By Cara Vanderhook
On Saturday, April 8th, Crypto.com Arena celebrates and completes its 250th Doubleheader conversion when the Clippers host the Portland Trailblazers at 1:00 p.m. and then the LA Kings host the Colorado Avalanche at 7:30 p.m. This is an incredible accomplishment for the legendary arena and below is a break down by the numbers is below.
Home Events by the Numbers
Clippers
229
Kings
146
Lakers
120
Harlem Globetrotters
3
Sparks
1
Concerts
1
Total number of Basketball-to-Basketball Double Headers – 104
Total number of Hockey to Basketball Double Headers – 80
Total number of Basketball to Hockey – 65
Total number of Hockey to Concert – 1
Above includes Harlem Globetrotters to Clippers in February 2000, Globetrotters to Kings in February 2004, and Globetrotters to Lakers in February 2022
Concert was Don Henley in March 2001 following Kings Game
Sparks to Kings – September 13, 2015
Most Double Headers in One Season – 15 (2015-2016)
Least Number of Double Headers in One Season – 3 (2020-2021)
NBA Courts by the Numbers
Clippers Court
Court measures 130’ by 62’ by Connor Flooring
Consists of 266 wood panels
During the Clippers 229 Double Header Games Crypto.com Arena conversion crew have moved 60,914 wood panels
Lakers Court
Court measures 120’ by 60’ by Robbins Flooring
Consists of 232 wood panels
During the Lakers 120 Double Header Games Crypto.com Arena conversion crew have moved 27,840 wood panels
NHL Ice by the Numbers
Kings Ice
Ice measures 200’ by 85’
It takes 520 pieces of overlay decks to cover the ice
During the Kings 146 Double Header Games the Crypto.com Arena conversion crew has moved 75,920 overlay decks
Around the rink there are 112 pieces of acrylic shielding
During the Kings 146 Double Header Games the Crypto.com Arena conversion crew has installed a combined 16,352 pieces of acrylic shielding
Amount of Time & Crew Size
Takes approx. 90 minutes to convert from basketball to basketball on a double header day
Approx. 9,360 minutes have been spent converting from basketball to basketball
Takes approx. 120 minutes to convert from hockey to basketball or vice versa
Approx. 17,400 spent converting from hockey to basketball or vice versa
Total crew size is 50 (Basketball to Basketball) and 60 (Basketball to Hockey) people for a conversion, which includes conversion crew, event crew, maintenance and engineering
Numbers by the Years
YEAR
# DOUBLE HEADERS
1999-2000
7
2000-2001
7
2001-2002
11
2002-2003
9
2003-2004
12
2004-2005
4
2005-2006
13
2006-2007
11
2007-2008
10
2008-2009
11
2009-2010
10
2010-2011
13
2011-2012
14
2012-2013
10
2013-2014
10
2014-2015
13
2015-2016
15
2016-2017
11
2017-2018
11
2018-2019
12
2019-2020
8
2020-2021
3
2021-2022
11
2022-2023
14
Total
250
Four times in the history of Crypto.com Arena, teams from the same city have played on the same day:
January 12, 2008 – Kings vs. Dallas and Clippers vs. Dallas
September 15, 2013 – Sparks vs. Phoenix and Kings vs. Phoenix
January 2, 2016 – Kings vs. Philadelphia and Clippers vs. Philadelphia
January 21, 2018 – Lakers vs. Knicks and Kings vs. Rangers
Three Times in the history of Crypto.com Arena, the Clippers, Lakers and Kings have all played on the same day.
December 12, 2006 – Clippers vs. Lakers & Kings vs. Anaheim
February 23, 2008 – Clippers vs. Lakers & Kings vs. Chicago
January 14, 2017 – Clippers vs. Lakers & Kings vs. Winnipeg
Cara Vanderhook is Vice President, Communications for Crypto.com Arena.
