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Sports venues completed in 1999

  • Smoothie King CenterAfter Hurricane Katrina, a New Orleans arena took in the Superdome's medical operations.
  • Crypto.com ArenaLos Angeles's Crypto.com Arena was nearly never built. People called it "the deal that almost wasn't."
  • State Farm ArenaState Farm Arena put all its luxury seats on one side of the building.
  • Ball ArenaThe Denver Nuggets won their first title at home in Ball Arena on June 12, 2023.
  • Kaseya CenterMiami's Kaseya Center has a scoreboard modeled on underwater sea anemones. It changes colors with the mood of an event.
  • Scotiabank ArenaScotiabank Arena in Toronto began as a 1940s mail sorting building. It sits on land that was once Lake Ontario's floor.
  • Gainbridge FieldhouseGainbridge Fieldhouse once had a swimming pool on its basketball floor. It hosted a 2004 world swimming meet.
  • Historic Crew StadiumHistoric Crew Stadium was the first stadium built for a Major League Soccer club. It opened in Columbus, Ohio, in 1999.
  • Huntington Bank FieldCleveland sank its old stadium's rubble into Lake Erie. Today the debris serves as an artificial reef.
  • Nissan Stadium (Nashville)A tornado destroyed several cranes at the Nashville stadium now called Nissan Stadium in April 1998.

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