The worst arena in NBA history is not Sleep Train Arena. The worst arena in NBA history was the first home of the Sacramento Kings: The original ARCO Arena. It was a temporary facility where the Kings played until the next ARCO Arena (later Power Balance Arena, before becoming Sleep Train Arena), the one featured in this video. When the Kings moved to Sacramento from Kansas City (and Omaha?) they needed a place to play until a proper arena was built. What to do? They took a vacant office building, hollowed it out, added a basketball court with wood high school gymnasium style bleachers, and voila, an NBA arena was born! I actually went to a game there in the Kings season in Sacramento (against the Clippers). It had all the feel gymnasium. A video should be produced on that place.
@@bryantsteury8910I can't find anything about if it was an office building before the Kings moved in. But after they moved out it did get converted into an office building for Sprint Communications and is now part of the California Dept of Consumer Affairs.
@@JustcallmeGnarly22 It was a new building and had not been occupied before it was converted in to a temporary arena. It might have been still under construction when the decision was made to make the conversion. It had not been leased, so it was available. But it was designed as an office building and constructed for that purpose. And the conversion was short term temporary and it showed.
They built that arena very quickly and now it houses the California Department of Consumer Affairs in North Natomas. I think the Kings played a playoff game there against the Houston Rockets...
The Kings were bought by a local developer, Gregg Lukenbill. He moved the Kings from KC and built the first temporary arena in 1986, then the new Arco Arena in 1988. Lukenbill was not that rich, so he had to cut corners on the construction of Arco Arena. He also tried to lure the Raiders to Sacramento, and he started the construction of the stadium. He ran out of money, and sold the team to Jim Thomas, who sold the Kings to the Maloof family. I think Steve Ballmer had an agreement to buy the Kings and move them to Seattle, but the NBA found a group of local owners, Headed by Vivek Ranadive to keep the team in Sacramento. Ballmer eventually bought the Clippers...
I like the grassy areas outside the arena. I don't think it looks that bad. Sleep Train is a terrible name for an arena though. Almost as bad as Smoothie King.
When it opened in 1988 it wasn’t the smallest by capacity. Boston Garden had around 14,500 seats. Arco had a little more than 17,000. The only arena that made its debut in 1988 that was way ahead of its time was the Palace of Auburn Hills home of the Detroit Pistons.
ARCO/Sleep Train Arena is just one of several arenas built during the NBA’s late 1980s expansion that were immediately rendered obsolete by the Palace of Auburn Hills’ abundance of premium seating. It lasted the longest with the fewest improvements, but I’m not convinced that makes it the worst.
Every Trip down I-5 to SoCal..once a year in the late summer I always looked for the Arco/SleepTrain Arena..it started getting harder to see with all the new condos going up..then it just disappeared..now I know why.. thanks!!
Honestly I would not consider Sacramento kings as an obscure team honestly the Clippers are probably more obscure since a lot of people probably forget they even exist.
The major difference is the Clippers play in Los Angeles and the Kings play in Sacramento the size of the LA market keeps eyes on the Clippers even if they do suck while Sacramento probably shouldn't even have a team because at best it's the third biggest market in it's state and that's being generous
Dude you couldn't be more WRONG! It had the best atmosphere in the NBA, even visiting players loved playing there, some even feared it because of the loudest fans in the NBA. A lot of great memories in that arena and the outside had beautiful trees around it. Again your off base and you were never in there for any event.
I'd rather see an NBA game at Arco Arena any day over the new Golden One Center. Arco Arena had that mom and pop feel that had that feeling of magic when you came in. This video sounded better on mute. I big fat thumbs down in my opinion.
@@principalmcvicker6530yea i apologize if arco arena didn’t have a seat that jerks you off, or not having suites for billionaires which i assume you are if not having a box seat triggers your hate for it 👍. The fact that it was a smaller venue made it more personal and fun for real fans. I love the new stadium too, but to say this stadium was the worst in the nba is a joke
For some further proof that Sleep Train Arena was terrible, prior to the NHL going with San Jose & Anaheim as part of their California expansion in the early 90's, there was talk that Sleep Train Arena could be used to house an NHL expansion team or be the home of the Hartford Whalers as there were rumors that they wanted to relocate to the West Coast. However once the NHL saw the size of the arena & the lack of club seats, they immediately rejected the idea of expanding to Sacramento & instead focused their efforts on San Jose & Anaheim. They also told the Whalers to look at Charlotte or Raleigh as a place they could move to (the Whalers eventually moved to Raleigh in 1997 & became the Hurricanes).
