| Logo Image: | State farm arena logo.svg |
| Location: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Former Names: | Philips Arena (1999–2018) |
| Coordinates: | 33.7572°N -84.3964°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Atlanta #Metro Atlanta#USA Georgia#USA |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Atlanta##Location in the Atlanta area##Location in Georgia##Location in the United States |
| Broke Ground: | June 5, 1997[1] |
| Opened: | September 18, 1999 |
| Renovated: | 2017–2018 |
| Owner: | Steve Koonin (CEO) |
| Operator: | Atlanta Hawks |
| Architect: | Populous (then HOK Sport) Arquitectonica (Expansion) |
| Project Manager: | Barton Malow[2] |
| Structural Engineer: | Thornton Tomasetti[3] |
| Services Engineer: | M-E Engineers, Inc.[4] |
| General Contractor: | Atlanta Arena Constructors (AAC), a joint venture of Beers Construction Co., Holder Construction Co., H.J. Russell & Co. and C.D. Moody Construction Co. |
| Dimensions: | 680000square feet |
| Tenants: | Atlanta Hawks (NBA) (1999–present) Atlanta Thrashers (NHL) (1999–2011) Georgia Force (AFL) (2002, 2005–2007) Atlanta Dream (WNBA) (2008–2016, 2019) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (NCAA) (2011) |
| Publictransit: | MARTA at GWCC/CNN Center at Peachtree Center |
| Address: | 1 State Farm Drive |
| Seating Capacity: | Basketball
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State Farm Arena is a multi-purpose arena located in Atlanta, Georgia. The arena serves as the home venue for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It also served as home to the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League from 1999 to 2011, before the team moved to Winnipeg, as well as the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 2008 to 2016 and 2019, and the temporary home of Georgia Tech basketball in 2011. It opened in 1999 as Philips Arena at a cost of $213.5 million, replacing the Omni Coliseum. It is owned by the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority and operated by the Hawks, owned by Tony Ressler along with a group of investors including Grant Hill.
The arena seats 19,050 for basketball and 17,624 for ice hockey. The largest crowd ever for an Atlanta Hawks basketball game at the arena was Game 6 of the 2008 Eastern Conference First Round on May 2, 2008 (against the Boston Celtics), where there was an announced attendance of 20,425.[5] The arena includes 92 luxury suites, 9 party suites, and 1,866 club seats. For concerts and other entertainment events, the arena can seat 21,000.[10]
The arena was originally laid out in a rather unusual manner, with the club seats and luxury boxes aligned solely along one side of the playing surface, and the general admission seating along the other three sides (the arrangement was later emulated in Ford Field, Addition Financial Arena, Soldier Field, Levi's Stadium, and other venues). This layout was a vast contrast to many of its contemporaries, which have their revenue-generating luxury boxes and club seats located in the 'belly' of the arena, thus causing the upper deck to be 2–4 stories higher. The layout at Philips was done so as to be able to bring the bulk of the seats closer to the playing surface while still making available a sufficient number of revenue-raising club seats and loges.[10] Renovations in 2017–18 removed the upper levels of the suite wall in favor of premium seating spread throughout the arena, turning those upper areas to standard seating.
On the exterior, angled steel columns supporting the roof facing downtown spell out "ATLANTA." The side facing the Georgia World Congress Center originally spelled out "CNN" (whose headquarters adjoins the arena), but that section has since been altered to accommodate a Taco Mac restaurant. The GWCC/CNN Center rail station below the arena provides access to MARTA public transportation.
Eindhoven, Netherlands-based technology company Philips purchased the initial naming rights to the arena in February 1999 for $185 million over 20 years. In February 2018, it was reported that Philips would not renew its naming rights agreement for the arena when it expired in June 2019, primarily due to Philips' withdrawal from the consumer electronics market in 2013.[11] On August 29, 2018, State Farm purchased the naming rights to the arena, in a 20-year deal that cost $175 million.[12] [13] [14]
For the 2007–2008 season, State Farm Arena utilized the new "see-through" shot clock units which allow spectators seated behind the basket to see the action without having the clocks interfere with their view, joining FedExForum, Wells Fargo Center, TD Garden, United Center, Footprint Center and the Spectrum Center. Video advertising panels replaced the traditional scrolling panels.
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| Atlanta Hawks retired numbers | ||||
| No. | Player | Position | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1954–1965 | |||
| 21 | 1982–1994 | |||
| 23 | 1966–1977 | |||
| 44 | 1970–1973 | |||
| 55 | 1996–2001 | |||
| 59 | 2010–2018 | |||
| — | Owner | 1977–2001 |
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, many cities started building new state-of-the-art sporting venues for their NBA and/or NHL franchises, or in hopes of attaining one. Many of these arenas had modern amenities for their high-end customers, such as luxury boxes, club seats, and large, posh club-level concourses; some even had practice facilities on-site. These attractions were rarely found in arenas constructed in the early 1970s, when the Omni Coliseum was built. However, it was likely that the Omni would have had to be replaced in any event due to a serious design flaw. It had been built using Cor-Ten weathering steel that was intended to seal itself, ensuring it would last for decades. However, the Omni's designers didn't account for Atlanta's humid subtropical climate. Rather than form a seal, the Cor-Ten steel never stopped rusting, causing the arena to deteriorate faster than anticipated.
