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NBA arenas: capacities, cities and home courts

Find each team’s main home court, compare listed basketball capacities and opening years, and explore games played at other venues.

Home courts are identified by the most collected regular-season home games, with preseason used only when regular-season venue data is unavailable. Counts cover collected games, not a guarantee of a complete schedule.

All 30 NBA teams and their main scheduled home courts
TeamHome arenaCity / regionBasketball capacityOpenedRegular seasonPreseason
Atlanta HawksState Farm ArenaAtlanta, Georgia17,0441999402
Boston CelticsTD GardenBoston, Massachusetts18,6241995402
Brooklyn NetsBarclays CenterBrooklyn, New York17,7322012401
Charlotte HornetsSpectrum CenterCharlotte, North Carolina19,0772005402
Chicago BullsUnited CenterChicago, Illinois20,9171994403
Cleveland CavaliersRocket ArenaCleveland, Ohio19,4321994402
Dallas MavericksAmerican Airlines CenterDallas, Texas19,2002001402
Denver NuggetsBall ArenaDenver, Colorado19,5201999401
Detroit PistonsLittle Caesars ArenaDetroit, Michigan20,3322017402
Golden State WarriorsChase CenterSan Francisco, California18,0642019403
Houston RocketsToyota CenterHouston, Texas18,0552003401
Indiana PacersGainbridge FieldhouseIndianapolis, Indiana17,9231999392
LA ClippersIntuit DomeInglewood, California18,0002024401
Los Angeles LakersCrypto.com ArenaLos Angeles, California18,9971999402
Memphis GrizzliesFedExForumMemphis, Tennessee17,7942004402
Miami HeatKaseya CenterMiami, Florida19,6001999403
Milwaukee BucksFiserv ForumMilwaukee, Wisconsin17,3412018402
Minnesota TimberwolvesTarget CenterMinneapolis, Minnesota18,0241990401
New Orleans PelicansSmoothie King CenterNew Orleans, Louisiana16,8671999391
New York KnicksMadison Square GardenNew York, New York19,8121968403
Oklahoma City ThunderPaycom CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma18,2032002402
Orlando MagicKia CenterOrlando, Florida18,8462010402
Philadelphia 76ersXfinity Mobile ArenaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania20,0071996402
Phoenix SunsMortgage Matchup CenterPhoenix, Arizona17,0711992402
Portland Trail BlazersModa CenterPortland, Oregon19,4111995402
Sacramento KingsGolden 1 CenterSacramento, California17,6112016402
San Antonio SpursFrost Bank CenterSan Antonio, Texas18,3542002363
Toronto RaptorsScotiabank ArenaToronto, Ontario19,8001999401
Utah JazzDelta CenterSalt Lake City, Utah18,3061991402
Washington WizardsCapital One ArenaWashington, D.C.20,3331997402

Game counts refer to the main arena in each row. Alternate venues appear below. A dash means no matching sourced fact is available.

About these arena figures

Cities, basketball capacities and opening years are reported by Wikipedia contributors in the linked source revision. Capacities vary by event configuration and renovations; these are not ticket inventory or guaranteed event seating totals. Opening years describe the current building, not the franchise’s founding year.

Wikipedia: List of NBA arenas — source revision · Facts extracted and reformatted by whynba.

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NBA arena comparisons

Which NBA arena has the largest listed basketball capacity?

United Center has the largest basketball capacity in this collected 30-arena list, at 20,917 seats.

Which NBA arena has the smallest listed basketball capacity?

Smoothie King Center has the smallest listed basketball capacity, at 16,867 seats.

What are the oldest and newest NBA arena buildings?

In this list, Madison Square Garden is the oldest current building, opened in 1968; Intuit Dome is the newest, opened in 2024.

Games at other venues

An alternate venue does not necessarily mean a neutral-site game. Dates below use Eastern Time.

Game venues come from the collected NBA schedule and whynba data. Explore special NBA games.