Golden 1 Center, the Sacramento Kings' new $557 million arena, has set a new benchmark for NBA facilities.
At the main entrance on the arena’s northwest side, five towering glass doors fold up garage-style — together standing 50 feet tall and 150 feet wide — to create the NBA’s first indoor-outdoor venue.
“California is all about indoor-outdoor living,” Kings owner Vivke Ranadivé told SportsBusiness Journal. “The architects presented many different ideas and when they showed me that idea, that was it. That was something that became the exclamation point for the arena.