With new beginnings new championships were earned as the Los Angeles Lakers won consecutive NBA Championships and the Los Angeles Sparks captured back-to-back WNBA Championships in the center’s first three years. The Staples Center is also home to the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings and the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA, who have both set records for attendance and sellouts since moving to the new venue. The Staples Center is also home to the Pac-10 basketball championships.

Since opening in 1999, the Staples Center has developed an Environmental Management System to help in reducing the environmental impact of operations.  Seating more than 19,000 for basketball games, the arena has close to 20,000 for concerts. Outside the arena fans can see statues of Wayne Gretzky, Magic Johnson, Oscar De La Hoya and the late Lakers’ broadcaster Chick Hearn.

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