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 | | Completed in 1966 at a cost of $6.5 million, the arena seats 12,000 for arena football, 12,920 for ice hockey, 14,500 for basketball and tennis, 5,450 for amphitheater concerts and stage shows, between 8,900 and 14,800 for arena concerts, 13,000 for ice shows and the circus, and 16,100 for boxing and wrestling. |
 | | As recently as 2006, the arena was the home venue to the San Diego Gulls of the ECHL and the San Diego Riptide of the af2, but both franchises folded. |
 | | The arena was slated to be the site for the 1972 Republican National Convention, but financial and security concerns, along with the fear that the arena was too small for such a gathering, prompted the move of the convention to Miami Beach, Florida. |
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