Desert Diamond Arena

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entertainment venue indoor arena sports venue

Desert Diamond Arena is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in Glendale, Arizona, hosting professional games, concerts, and large-scale events.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
America West Arena	9
Desert Diamond Arena canonical	8
Gila River Arena	5
Glendale Arena	2
Talking Stick Resort Arena	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1208593 — 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: Desert Diamond Arena
Context triple: [Glendale, Arizona, sportsVenue, Desert Diamond Arena]

A. Amway Arena
Amway Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Orlando, Florida, best known as the longtime home venue of the NBA’s Orlando Magic before its replacement by the Amway Center.
B. McNichols Sports Arena
McNichols Sports Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Denver, Colorado, best known for hosting professional basketball and hockey games as well as major concerts and events from the 1970s through the 1990s.
C. Vivint Arena
Vivint Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Salt Lake City, best known as the home venue of the NBA's Utah Jazz.
D. San Jose Arena
San Jose Arena, now known as SAP Center at San Jose, is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in San Jose, California, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks.
E. ARCO Arena
ARCO Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Sacramento, California, best known as the longtime home venue of the NBA's Sacramento Kings.
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: Desert Diamond Arena
Target entity description: Desert Diamond Arena is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in Glendale, Arizona, hosting professional games, concerts, and large-scale events.

A. Amway Arena
Amway Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Orlando, Florida, best known as the longtime home venue of the NBA’s Orlando Magic before its replacement by the Amway Center.
B. McNichols Sports Arena
McNichols Sports Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Denver, Colorado, best known for hosting professional basketball and hockey games as well as major concerts and events from the 1970s through the 1990s.
C. Vivint Arena
Vivint Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Salt Lake City, best known as the home venue of the NBA's Utah Jazz.
D. San Jose Arena
San Jose Arena, now known as SAP Center at San Jose, is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in San Jose, California, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks.
E. ARCO Arena
ARCO Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Sacramento, California, best known as the longtime home venue of the NBA's Sacramento Kings.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	entertainment venue ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ
cityServed	Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
formerName	Gila River Arena ⓘ linked to: Desert Diamond Arena Glendale Arena ⓘ linked to: Desert Diamond Arena Jobing.com Arena ⓘ
formerTenant	Arizona Coyotes ⓘ
hasFeature	club seating ⓘ concession stands ⓘ luxury suites ⓘ team merchandise stores ⓘ video scoreboard ⓘ
hasSurface	multi-surface ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.desertdiamondarena.com/ ⓘ
hosts	boxing events ⓘ college sports games ⓘ ice shows ⓘ large-scale entertainment events ⓘ major concerts ⓘ mixed martial arts events ⓘ professional sports games ⓘ
leagueOfFormerTenant	National Hockey League ⓘ
locatedIn	Arizona ⓘ Glendale, Arizona ⓘ Maricopa County, Arizona ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Mountain Standard Time ⓘ linked to: Mountain Daylight Time
namedAfter	Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment ⓘ linked to: Gila River Hotels & Casinos
nearbyHighway	Arizona Loop 101 ⓘ linked to: Arizona State Route 101
opened	2003 ⓘ
openingDate	December 26, 2003 ⓘ
operator	City of Glendale (Arizona) ⓘ linked to: Glendale, Arizona
owner	City of Glendale (Arizona) ⓘ linked to: Glendale, Arizona
parkingType	surface parking lots ⓘ
partOf	Westgate Entertainment District ⓘ
primaryUse	basketball ⓘ concerts ⓘ family shows ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ mixed martial arts events ⓘ professional wrestling events ⓘ
regionServed	West Valley region of Phoenix metro area ⓘ linked to: West Valley of the Phoenix metropolitan area
seatingCapacity	approximately 17,000 for hockey ⓘ approximately 18,000 for basketball ⓘ over 18,000 for concerts ⓘ
sponsor	Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment ⓘ linked to: Gila River Hotels & Casinos

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