Carver-Hawkeye Arena

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basketball arena indoor arena sports venue

Carver-Hawkeye Arena is a major indoor sports venue at the University of Iowa, best known as the home court of the Iowa Hawkeyes basketball teams.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Carver–Hawkeye Arena	12
Carver-Hawkeye Arena canonical	4
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (for primary basketball use)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T317571 — 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: Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Context triple: [Iowa City, Iowa, isHomeOf, Carver-Hawkeye Arena]

A. Nynex Arena
Nynex Arena was the original name of the large indoor entertainment and sports venue now known as Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
B. Johnson Athletic Center
Johnson Athletic Center is an indoor sports and recreation facility on the MIT campus that hosts the MIT Engineers’ athletic events and training.
C. 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.
D. Van Andel Arena
Van Andel Arena is a major multi-purpose indoor venue in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, best known as the primary ice hockey arena and event center for the region.
E. duPont Athletic Center
The duPont Athletic Center is a major indoor sports and recreation facility at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that supports varsity athletics, physical education, and fitness activities.
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: Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Target entity description: Carver-Hawkeye Arena is a major indoor sports venue at the University of Iowa, best known as the home court of the Iowa Hawkeyes basketball teams.

A. Nynex Arena
Nynex Arena was the original name of the large indoor entertainment and sports venue now known as Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
B. Johnson Athletic Center
Johnson Athletic Center is an indoor sports and recreation facility on the MIT campus that hosts the MIT Engineers’ athletic events and training.
C. 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.
D. Van Andel Arena
Van Andel Arena is a major multi-purpose indoor venue in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, best known as the primary ice hockey arena and event center for the region.
E. duPont Athletic Center
The duPont Athletic Center is a major indoor sports and recreation facility at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that supports varsity athletics, physical education, and fitness activities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	basketball arena ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ
affiliation	Big Ten Conference ⓘ
alsoUsedFor	concerts ⓘ gymnastics ⓘ university events ⓘ volleyball ⓘ wrestling ⓘ
associatedWith	Iowa Hawkeyes athletics department ⓘ linked to: University of Iowa
brokeGround	1979 ⓘ
city	Iowa City ⓘ linked to: Iowa City, Iowa
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
hasAccessibility	wheelchair-accessible seating ⓘ
hasFeature	bowl-style seating ⓘ practice facilities nearby ⓘ
hasHomeTeamColors	black and gold ⓘ
hasNickname	Carver ⓘ
hasParking	adjacent parking lots ⓘ
hasRenovation	major renovation in early 2010s ⓘ
hasScoreboardType	center-hung scoreboard ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://hawkeyesports.com ⓘ
homeVenueOf	Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team ⓘ linked to: Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team ⓘ Iowa Hawkeyes women's gymnastics team ⓘ Iowa Hawkeyes women's volleyball team ⓘ Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling team ⓘ
locatedIn	Iowa City, Iowa ⓘ
locatedOnCampusOf	University of Iowa ⓘ
namedAfter	Roy J. Carver ⓘ
notableFor	hosting Iowa Hawkeyes home basketball games ⓘ large crowds for wrestling events ⓘ
opened	1983 ⓘ
operatedBy	University of Iowa ⓘ
ownedBy	University of Iowa ⓘ
partOf	University of Iowa athletics facilities ⓘ linked to: University of Iowa
primaryUse	college basketball ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
replaced	Iowa Field House ⓘ
seatingCapacity	15000+ ⓘ
state	Iowa ⓘ
surfaceType	hardwood court ⓘ
tenant	Iowa Hawkeyes ⓘ
usedFor	NCAA basketball games ⓘ NCAA wrestling meets ⓘ graduation ceremonies ⓘ high school tournaments ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

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

Iowa City, Iowa → isHomeOf → Carver-Hawkeye Arena ⓘ

University of Iowa → hasFacility → Carver-Hawkeye Arena ⓘ

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball → homeArena → Carver–Hawkeye Arena ⓘ