Continental Airlines Arena
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Continental Airlines Arena was a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in East Rutherford, New Jersey, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils and the NBA’s New Jersey Nets.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Continental Airlines Arena canonical | 19 |
| former Continental Airlines Arena | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T926365 — 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)
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Target entity: Continental Airlines Arena Context triple: [New Jersey Devils, formerHomeArena, Continental Airlines Arena]
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A.
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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B.
Dunkin' Donuts Center
Dunkin' Donuts Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Providence, Rhode Island, best known for hosting hockey games, concerts, and other large-scale events.
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C.
Quicken Loans Arena
Quicken Loans Arena, now known as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in downtown Cleveland that long served as the home court of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.
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D.
Xfinity Center
Xfinity Center is a major indoor sports arena and event venue at the University of Maryland, best known as the home court of the Maryland Terrapins basketball teams.
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E.
Gateway Center Arena
Gateway Center Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue located in College Park, Georgia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Continental Airlines Arena Target entity description: Continental Airlines Arena was a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in East Rutherford, New Jersey, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils and the NBA’s New Jersey Nets.
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A.
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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B.
Dunkin' Donuts Center
Dunkin' Donuts Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Providence, Rhode Island, best known for hosting hockey games, concerts, and other large-scale events.
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C.
Quicken Loans Arena
Quicken Loans Arena, now known as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in downtown Cleveland that long served as the home court of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.
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D.
Xfinity Center
Xfinity Center is a major indoor sports arena and event venue at the University of Maryland, best known as the home court of the Maryland Terrapins basketball teams.
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E.
Gateway Center Arena
Gateway Center Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue located in College Park, Georgia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entertainment venue
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former indoor arena ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Meadowlands Arena ⓘ |
| architect | Grad Partnership ⓘ |
| brokeGround | 1977 ⓘ |
| cityServed | New York metropolitan area ⓘ |
| closed | 2015 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerName |
Brendan Byrne Arena
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Izod Center ⓘ |
| homeArenaOf |
New Jersey Devils
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New Jersey Nets ⓘ
linked to:
Brooklyn Nets
Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball ⓘ |
| hostedEvent |
NBA games
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NHL games ⓘ college basketball games ⓘ concerts ⓘ family shows ⓘ professional wrestling events ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Rutherford, New Jersey
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Meadowlands Sports Complex ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Bergen County, New Jersey ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Brendan Byrne
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Continental Airlines ⓘ |
| notableFeature | served as primary indoor arena in New Jersey for major league sports for several decades ⓘ |
| opened |
1981
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July 2, 1981 ⓘ |
| operator | New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority ⓘ |
| owner | New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority ⓘ |
| partOf | Meadowlands Sports Complex ⓘ |
| primaryTenant |
New Jersey Devils
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New Jersey Nets ⓘ
linked to:
Brooklyn Nets
Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Northern New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
North Jersey
|
| renovated |
1996
ⓘ
2007 ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Prudential Center ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | around 20,000 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityForBasketball | approximately 20,000 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityForIceHockey | approximately 19,000 ⓘ |
| sport |
basketball
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ice hockey ⓘ |
| tenancyEnd |
New Jersey Devils 2007
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New Jersey Nets 2010 ⓘ Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball 2010 ⓘ |
| tenancyStart |
New Jersey Devils 1982
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New Jersey Nets 1981 ⓘ Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball 1985 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Continental Airlines Arena Description of subject: Continental Airlines Arena was a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in East Rutherford, New Jersey, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils and the NBA’s New Jersey Nets.
Referenced by (20)
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