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Gateway Center Arena

indoor arena in suburban Atlanta

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ48818019 ↗
Source-derived summary

Gateway Center Arena at College Park is a 100,000 square foot (9,290 m2) multi-purpose arena in College Park, Georgia. It is the home venue of the College Park Skyhawks of the NBA G League and the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association.

The arena's first public event was an open house on November 9, 2019, while the Skyhawks' first game at the arena took place on November 21.

Location and design

The 3,500-seat arena is mainly used for basketball; however, there are plans for the facility to also host concerts and other events. It is located adjacent to the Georgia International Convention Center.

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The public source identifies “Gateway Center Arena” as indoor arena in suburban Atlanta. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Gateway, Center and Arena.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2019-11-09. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Gateway, Center and Arena providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Gateway Center Arena” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.