I kinda wonder why the A's didnt explore Sacramento rather than Vegas. Not sure the full demographics of Sac but would be pretty cool to see a team there.
A couple of things. I went to Kings games from 2006-2016. I never even knew the foundation for a multipurpose stadium was there and I only learned about it maybe 6 months ago. My understanding was the construction of the foundation was more of a political stunt to generate buzz around attracting a team or teams. There was no real plan to complete it.
I went there once alongside my performing classmates for Governor Gray Davis’ inauguration ball in January 1999, and the weather was blustery FRIDGET around 0 degree Celsius
Seriously, stop looking at Wikipedia and some photos and coming up with garbage content. Boston Garden opened in 1928 and was used till 1995. It was a Hockey arena doubling as a basketball arena and was much worse than ARCO arena and used way too long. Same goes for the Chicago Stadium that the bulls won all their championships. It opened in 1929 as a hockey arena and served for the Bulls from 1967 through 1994. ARCO was entirely privately funded. I always thought it was cheaply built, but if it is only supposed to be in use for 20-30 years, then why spend more. Most important, it was built primarily as a basketball only facility and got the spectators much closer to the action than any facility in use today. One level of suites meant the upper deck people were much closer to the action. The venue sucked as a concert venue, but as a basketball facility it really was top notch. Except for the plastic seats and plywood subfloor. The NCAA thought enough of the venue to hold NCAA tournament games there almost every third year. Honestly, you are complaining about how the building looks when you can look back to what Boston Garden, Chicago Stadium, Seattle's Arena all looked like? You blast Sacramento for not having any other professional sports but give a pass to Portland? This as most of your rants is just pathetic. But hey you got me to post.
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Funny to compare a 1988 building with future buildings in built 15 years in the future
Not going to lie. It was one of the best atmosphere I've ever been to. Lakers Kings was electric.
Too bad California has enough teams and Kings should be relocated anyway. They are within driving range of the Warriors for crying out loud
The worst arena in NBA history is not Sleep Train Arena. The worst arena in NBA history was the first home of the Sacramento Kings: The original ARCO Arena. It was a temporary facility where the Kings played until the next ARCO Arena (later Power Balance Arena, before becoming Sleep Train Arena), the one featured in this video.
When the Kings moved to Sacramento from Kansas City (and Omaha?) they needed a place to play until a proper arena was built. What to do? They took a vacant office building, hollowed it out, added a basketball court with wood high school gymnasium style bleachers, and voila, an NBA arena was born! I actually went to a game there in the Kings season in Sacramento (against the Clippers). It had all the feel gymnasium.
A video should be produced on that place.
Jesus Christ is that right?
@@bryantsteury8910I can't find anything about if it was an office building before the Kings moved in. But after they moved out it did get converted into an office building for Sprint Communications and is now part of the California Dept of Consumer Affairs.
@@JustcallmeGnarly22 It was a new building and had not been occupied before it was converted in to a temporary arena. It might have been still under construction when the decision was made to make the conversion. It had not been leased, so it was available. But it was designed as an office building and constructed for that purpose. And the conversion was short term temporary and it showed.
They built that arena very quickly and now it houses the California Department of Consumer Affairs in North Natomas. I think the Kings played a playoff game there against the Houston Rockets...
Yep 1625 N Market! I went to a game there back when Wayman Tisdale played for the Kings.
The Arena looks like a hospital.
Cue joke about it being a burn unit for how bad the kings were
It's about to be a hospital
Hey, what the hell as a Sacramento Kings fan? That’s way too harsh.
No, this was an amazing arena.
Man those fans sure got loud though....with their cowbells =)
The Kings were bought by a local developer, Gregg Lukenbill. He moved the Kings from KC and built the first temporary arena in 1986, then the new Arco Arena in 1988. Lukenbill was not that rich, so he had to cut corners on the construction of Arco Arena. He also tried to lure the Raiders to Sacramento, and he started the construction of the stadium. He ran out of money, and sold the team to Jim Thomas, who sold the Kings to the Maloof family.