Ted Turner, owner of the Hawks at the time, wanted to bring the NHL back to Atlanta; the city's first NHL team, the Atlanta Flames, had moved to Calgary in 1980. However, the NHL determined that the Omni was not suitable even as a temporary facility due to its structural problems and lack of amenities. The league told Turner that it would only grant an expansion team on condition that a new arena be in place for the prospective team's inaugural season. After much consideration of possible other sites both in Downtown Atlanta and in the suburbs, it was decided that the Omni would be demolished in 1997, and a new arena would be built in the same location; the Omni was demolished on July 26, 1997. The Hawks split their games between the Georgia Dome and Alexander Memorial Coliseum for the next two seasons while Philips Arena was under construction.
Philips Arena held its first event with a September 1999 concert by musician Elton John. The Omni's "center-hung scoreboard" now hangs in the lobby of Philips Arena, where it still displays the Omni's logo along with those of Philips Arena, the Hawks, and the Thrashers (who never played in The Omni). The scoreboard still functions and displays information relevant to the game taking place in the arena. On April 2, 2009, Philips Arena achieved LEED for Existing Building: Operations and Maintenance certification as specified by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). It was the world's first LEED certified NBA/NHL arena.[10] It has been nicknamed the "Highlight Factory", due to the number of exciting plays, or highlights, that occur and Philips' history with lights and electronics.[15]
On March 14, 2008, an EF2 Tornado struck near the Arena as part of a tornado outbreak that hit the city. The arena only received minor exterior damage. Since the 2010s, several statues have been erected near the arena in honor of notable Atlantan athletes, including a statue of Dominique Wilkins and a statue of Evander Holyfield.
The arena hosted the NBA All-Star Game in 2003 and 2021 and the Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament in 2012.
The first playoff game in any professional league played in Philips Arena was in 2005, when the Georgia Force of the Arena Football League hosted, and won, its first home playoff game. The first NHL playoff game in Philips Arena was in 2007, the Thrashers' only appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The first NBA playoff game in Philips Arena was in 2008, when the Hawks made the 2008 NBA Playoffs after an eight-season drought of missing the playoffs. On April 10, 2011, the Thrashers lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5–2, in their final game. Tim Stapleton scored the final goal for the Thrashers in team history.
The venue had been named the site of the 2005 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament; however, when the NHL announced in early 2004 that the 55th NHL All-Star Game, scheduled for February 2005 would be held in Atlanta, arena officials withdrew the Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament – which was then moved 140 miles to the northeast along Interstate 85 to the BI-LO Center in Greenville, South Carolina. Oddly, the arena would not even be the host of that planned All-Star Game due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout. As a result, Atlanta became the second (San Jose being the first) city to lose a planned All-Star Game because of a labor dispute. Philips Arena would later be announced as home to the 56th NHL All-Star Game in 2008. Also, Philips Arena hosted game three of the 2010 WNBA Finals, where the Seattle Storm defeated the Atlanta Dream.
In 2013, Philips Arena hosted the finals of the men's NCAA Division II and Division III college basketball championships. The events were held as an undercard to the 2013 NCAA Final Four held at the Georgia Dome, in celebration of the 75th edition of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
The arena hosted UFC 88,[16] UFC 145, UFC 201,[17] and UFC 236 in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2019 respectively. Philips Arena also hosted the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony, the night before WrestleMania XXVII which was held at the Georgia Dome. Philips Arena also hosted the Royal Rumble in 2002 and 2010, Backlash in 2007, Hell in a Cell in 2012, Survivor Series in 2015, and Day 1 in 2022. An edition of WCW Monday Nitro was also held when the arena was known as Philips Arena on June 5, 2000.[18] The arena hosted the February 19, 2020 episode of AEW Dynamite featuring All Elite Wrestling's first-ever Steel cage match.The venue is set to host to WWE Bad Blood in 2024 on October 5, 2024.
