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ATLANTA -- November 2, 2005. Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa received the award for “Best New Sports Facility” at the 5th annual Horizon Awards for Sports Business Wednesday night in Atlanta. The Horizon Awards, created by the Atlanta Sports Council, honors the thought-leaders and innovators in the sports business industry. The “Best New Sports Facility” award recognizes the best sports-use facility that showcased significant progress in design, development, construction and use of technology.
Nominees and winners were selected for 11 categories by the Horizon Awards Voting Academy, a national body representing every sector of the sports business industry. The voting process was certified by the accounting firm of Habif, Arogeti and Wayne LLP, official business advisors to the Horizon Awards.
In addition to hosting large concerts and family events, Wells Fargo Arena is the permanent home of the Iowa Stars hockey organization of the American Hockey League. The building will also host the annual Iowa State Wrestling, Boys’ State Basketball, and Girls’ State Basketball Tournaments each Spring.
Wells Fargo Arena includes a 180-seat restaurant, 36 corporate suites, 20 loge boxes, and 600 club seats offering the finest in fan amenities. In total, the arena will have a capacity of 16,980 for center-stage concerts, 16,285 for end-stage concerts, 16,110 for basketball, and 15,181 for hockey.
“It is a great honor for us to win the 2005 Horizon Award for The Best New Sports Facility,” said Andy E. Long, general manager of Global Spectrum. “We are excited about the opportunities that we now have to host premiere sporting events; not only our new American Hockey League franchise, the Iowa Stars, but also the Iowa High School Boys and Girls State Basketball Tournaments, Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournaments, and the 2008 First and Second Round NCAA Women's Tournament games. On behalf of Global Spectrum, Polk County, the Iowa Stars and all involved, we are very pleased to have won this award.”
“It is quite an honor to receive this award in the short time Wells Fargo Arena has been open. The vision of what this building can and will do has already started coming to fruition,” said Angela Connolly, Polk County Board of Supervisors.
About the Horizon Awards: Created in 1999 by the Atlanta Sports Council, the Horizon Awards for Sports Business is the only event that brings together more than 600 executives from around the country to celebrate excellence in the sports business industry. Companies and individuals recognized are thought-leaders and innovators of marketing, advertising, promotions, media and technology in the sports business industry.
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