The Dignity Health Event Center is a multipurpose arena in
Bakersfield, California. It opened in December 2009 as the Jam Events Center. It was home to the
Bakersfield Jam
Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's pop ...
of the
NBA Development League.
The arena regularly seats 500 people but it is expandable to 700. Jam owner Stan Ellis estimated in 2010 that the team is saving $500,000 a season by using the smaller facility rather than the much larger
Rabobank Arena
Mechanics Bank Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Bakersfield, California. Located downtown at the corner of Truxtun Avenue and N Street, it was built in 1998, and was originally known as Centennial Garden, a name submitted by local resident Brian ...
for home games. Because of the small seating capacity, no single-game tickets are available for any contest.
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/ref> This was also the team's practice facility.
On August 21, 2012, it was announced that Dignity Health
Dignity Health (formerly Catholic Healthcare West) was a California-based not-for-profit public-benefit corporation that operates hospitals and ancillary care facilities in three states. Dignity Health was the fifth-largest hospital system in th ...
had signed a three-year naming rights deal with the Jam, changing the name to the ''Dignity Health Event Center'' effective immediately.
References
External links
Bakersfield Jam official site
Indoor arenas in California
Sports venues in Bakersfield, California
Basketball venues in California
Bakersfield Jam
Defunct NBA G League venues
2009 establishments in California
Sports venues completed in 2009
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