State Farm Arena is among the busiest arenas for concerts in the world, having sold well over 550,000 concert tickets in 2007[19] and ranked as the third-busiest arena in the U.S. in 2011. State Farm has hosted such concerts as Elton John, The Who, and The Weeknd.[20]
| width=12% style="text-align:center;; | Date | width=10% style="text-align:center;; | Artist | width=10% style="text-align:center;; | Opening act(s) | width=16% style="text-align:center;; | Tour / Concert name | width=10% style="text-align:center;; | Attendance | width=10% style="text-align:center;; | Revenue | width=16% style="text-align:center;; | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 24, 1999 | — | 18,919 / 18,919 | $966,802 | The first event held at the arena. | |||||||||
| September 26, 1999 | 10,982 / 15,914 | $585,996 | |||||||||||
| September 28, 1999 | — | — | |||||||||||
| October 24, 1999 | 14,042 / 14,042 | $865,596 | |||||||||||
| November 18, 1999 | — | — | |||||||||||
| November 24, 1999 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| December 9, 1999 | — | — | |||||||||||
| January 29, 2000 | — | — | This concert was filmed for a PayPerView special, TLC: Sold Out. Goodie Mob made a special appearance to perform their song, "What it Ain't".[21] | ||||||||||
| April 1, 2000 | — | 12,956 / 12,956 | $664,229 | ||||||||||
| April 12, 2000 | — | — | |||||||||||
| April 13, 2000 | — | — | |||||||||||
| April 15, 2000 | 14,495 / 14,495 | — | |||||||||||
| April 29, 2000 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| May 18, 2000 | 27,018 / 27,018 | $1,272,461 | |||||||||||
| May 19, 2000 | |||||||||||||
| June 3, 2000 | — | 36,122 / 36,122 | $2,204,866 | During the second show, band performed American Skin for the first time ever | |||||||||
| June 4, 2000 | |||||||||||||
| June 22, 2000 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| July 10, 2000 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| July 12, 2000 | — | — | [22] | ||||||||||
| August 7, 2000 | — | — | This concert was recorded for the album 8/7/00 – Atlanta, Georgia. | ||||||||||
| August 17, 2000 | — | — | |||||||||||
| August 27, 2000 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| September 28, 2000 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| October 14, 2000 | — | — | |||||||||||
| October 21, 2000 | — | — | [23] | ||||||||||
| March 30, 2001 | 20,596 / 20,596 | $1,500,277 | |||||||||||
| April 24, 2001 | — | 19,892 / 19,892 | $1,990,010 | ||||||||||
| May 11, 2001 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| June 11, 2001 | — | — | |||||||||||
| July 28, 2001 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| August 19, 2001 | — | 29,617 / 29,617 | $3,553,444 | [24] | |||||||||
| August 20, 2001 | |||||||||||||
| August 27, 2001 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| September 8, 2001 | 14,681 / 15,584 | $852,683 | [25] | ||||||||||
| October 31, 2001 | Linkin Park Puddle of Mudd Staind Static-X Deadsy Spike 1000 | — | — | ||||||||||
| November 5, 2001 | — | 2001: A Beach Odyssey Tour | — | — | [26] | ||||||||
| November 30, 2001 | 18,535 / 18,535 | $1,504,925 | |||||||||||
| December 15, 2001 | — | 15,535 / 15,535 | $849,362 | ||||||||||
| February 9, 2002 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| March 25, 2002 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| May 12, 2002 | — | 28,810 / 28,810 | $3,476,918 | ||||||||||
| May 13, 2002 | |||||||||||||
| August 27, 2002 | — | 13,848 / 13,848 | $944,256 | ||||||||||
| September 17, 2002 | — | 19,409 / 19,409 | $2,025,750 | ||||||||||
| October 13, 2002 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| October 21, 2002 | 94.1% | — | |||||||||||
| December 2, 2002 | — | 17,408 / 17,408 | $1,211,256 | ||||||||||
| December 11, 2002 | 2002 Fall Tour | — | — | [27] | |||||||||
| February 1, 2003 | — | Far Side of the World Tour | — | — | [28] | ||||||||
| February 13, 2003 | 15,781 / 15,781 | $823,609 | |||||||||||
| April 25, 2003 | 12,847 / 14,130 | $872,885 | |||||||||||
| June 3, 2003 | — | 12,656 / 12,656 | $1,108,443 | ||||||||||
| July 12, 2003 | — | — | |||||||||||
| August 3, 2003 | 17,101 / 17,101 | $1,001,135 | |||||||||||
| January 25, 2004 | — | 11,303 / 12,757 | $965,079 | ||||||||||
| March 23, 2004 | 12,456 / 14,144 | $793,814 | |||||||||||
| March 28, 2004 | 12,310 / 12,310 | $845,693 | |||||||||||
| April 9, 2004 | — | — | |||||||||||
