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Golden 1 Center’s latest award: ‘Facility of the Year’

The eight-month-old Golden 1 Center picked up its latest award on Thursday, with the Sports Business Journal naming the Kings’ new arena its “Facility of the Year” for 2017.

The article cited LEED Platinum certification and its distinctive glass doors as a few of the arena’s notable strong points.

Introducing your @sbjsbd Sports Facility of the Year! #sbjawards pic.twitter.com/k8KklzcRF8

— Golden 1 Center (@Golden1Center) May 25, 2017

“I have to give my team full credit for this because they simulated and went through everything that could possibly go wrong, whether it was traffic or congestion walking in,” Kings chairman Vivek Ranadive told the Sports Business Journal.