7-665: The Bee Hółdzil Fighting Scouts Events Center is a 6,500-seat indoor arena located in Fort Defiance, Arizona , United States. It is used primarily for basketball, and is the home of the Window Rock High School Fighting Scouts basketball and volleyball teams. It opened in January 2014 and is one of the premier rezball venues in Arizona. The three-level arena's seating is divided into
14-640: A 4,000-seat main level, a 2,500-seat upper level and a 40-seat hospitality suite . The arena also contains a 50-seat press box and a center-hung video scoreboard. The arena floor can accommodate a full-sized basketball court, three volleyball courts or up to 1,000-floor seats (maximum concert capacity is 7,200). It is the second largest venue in the Four Corners region after, and is used as an alternative to, McGee Park Coliseum in Farmington, New Mexico . In addition to sporting events and concerts, it
21-528: A multitude of spectators. The word derives from Latin harena , a particularly fine-grained sand that covered the floor of ancient arenas such as the Colosseum in Rome , Italy, to absorb blood. The term arena is sometimes used as a synonym for a very large venue such as Pasadena's Rose Bowl , but such a facility is typically called a stadium . The use of one term over the other has mostly to do with
28-421: Is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre , musical performances , and/or sporting events . It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators, and may be covered by a roof. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the lowest point, allowing maximum visibility. Arenas are usually designed to accommodate
35-613: Is also used for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus , Disney on Ice , the Harlem Globetrotters , graduations , and other events. The four concession stands at the arena are named for the Navajo Nation 's Four Sacred Mountains and their associated sacred stones. This article about a sports venue in Arizona is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Arena An arena
42-464: The facility is called Cameron Indoor Stadium . Domed stadiums, which, like arenas, are enclosed but have the larger playing surfaces and seating capacities found in stadiums, are generally not referred to as arenas in North America. There is also the sport of indoor American football (one variant of which is explicitly known as arena football), a variant of the outdoor game that is designed for
49-538: The type of event. Football (be it association , rugby , gridiron , Australian rules , or Gaelic ) is typically played in a stadium, while basketball , volleyball , handball , and ice hockey are typically played in an arena, although many of the larger arenas hold more spectators than do the stadiums of smaller colleges or high schools. There are exceptions. The home of the Duke University men's and women's basketball teams would qualify as an arena, but
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