| April 23, 2004 | 15,779 / 17,992 | $954,666 | |||||||||||
| April 28, 2004 | — | 35th Anniversary Tour | — | — | |||||||||
| April 30, 2004 | 17,977 / 17,977 | $1,168,393 | |||||||||||
| July 24, 2004 | — | 25,627 / 25,627 | $3,450,874 | ||||||||||
| July 25, 2004 | |||||||||||||
| August 9, 2004 | 33,214 / 33,214 | $2,031,926 | |||||||||||
| August 10, 2004 | |||||||||||||
| August 15, 2004 | — | — | |||||||||||
| September 17, 2004 | Laidlaw | — | — | ||||||||||
| October 28, 2004 | — | — | |||||||||||
| November 14, 2004 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| July 15, 2005 | — | 12,972 / 12,972 | $1,256,284 | This concert was filmed for the DVD, Live in Atlanta. | |||||||||
| July 16, 2005 | Somewhere in the Sun Tour | — | — | ||||||||||
| July 17, 2005 | |||||||||||||
| July 18, 2005 | |||||||||||||
| July 23, 2005 | — | 6,541 / 10,597 | $419,055 | ||||||||||
| August 23, 2005 | — | — | |||||||||||
| September 20, 2005 | — | 14,096 / 14,096 | $1,930,941 | ||||||||||
| September 28, 2005 | 14,557 / 14,557 | $752,540 | |||||||||||
| October 1, 2005 | — | 15,605 / 15,605 | $1,335,525 | ||||||||||
| October 15, 2005 | — | — | |||||||||||
| October 27, 2005 | — | — | |||||||||||
| November 18, 2005 | 36,334 / 36,334 | $3,500,572 | |||||||||||
| November 19, 2005 | |||||||||||||
| January 15, 2006 | — | — | |||||||||||
| January 17, 2006 | — | 14,262 / 14,262 | $1,095,715 | ||||||||||
| February 8, 2006 | — | — | |||||||||||
| July 8, 2006 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| August 9, 2006 | — | 11,226 / 13,288 | $660,595 | ||||||||||
| September 12, 2006 | — | 11,986 / 11,986 | $787,197 | [29] | |||||||||
| November 2, 2006 | — | 14,538 / 14,538 | $3,855,784 | ||||||||||
| November 4, 2006 | — | — | |||||||||||
| December 2, 2006 | — | — | This show was originally scheduled for October 17, but was rescheduled for Melbourne show. | ||||||||||
| December 18, 2006 | — | — | — | This concert was a part of "99X Mistletoe Jam". | |||||||||
| February 27, 2007 | 16,638 / 16,638 | $1,129,984 | T.I. was the special guest. | ||||||||||
| March 17, 2007 | — | — | |||||||||||
| April 25, 2007 | — | The Bama Breeze Tour | — | — | [30] | ||||||||
| May 22, 2007 | — | 12,204 / 13,525 | $1,158,623 | ||||||||||
| July 20, 2007 | — | — | |||||||||||
| July 21, 2007 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| November 17, 2007 | 27,665 / 27,665 | $3,249,155 | |||||||||||
| November 18, 2007 | |||||||||||||
| February 10, 2008 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| April 18, 2008 | 6,016 / 8,347 | $171,294 | |||||||||||
| April 25, 2008 | — | 17,630 / 17,630 | $1,666,489 | ||||||||||
| April 30, 2008 | 32,964 / 32,964 | $2,851,856 | |||||||||||
| May 1, 2008 | |||||||||||||
| May 28, 2008 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| July 31, 2008 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| October 19, 2008 | — | 7,503 / 9,698 | $665,775 | ||||||||||
| November 5, 2008 | 25,880 / 27,682 | $2,250,991 | |||||||||||
| November 9, 2008 | — | 26,028 / 26,028 | $2,585,972 | ||||||||||
| November 10, 2008 | |||||||||||||
| November 11, 2008 | 25,880 / 27,682 | $2,250,991 | |||||||||||
| November 24, 2008 | 14,843 / 14,843 | $2,632,952 | |||||||||||
| December 16, 2008 | 16,090 / 16,090 | $1,268,752 | |||||||||||
| January 17, 2009 | — | 16,919 / 16,919 | $2,300,783 | ||||||||||
| March 5, 2009 | 17,194 / 17,194 | $1,695,449 | |||||||||||
| March 14, 2009 | — | 18,883 / 18,883 | $2,049,955 | ||||||||||
| April 26, 2009 | — | 14,361 / 15,190 | $1,324,980 | [31] | |||||||||
| April 28, 2009 | — | 10,653 / 11,910 | $959,973 | ||||||||||
| June 13, 2009 | Fearless Tour Escape Together World Tour 2009 | — | — | ||||||||||
| July 1, 2009 | 13,949 / 13,949 | $1,281,632 | |||||||||||
| August 22, 2009 | 17,214 / 17,214 | $1,140,990 | |||||||||||
| September 4, 2009 | 11,900 / 11,900 | $655,507 | |||||||||||
| October 4, 2009 | — | $1,105,745 | |||||||||||
| October 23, 2009 | 10,416 / 12,469 | $832,481 | |||||||||||
| October 26, 2009 | Buckcherry | — | — | ||||||||||
| November 29, 2009 | 15,000 / 15,000 | $1,041,720 | |||||||||||
| February 4, 2010 | 11,921 / 11,921 | $857,619 | |||||||||||
| February 27, 2010 | — | — | |||||||||||
| March 17, 2010 | 13,247 / 13,247 | $802,265 | |||||||||||
| March 30, 2010 | 9,099 / 9,099 | $643,646 | |||||||||||
