Cross Insurance Arena
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Cross Insurance Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue located in downtown Portland, Maine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cross Insurance Arena canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T759434 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cross Insurance Arena Context triple: [Portland Pirates, homeArena, Cross Insurance Arena]
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A.
State Farm Arena
State Farm Arena is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in downtown Atlanta, best known as the home arena of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks and a host site for concerts and large events.
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B.
PPG Paints Arena
PPG Paints Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the home venue of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.
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C.
Uline Arena
Uline Arena is a historic indoor venue in Washington, D.C., best known for hosting early professional basketball games and notable cultural events, including The Beatles’ first U.S. concert.
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D.
Nynex Arena
Nynex Arena was the original name of the large indoor entertainment and sports venue now known as Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
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E.
KeyBank Center
KeyBank Center is a major indoor arena in Buffalo, New York, best known as the primary venue for professional ice hockey and home of the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cross Insurance Arena Target entity description: Cross Insurance Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue located in downtown Portland, Maine.
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A.
State Farm Arena
State Farm Arena is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in downtown Atlanta, best known as the home arena of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks and a host site for concerts and large events.
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B.
PPG Paints Arena
PPG Paints Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the home venue of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.
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C.
Uline Arena
Uline Arena is a historic indoor venue in Washington, D.C., best known for hosting early professional basketball games and notable cultural events, including The Beatles’ first U.S. concert.
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D.
Nynex Arena
Nynex Arena was the original name of the large indoor entertainment and sports venue now known as Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
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E.
KeyBank Center
KeyBank Center is a major indoor arena in Buffalo, New York, best known as the primary venue for professional ice hockey and home of the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entertainment venue
ⓘ
indoor arena ⓘ multi-purpose arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| cityCenterVenue | yes ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| county | Cumberland County, Maine ⓘ |
| formerName | Cumberland County Civic Center ⓘ |
| formerTenantLeague | American Hockey League ⓘ |
| formerTenants | Portland Pirates ⓘ |
| hasBoxOffice | yes ⓘ |
| hasConcessions | yes ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType | indoor ⓘ |
| hasLockerRooms | yes ⓘ |
| hasLuxurySuites | yes ⓘ |
| hasScoreboard | center-hung scoreboard ⓘ |
| hasSurface |
ice
ⓘ
multi-surface event floor ⓘ |
| hostsEventType |
circus and family entertainment shows
ⓘ
college sports events ⓘ high school sports events ⓘ music concerts ⓘ professional ice hockey games ⓘ wrestling events ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
downtown Portland, Maine
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linked to:
Portland, Maine
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| location | Portland, Maine ⓘ |
| namingRightsHolder | Cross Insurance ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the primary large indoor arena in Portland, Maine ⓘ |
| opened | 1977 ⓘ |
| operator | Cumberland County ⓘ |
| owner | Cumberland County ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
concerts
ⓘ
conventions ⓘ family shows ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ trade shows ⓘ |
| publicTransitAccess | served by Greater Portland Metro bus system ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| renovated | 2012–2014 ⓘ |
| reopenedAfterRenovation | 2014 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity |
approximately 6,700 for hockey
ⓘ
over 8,000 for concerts ⓘ |
| sponsor | Cross Insurance ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| tenantLeague | ECHL ⓘ |
| tenants | Maine Mariners ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cross Insurance Arena Description of subject: Cross Insurance Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue located in downtown Portland, Maine.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.