I think Steve Ballmer had an agreement to buy the Kings and move them to Seattle, but the NBA found a group of local owners, Headed by Vivek Ranadive to keep the team in Sacramento.
Ballmer eventually bought the Clippers...
I would love to see a video on the old Miami Arena (AKA the Pink Elephant)
That was the worst arena in NBA history
That was my house
I used to love the upper level
They had everything up there
The upper level at G1C sucks and it's too high and it's dangerous
I like the grassy areas outside the arena. I don't think it looks that bad. Sleep Train is a terrible name for an arena though. Almost as bad as Smoothie King.
When it opened in 1988 it wasn’t the smallest by capacity. Boston Garden had around 14,500 seats. Arco had a little more than 17,000. The only arena that made its debut in 1988 that was way ahead of its time was the Palace of Auburn Hills home of the Detroit Pistons.
ARCO/Sleep Train Arena is just one of several arenas built during the NBA’s late 1980s expansion that were immediately rendered obsolete by the Palace of Auburn Hills’ abundance of premium seating. It lasted the longest with the fewest improvements, but I’m not convinced that makes it the worst.
You didn't mention the tunnel that was constructed that was going to connect both the arena and stadium
Every Trip down I-5 to SoCal..once a year in the late summer I always looked for the Arco/SleepTrain Arena..it started getting harder to see with all the new condos going up..then it just disappeared..now I know why.. thanks!!
Honestly I would not consider Sacramento kings as an obscure team honestly the Clippers are probably more obscure since a lot of people probably forget they even exist.
The major difference is the Clippers play in Los Angeles and the Kings play in Sacramento the size of the LA market keeps eyes on the Clippers even if they do suck while Sacramento probably shouldn't even have a team because at best it's the third biggest market in it's state and that's being generous
@@Waltvault I've lived in Sacramento and their far from having one of the best fanbases in the NBA
@@ddcs0sit’s the 19th biggest in the country dude
@@ddcs0sname a better one
You give us The Sleep Train Arena and I’ll raise you the Meadowlands Arena.
Dude you couldn't be more WRONG! It had the best atmosphere in the NBA, even visiting players loved playing there, some even feared it because of the loudest fans in the NBA. A lot of great memories in that arena and the outside had beautiful trees around it. Again your off base and you were never in there for any event.
I'd rather see an NBA game at Arco Arena any day over the new Golden One Center. Arco Arena had that mom and pop feel that had that feeling of magic when you came in. This video sounded better on mute. I big fat thumbs down in my opinion.
Your opinion. But it has the best memories. I will always miss ARCO arena.
Maybe the best atmosphere of any pro sport. All kings fans were a family
That Sacramento baseball stadium is basically Angel Stadium
Dude that arena was the loudest place in nba history. You don’t diddly squat
He never mentioned volume, bud. Sorry they tore down your favorite concrete cube
@@principalmcvicker6530ong 💀💀
@@principalmcvicker6530yea i apologize if arco arena didn’t have a seat that jerks you off, or not having suites for billionaires which i assume you are if not having a box seat triggers your hate for it 👍. The fact that it was a smaller venue made it more personal and fun for real fans. I love the new stadium too, but to say this stadium was the worst in the nba is a joke
Horrible video. You have no idea how insane the atmosphere in Arco was
You forgot Salt Palace and Hemisfair Arena.
For some further proof that Sleep Train Arena was terrible, prior to the NHL going with San Jose & Anaheim as part of their California expansion in the early 90's, there was talk that Sleep Train Arena could be used to house an NHL expansion team or be the home of the Hartford Whalers as there were rumors that they wanted to relocate to the West Coast. However once the NHL saw the size of the arena & the lack of club seats, they immediately rejected the idea of expanding to Sacramento & instead focused their efforts on San Jose & Anaheim. They also told the Whalers to look at Charlotte or Raleigh as a place they could move to (the Whalers eventually moved to Raleigh in 1997 & became the Hurricanes).
Saw a NHL game there back in the early 90’s. It wasn’t that bad actually
You should do a story about Reunion Arena, the old home of the Mavericks and Stars.
Don't you dare talk about Arco like that we loved this place
I live 25 minutes from it, my deceased grandma graduated there in 2016. It’s now demolished. I’ve never been to it. Sad I’ve never been to it.