| April 15, 2010 | 16,510 / 16,510 | $1,815,719 | |||||||||||
| April 21, 2010 | — | — | |||||||||||
| August 11, 2010 | — | — | |||||||||||
| November 16, 2010 | 2010 Fall Tour | — | — | [32] | |||||||||
| November 18, 2010 | — | 12,665 / 12,665 | $1,772,797 | ||||||||||
| December 5, 2010 | 14,137 / 14,137 | $1,201,311 | |||||||||||
| December 23, 2010 | — | 14,045 / 14,045 | $823,881 | ||||||||||
| January 23, 2011 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| March 24, 2011 | — | 11,454 / 11,454 | $1,083,419 | ||||||||||
| April 9, 2011 | — | — | |||||||||||
| May 14, 2011 | — | 16,658 / 16,658 | $1,649,543 | ||||||||||
| June 22, 2011 | 12,495 / 12,495 | $902,678 | |||||||||||
| July 12, 2011 | 21,870 / 23,374 | $1,968,933 | [33] | ||||||||||
| July 13, 2011 | |||||||||||||
| July 17, 2011 | 13,014 / 13,495 | $988,235 | |||||||||||
| October 1, 2011 | 26,244 / 26,244 | $1,726,661 | Usher and T.I. were the special guests. | ||||||||||
| October 2, 2011 | |||||||||||||
| October 28, 2011 | — | 27,330 / 27,330 | $2,888,792 | [34] [35] [36] | |||||||||
| October 29, 2011 | |||||||||||||
| November 2, 2011 | Buckcherry Kelen Heller | 7,873 | — | [37] | |||||||||
| March 18, 2012 | — | 14,959 / 17,700 | $1,382,345 | ||||||||||
| April 19, 2012 | — | — | |||||||||||
| April 23, 2012 | — | — | |||||||||||
| May 2, 2012 | — | — | |||||||||||
| June 13, 2012 | — | 10,707 / 10,707 | $1,256,465 | ||||||||||
| June 20, 2012 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| July 2, 2012 | 17,218 / 17,218 | $1,220,718 | |||||||||||
| July 26, 2012 | 13,045 / 13,045 | $1,309,188 | Aerosmith performed a clip of "Woman of the World". The song hadn't been played anywhere since 1974. | ||||||||||
| August 29, 2012 | 9,202 / 10,225 | $516,543 | |||||||||||
| November 17, 2012 | 13,504 / 13,504 | $2,379,792 | |||||||||||
| January 23, 2013 | 12,686 / 12,686 | $995,137 | |||||||||||
| February 27, 2013 | — | 14,306 / 14,306 | $1,579,947 | ||||||||||
| March 1, 2013 | 14,475 / 14,475 | $990,929 | |||||||||||
| March 27, 2013 | — | — | |||||||||||
| March 29, 2013 | — | 8,785 / 12,219 | $592,200 | ||||||||||
| April 18, 2013 | 25,471 / 25,471 | $2,048,023 | B.o.B was the special guest.[38] | ||||||||||
| April 19, 2013 | |||||||||||||
| April 22, 2013 | 13,233 / 13,233 | $924,581 | |||||||||||
| June 10, 2013 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| June 20, 2013 | — | 12,056 / 12,056 | $829,916 | ||||||||||
| June 21, 2013 | 14,264 / 14,264 | $917,424 | |||||||||||
| August 10, 2013 | 12,407 / 12,407 | $1,019,885 | |||||||||||
| August 22, 2013 | 13,080 / 13,080 | $906,482 | |||||||||||
| October 19, 2013 | 7,596 / 9,518 | $626,539 | Postponed from April 28.[39] | ||||||||||
| October 24, 2013 | — | — | |||||||||||
| October 26, 2013 | 9,173 / 9,173 | $431,834 | |||||||||||
| November 7, 2013 | 14,244 / 14,244 | $993,612 | |||||||||||
| November 16, 2013 | — | 14,846 / 14,846 | $1,163,425 | ||||||||||
| December 1, 2013 | — | — | |||||||||||
| December 14, 2013 | 14,683 / 14,683 | $1,316,729 | |||||||||||
| December 17, 2013 | — | 13,287 / 13,287 | $1,687,436 | ||||||||||
| December 27, 2013 | — | 14,533 / 14,533 | $1,207,942 | ||||||||||
| February 5, 2014 | — | — | |||||||||||
| February 21, 2014 | 8,813 / 8,813 | $400,275 | |||||||||||
| February 24, 2014 | — | 13,625 / 13,625 | $1,698,448 | ||||||||||
| February 26, 2014 | Into the Night Tour | — | — | ||||||||||
| March 22, 2014 | — | — | |||||||||||
| March 25, 2014 | — | — | |||||||||||
| May 6, 2014 | 10,480 / 10,480 | $941,142 | [40] | ||||||||||
| May 12, 2014 | 11,337 / 11,337 | $1,088,627 | [41] | ||||||||||
| June 28, 2014 | 12,843 / 12,843 | $1,525,349 | |||||||||||
| August 28, 2014 | Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators | — | — | ||||||||||
| September 19, 2014 | — | — | — | 2 Shows | |||||||||
| September 20, 2014 | 2 Shows | ||||||||||||
| September 21, 2014 | [42] [43] | ||||||||||||
| September 26, 2014 | |||||||||||||
| September 27, 2014 | |||||||||||||
| October 15, 2014 | — | 13,044 / 13,044 | $2,016,129 | This concert was originally planned to take place on June 21 but was rescheduled due to illness.[44] | |||||||||
| November 22, 2014 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| December 9, 2014 | 11,765 / 11,765 | $880,618 | |||||||||||
| December 17, 2014 | — | 15,591 / 15,591 | $1,917,322 | ||||||||||
