In just seven months since it opened, the state-of-the-art Golden 1 Center — the new home of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings — has hosted concerts for Paul McCartney, Kanye West, Blake Shelton, as well as a World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view event, and the first- and second-round games of the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament.
It has been a hectic, but successful opening year for the 17,600-seat facility, which replaced Sleep Train Arena, the city’s former main sports and entertainment indoor facility that was built in 1988 and formerly known as ARCO Arena and Power Balance Pavilion.