This looks like a government building
How dare you disrespect Arco Arena.
You have very obviously not gone to a game at the Oakland Alameda County Collesium !!!!!
It actually looks pretty good to me. Here in Australia is would be the best Basketball Stadium in the Entire Country.
Yeah but with how much money the NBA generates there are higher expectations
@@ddcs0snot in 1988
Well, if the NBA hadn't done what they did in 2002, they might have gotten the new arena sooner.
I liked this growing up. I thought it was cool Sacramento has a nba team think about that...
I kinda wonder why the A's didnt explore Sacramento rather than Vegas. Not sure the full demographics of Sac but would be pretty cool to see a team there.
It’s like you predicted the future
Smoothie King Center literally exists
Richfield coliseum would like a word
Quite unique how they did the conversion from basketball to ice.
The worst arena, check out the THE COW PALACE, in Daly city. The sharks and the San Francisco Warriors played their along time ago
Cow Palace is really really really bad
Pedro Stojakovic
Best place ever!!!! Sooo many great memories there!!!
Key Arena lost a franchise in Seattle
Where the 2002 NBA title was stolen!
Need a video on the Richfield Coliseum, unless I missed it.
The arena in the sticks
Yup...where Jordan hit "The Shot"
@@DavidFreeman-hd5hk Yes
Strange that the ice rink was perpendicular to the basketball court and not parallel like everywhere else.
3:12 Looks like/reminds me of a 2020 makeshift COVID Hospital.....yikes
It would be cool if you reviewed NHL arenas from both the present and the past such as the Colisee de Quebec, the old Winnipeg Arena, etc.
Pacific Coliseum. I think it's still standing.
A couple of things. I went to Kings games from 2006-2016. I never even knew the foundation for a multipurpose stadium was there and I only learned about it maybe 6 months ago. My understanding was the construction of the foundation was more of a political stunt to generate buzz around attracting a team or teams. There was no real plan to complete it.
If they got a team they would have completed it
Market Square Arena was pretty bad. I went to games there. It got loud though!
Do what was at a point known as Continental Airlines Arena
I went there once alongside my performing classmates for Governor Gray Davis’ inauguration ball in January 1999, and the weather was blustery FRIDGET around 0 degree Celsius
I was there for Arnold’s inauguration after the recall interestingly enough
I been to both arco areans
👍🏼 ditto. They aren’t that far from each other
Nice Video Dude!
76's was 9-73 in 1972-73......Nuggets were 11-71 in 1997-98. Cincinnati Royals( Kansa City either)never win the NBA. ever.
It looked cheap on TV
That arena was very irrelevant since it’s built in the 80’s and beyond outdated.
Seriously, stop looking at Wikipedia and some photos and coming up with garbage content. Boston Garden opened in 1928 and was used till 1995. It was a Hockey arena doubling as a basketball arena and was much worse than ARCO arena and used way too long. Same goes for the Chicago Stadium that the bulls won all their championships. It opened in 1929 as a hockey arena and served for the Bulls from 1967 through 1994. ARCO was entirely privately funded. I always thought it was cheaply built, but if it is only supposed to be in use for 20-30 years, then why spend more. Most important, it was built primarily as a basketball only facility and got the spectators much closer to the action than any facility in use today. One level of suites meant the upper deck people were much closer to the action. The venue sucked as a concert venue, but as a basketball facility it really was top notch. Except for the plastic seats and plywood subfloor. The NCAA thought enough of the venue to hold NCAA tournament games there almost every third year. Honestly, you are complaining about how the building looks when you can look back to what Boston Garden, Chicago Stadium, Seattle's Arena all looked like? You blast Sacramento for not having any other professional sports but give a pass to Portland? This as most of your rants is just pathetic. But hey you got me to post.
Dude this guy does this for free for us and many people enjoy his content. If you don't like it don't watch it. You saying it's garbage is your opinion. I am very grateful he pumps out so much content.
Bulls only won half their championships at the Stadium. The other three were at the United Center.
@@TheRobincanuck😅
@@TheRobincanuckhe gets paid
Portland sucks
I guess the name pretty much sums up how bad it is.
It wasn't that bad.
I was there opening night. It was a barn