| February 19, 2015 | 14,620 / 14,620 | $1,296,760 | |||||||||||
| February 28, 2015 | 16,596 / 16,596 | $1,616,997 | |||||||||||
| March 2, 2015 | 11,868 / 12,191 | $1,081,049 | |||||||||||
| March 24, 2015 | 9,271 / 9,271 | $510,404 | |||||||||||
| March 25, 2015 | — | 13,711 / 13,711 | $1,600,265 | ||||||||||
| May 13, 2015 | — | 7,058 / 7,058 | $703,777 | ||||||||||
| June 6, 2015 | — | — | |||||||||||
| June 12, 2015 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| June 13, 2015 | |||||||||||||
| June 27, 2015 | — | Cama Incendiada Tour | — | — | |||||||||
| July 14, 2015 | 9,230 / 10,373 | $486,157 | |||||||||||
| August 1, 2015 | 11,840 / 11,840 | $1,137,640 | |||||||||||
| August 21, 2015 | 21,040 / 24,619 | $1,336,860 | |||||||||||
| August 22, 2015 | |||||||||||||
| August 30, 2015 | — | — | |||||||||||
| September 12, 2015 | 13,551 / 13,551 | $834,508 | |||||||||||
| October 22, 2015 | 5,703 / 7,582 | $269,856 | |||||||||||
| November 17, 2015 | — | 12,037 / 12,783 | $953,506 | ||||||||||
| December 15, 2015 | 14,438 / 14,438 | $917,808 | [45] | ||||||||||
| January 20, 2016 | 10,609 / 10,609 | $1,500,635 | This concert was originally scheduled to take place on September 2, 2015, but was postponed due to arrangement logistics being incomplete within the time given.[46] | ||||||||||
| February 18, 2016 | — | 16,713 / 17,450 | $1,888,030 | ||||||||||
| April 12, 2016 | 25,717 / 25,717 | $2,726,349 | Ludacris, Usher, and Akon were special guests.[47] [48] | ||||||||||
| April 13, 2016 | |||||||||||||
| April 15, 2016 | — | — | |||||||||||
| May 18, 2016 | 14,397 / 14,397 | $1,249,535 | This concert was originally scheduled to take place on March 9, but was postponed due to "production delays".[49] | ||||||||||
| June 9, 2016 | 7,850 / 9,106 | $508,645 | |||||||||||
| June 29, 2016 | 7,112 / 7,372 | $410,165 | T.I. was the special guest.[50] [51] | ||||||||||
| August 25, 2016 | 28,864 / 28,864 | $3,106,599 | 2 Chainz was the special guest at the first show. Usher and Young Thug were special guests at the second show. Gucci Mane appeared at both shows. | ||||||||||
| August 26, 2016 | |||||||||||||
| September 1, 2016 | 11,173 / 13,012 | $1,169,355 | |||||||||||
| September 12, 2016 | — | 16,011 / 16,011 | $1,358,087 | ||||||||||
| October 28, 2016 | — | 26,507 / 26,507 | $2,924,777 | ||||||||||
| October 29, 2016 | |||||||||||||
| November 1, 2016 | — | — | |||||||||||
| November 6, 2016 | — | — | |||||||||||
| February 10, 2017 | Maradeen | 16,308 / 16,665 | $1,396,007 | [52] | |||||||||
| April 12, 2017 | 10,987 / 11,285 | $780,827 | |||||||||||
| April 14, 2017 | 13,104 / 13,104 | $1,225,612 | The band shot the music video for their song "Goodbye Angels".[53] | ||||||||||
| April 23, 2017 | 13,033 / 13,033 | $1,170,004 | |||||||||||
| April 30, 2017 | — | 12,235 / 13,197 | $1,207,288 | ||||||||||
| May 2, 2017 | — | 10,169 / 11,415 | $744,422 | ||||||||||
| May 13, 2017 | 15,087 / 15,087 | $1,372,065 | |||||||||||
| November 4, 2017 | 9,309 / 11,586 | $596,464 | |||||||||||
| November 7, 2017 | 11,112 / 11,811 | $702,861 | |||||||||||
| November 14, 2017 | 14,118 / 15,039 | $1,832,255 | |||||||||||
| November 28, 2017 | — | 12,155 / 12,155 | $1,615,820 | ||||||||||
| November 29, 2017 | — | 9,815 / 10,083 | $1,052,383 | ||||||||||
| December 12, 2017 | 8,782 / 10,580 | $950,017 | |||||||||||
| December 17, 2017 | — | 12,399 / 12,399 | $789,188 | Missy Elliott was the special guest performing "Burnitup!". Additionally, Jackson performed her 2006 single "So Excited".[54] [55] | |||||||||
| June 8, 2019 | 12,317 / 12,317 | $1,220,686 | |||||||||||
| July 5, 2019 | — | — | |||||||||||
| October 12, 2019 | — | — | |||||||||||
| November 19, 2019 | 10,599 / 10,599 | $1,121,970 | Grande performed "I Think You're Swell" and "Give It Up" with former Victorious co-stars Matt Bennett and Elizabeth Gillies. "Successful", "Everytime" and "Break Free" were not performed.[56] | ||||||||||
| January 11, 2020 | — | 11,212 / 11,212 | $2,323,672 | ||||||||||
| February 7, 2020 | — | 39,375 / 39,375 | $8,871,615 | ||||||||||
| February 8, 2020 | |||||||||||||
| February 11, 2020 | |||||||||||||
| October 27, 2021 | 31,146 / 31,146 | $4,146,897 | |||||||||||
| October 28, 2021 | |||||||||||||
| November 5, 2021 | — | The (Arena) Tour | — | — | |||||||||
| February 9, 2022 | — | — | Musgraves performed a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams". | ||||||||||
