STAPLES Center Capacity: Why AEG’s Figures Say 20,000 and 19,000
The venue formerly named STAPLES Center is an indoor arena, not a stadium. Its capacity is commonly described in rounded figures: AEG’s 2021 renaming announcement called it a 20,000-seat arena, while AEG’s current Crypto.com Arena facility page lists capacity as 19,000. Neither number necessarily equals the seats sold for a particular basketball game, hockey game or concert. For an event, use that event’s seating plan and ticket inventory rather than a general venue label. First, identify the same building under two names AEG’s November 16, 2021 naming announcement said its downtown Los Angeles STAPLES Center would become Crypto.com Arena effective December 25, 2021. The current AEG venue page explicitly says Crypto.com Arena was previously STAPLES Center. These are two names for the same facility, established in 1999, rather than two buildings whose seating capacities should be added together. Bit.Fan’s account of the STAPLES Center naming deal repeats the historic 20,000-seat figu...