 people.

The new arena officially opened in October 2003 at a total cost of $235 million, of which the city of Houston paid for the majority, and the Rockets paid for the upgrades in addition to $100 million for the right to book. name that Toyota paid for. The company's logo was placed on the roof of the building, as well as in other prominent locations inside the arena, and the company was given a "dominant presence" in the advertisements shown during the events. broadcast the games played at the arena.

The arena can accommodate 18,104 seats for a basketball game, 17,800 seats for ice hockey games and 19,300 seats for concerts. In addition, the Toyota Center features 103 luxury suites and 2,900 club chairs with premium offers, extra-large seating, a full private bar with premium wine and beverage selections, and service. special help.

The Toyota Center also houses two restaurants, Sterling Vineyards Red & White Wine Bistro, located in the lower south suite of the arena, both with large dining rooms, private bars, twin towers of 1,500 bottles and view of the arena. In addition, there is a Levy restaurant that manages discount services in the arena and provides snacks on main meetings, and also serves a VIP restaurant for those who own suites and club seats. the set.

Some other facilities inside Toyota Center for Rockets fans:

Legendary Lockers : Take a trip through Rockets history taking pictures on the Championship field and go on a journey with some of the Houston Rockets' all-time greats with a replica locker displaying jerseys, shoes, photos and stats.

Rockets Store : Visit the Official Rockets Team Store to purchase exclusive on-court apparel, jerseys, shirts and accessories that visitors can't find anywhere else.

In the first year after opening, the total number of people attending events at the arena exceeded 1.5 million people. The record for a basketball game is 18,583, set on March 26, 2010, when the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Rockets 109–101.

In 2010, the Toyota Center became the first professional sports facility in Texas to earn the Silver Certification of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

Website : www.toyotacenter.com

Phone : 713-758-7200

Ticket office hours :

Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 18:00

Saturday and Sunday closed