| February 12, 2022 | Dua Lipa | Caroline Polachek Lolo Zouaï | Future Nostalgia Tour | 12,110 / 12,110 | $1,235,805 | ||||||||
| February 24, 2022 | TWICE | — | Twice 4th World Tour "III" | 11,596 / 11,596 | $1,294,524 | ||||||||
| August 20, 2022 | — | 11,676 / 14,445 | $1,308,458 | ||||||||||
| Aug. 30, 2022 | SEVENTEEN | — | 9,503/10,741 | $1,132,775 | |||||||||
| October 22, 2022 | 11,650 / 11,650 | $1,359,408 | |||||||||||
| November 2, 2022 | — | 23,434 / 23,434 | $6,012,820 | ||||||||||
| November 3, 2022 | |||||||||||||
| November 21, 2022 | 110,000 | — | |||||||||||
| November 22, 2022 | |||||||||||||
| January 13, 2023 | — | Neo City - The Link | — | — | |||||||||
| February 7, 2023 | — | — | |||||||||||
| March 7, 2023 | 11,069 / 11,069 | $1,724,301 | |||||||||||
| March 22, 2023 | — | Stray Kids 2nd World Tour "MANIAC" | 23,019 / 23, 019 | $2,553,505 | Originally scheduled for July 3, 2022. Postponed due to members contracting COVID-19. | ||||||||
| March 23, 2023 | |||||||||||||
| April 9, 2023 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| April 26, 2023 | 22,595 / 22,595 | $3,057,192 | |||||||||||
| April 28, 2023 | The April 28 show was originally scheduled to take place on April 27. | ||||||||||||
| May 20, 2023 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| May 25, 2023 | 11,630/11,630 | $1,133,447 | |||||||||||
| July 3, 2023 | 7,856 | $527,995 | |||||||||||
| July 13, 2023 | North American Tour 2023 | 12,872/12,872 | $1,718,191 | ||||||||||
| July 15, 2023 | Unfollow Me Tour | — | — | ||||||||||
| September 25, 2023 | 32,252/32,252 | $8,051,818 | Originally scheduled for July 1–2, 2023. | ||||||||||
| September 26, 2023 | |||||||||||||
| October 1, 2023 | Jonas Brothers | 11,791/12,325 | $1,988,654 | ||||||||||
| October 6, 2023 | — | The Kaleidoscope Tour | — | — | |||||||||
| October 14, 2023 | — | — | |||||||||||
| October 15, 2023 | Depeche Mode | DIIV | Memento Mori World Tour | 12,232/12,232 | $1,903,326 | ||||||||
| October 18, 2023 | Jonas Brothers | 9,812/11,046 | $852,379 | ||||||||||
| October 25, 2023 | John Mayer | Solo Tour | — | — | |||||||||
| November 6, 2023 | Kenny Beats Lil Toe (Ammo) Savage Realm | Pandemonium Tour | — | — | |||||||||
| November 19, 2023 | 11,763 / 11,763 | $1,646,469 | |||||||||||
| December 1, 2023 | 29,779 / 29,779 | $4,116,231 | |||||||||||
| December 2, 2023 | |||||||||||||
| December 13, 2023 | — | — | |||||||||||
| March 9, 2024 | I Told Them... Tour | — | — | ||||||||||
| March 20, 2024 | 22,117 / 22,117 | $3,586,119 | |||||||||||
| March 21, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| March 24, 2024 | 7,154 | $858,770 | |||||||||||
| April 1, 2024 | Madonna | Mary Mac | — | — | Originally scheduled for September 5, 2023. Postponed due to health issues. | ||||||||
| May 14, 2024 | 25,496 / 25,496 | $5,404,203 | |||||||||||
| May 15, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| May 29, 2024 | Act : Promise | — | — | ||||||||||
| May 31, 2024 | Hot Girl Summer Tour | ||||||||||||
| June 1, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| June 8, 2024 | In The Air Tour | — | — | ||||||||||
| June 10, 2024 | Justin Timberlake | 12,982 / 12,982 | $2,711,435 | ||||||||||
| June 11, 2024 | Bittersweet Tour | — | — | ||||||||||
| June 14, 2024 | Tim McGraw | Standing Room Only Tour | — | — | |||||||||
| July 19, 2024 | HEREH World Tour | — | — | ||||||||||
| July 21, 2024 | Janet Jackson | — | — | ||||||||||
| July 23, 2024 | GUTS World Tour | — | — | ||||||||||
| July 30, 2024 | — | — | |||||||||||
| July 31, 2024 | Exodo World Tour | — | — | ||||||||||
| August 14, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| August 16, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| August 17, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| October 3, 2024 | SWEAT | — | — | ||||||||||
| October 17, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| October 18, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| October 20, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| November 2, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| November 3, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| November 14, 2024 | KidCutUp | Trustfall Tour | |||||||||||
| November 16, 2024 | Justin Timberlake | Forget Tomorrow World Tour | — | — | |||||||||
The arena hosted the 2004 US Figure Skating Championships.
