Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion

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Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion is an indoor sports and events venue in Seattle that serves as the primary home court for the University of Washington Huskies basketball and volleyball teams.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion canonical	13
Alaska Airlines Arena	5

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1425787 — 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: Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Context triple: [University of Washington, hasArena, Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion]

A. Seattle Center Coliseum
Seattle Center Coliseum, later known as KeyArena, was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Seattle best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Seattle SuperSonics and a major venue for sports and entertainment events.
B. Gill Coliseum
Gill Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, primarily serving as the home venue for the university’s basketball and other athletic programs.
C. McKeon Pavilion
McKeon Pavilion is an on-campus athletic arena at Saint Mary's College of California, best known for hosting the college’s basketball games and other sporting events.
D. Thompson–Boling Arena
Thompson–Boling Arena is a large multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue located on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville.
E. Pauley Pavilion
Pauley Pavilion is a renowned indoor arena on the UCLA campus best known as the home court of the UCLA Bruins basketball teams and a major venue for collegiate sports and events.
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: Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Target entity description: Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion is an indoor sports and events venue in Seattle that serves as the primary home court for the University of Washington Huskies basketball and volleyball teams.

A. Seattle Center Coliseum
Seattle Center Coliseum, later known as KeyArena, was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Seattle best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Seattle SuperSonics and a major venue for sports and entertainment events.
B. Gill Coliseum
Gill Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, primarily serving as the home venue for the university’s basketball and other athletic programs.
C. McKeon Pavilion
McKeon Pavilion is an on-campus athletic arena at Saint Mary's College of California, best known for hosting the college’s basketball games and other sporting events.
D. Thompson–Boling Arena
Thompson–Boling Arena is a large multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue located on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville.
E. Pauley Pavilion
Pauley Pavilion is a renowned indoor arena on the UCLA campus best known as the home court of the UCLA Bruins basketball teams and a major venue for collegiate sports and events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	basketball venue ⓘ college basketball arena ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ volleyball venue ⓘ
architecturalStyle	arena ⓘ
city	Seattle ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
formerName	Hec Edmundson Pavilion ⓘ
hasConcessions	food and beverage stands ⓘ
hasFacilityType	multi-purpose indoor arena ⓘ
hasLockerRoomsFor	home teams ⓘ visiting teams ⓘ
hasNickname	Hec Ed ⓘ The Hec ⓘ
hasParking	adjacent campus parking lots ⓘ
hasPublicTransitAccess	served by Seattle public transit ⓘ
hasScoreboardType	center-hung scoreboard ⓘ
hasSeatingType	bleacher seating ⓘ chairback seating ⓘ
hasStudentSection	Dawg Pack ⓘ linked to: The Dawg Pack
homeVenueOf	Washington Huskies men's basketball ⓘ linked to: Washington Huskies Washington Huskies women's basketball ⓘ linked to: Washington Huskies women’s basketball Washington Huskies women's volleyball ⓘ
locatedIn	Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
locatedOn	University of Washington campus ⓘ linked to: University of Washington
namedAfter	Hec Edmundson ⓘ
near	Husky Stadium ⓘ Montlake Cut ⓘ
opened	1927 ⓘ
operatedBy	University of Washington ⓘ
ownedBy	University of Washington ⓘ
partOf	University of Washington athletic facilities ⓘ
primaryUse	NCAA Division I basketball ⓘ NCAA Division I volleyball ⓘ linked to: NCAA women's volleyball
region	Pacific Northwest ⓘ
renovated	1999 ⓘ
seatingCapacityBasketball	approximately 10,000 ⓘ
sponsor	Alaska Airlines ⓘ
state	Washington ⓘ
surface	hardwood court ⓘ
tenant	Washington Huskies ⓘ
usedFor	college basketball games ⓘ college volleyball matches ⓘ concerts ⓘ university events ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Washington → hasArena → Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion ⓘ

Washington Huskies → basketballArena → Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion ⓘ

Seattle Storm → formerHomeArena → Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion ⓘ

Washington Huskies women's gymnastics → homeArena → Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion ⓘ

Washington Huskies women's gymnastics → campusFacility → Alaska Airlines Arena ⓘ