Every few years, in early January, the State Farm Arena hosts one of the largest Christian college aged conferences: Passion Conference, when Mercedez-Benz Stadium is unavailable; the Passion 2025 Conference will be held at the State Farm Arena. The conference typically takes place over the first weekend in the new year and features big names in the Christian world such as Louie Gigilio, Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, Kristian Stanfill, John Piper, rap artist Lecrae and many more. The conference is typically sold out.
The arena served as the venue for the semifinals of the 2022 League of Legends World Championship. The semifinals saw South Korean teams T1 and DRX progress to the finals, held at the Chase Center in San Francisco. DRX would eventually win the finals and become the 2022 League of Legends World Champions.
Shortly after acquiring the Hawks and the operating rights to Philips Arena on June 24, 2015, Tony Ressler announced his intentions of remodeling the arena to keep the Hawks in Downtown Atlanta at a cost between $150 million and $250 million. The proposed renovation would rebuild the entire seating bowl to optimize its sightlines for basketball and remove the wall of suites which dominate one side of the arena and replace them with a more traditional suite configuration.[57] The Hawks are also in discussions with the city about building a mixed-use entertainment district similar to L.A. Live around Philips Arena, to better connect it to other nearby attractions such as Centennial Olympic Park and Mercedes-Benz Stadium.[58] On November 1, 2016, the Hawks and the city of Atlanta reached a financing agreement on renovating Philips Arena, with the city contributing $142.5 million and the Hawks $50 million plus cost overruns to the project. With the renovation, the Hawks signed a lease extension lasting through June 30, 2046, with an early termination penalty of $200 million plus the remaining balance of the arena's bonds.[59] [60]
The first phase of renovations, completed during the Hawks' 2017 off-season, removed the upper levels of the suite wall, reducing the total number of suites from 90 to 40, and added the Courtside Club behind one of the baskets. Renovations for 2018 were described by Hawks chief operating officer Thad Sheely as a "gut rehab". The arena renovations brought new premium seating areas, connected 360-degree concourses, a new center-hung videoboard three times larger than its predecessor as well as additional videoboards in the corners of the upper decks, new dining options including a bar and grill operated by country group Zac Brown Band and other unique features including an in-arena barber shop operated by Atlanta rapper Killer Mike and Topgolf suites. Over 100000-2NaN-2 of former office and storage space within the arena was repurposed as "fan space". The first ticketed event at the renovated State Farm Arena was So So Def's 25th anniversary concert on October 21, 2018, while the Hawks' first regular season home game took place on October 24 against the Dallas Mavericks.[61] [62] [63] [64] [65]
Due to the renovations conflicting with the WNBA schedule, the Dream announced that they would move their 2017 and 2018 home schedules to McCamish Pavilion on the campus of Georgia Tech, mirroring the Hawks' move to the same venue (then known as Alexander Memorial Coliseum) between the time the Omni was razed and State Farm Arena was built.[66] With the release of the 2019 WNBA schedule on December 18, 2018, the Dream confirmed that they would be returning to State Farm Arena.[67] However, following the conclusion of the 2019 WNBA regular season, team officials indicated that the Dream would not be returning to State Farm Arena for the next season (which would be in 2021 due to the 2020 WNBA season being played in a COVID-19 bubble), citing disagreements with the Hawks' management.[68] On October 18, 2019, the Dream announced that they would move to the Gateway Center Arena in suburban College Park, sharing the venue with the Hawks' NBA G League affiliate, the College Park Skyhawks.[69] On June 21, 2024, the Dream returned to State Farm Arena for the first time since 2019 when it hosted the Indiana Fever and its highly touted rookie Caitlin Clark. The game was originally slated for Gateway Center Arena, but high demand for tickets and Clark's immense popularity led to the Dream relocating to State Farm Arena for this contest.[70]