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Crypto.com Arena Celebrates 250th Doubleheader Conversion

April 07, 2023
by R.V. Baugus
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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.

R.V. Baugus
About the Author
R.V. Baugus is senior editor of IAVM's magazine, Venue Professional. Baugus is a 12-time Quill Award winner from the Dallas chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and Silver Quill recipient from the Southern Region of IABC. He is devoted in his community by serving as a deacon at his church, a facilitator leading a Grief Share class, high school football public address announcer for the Irving ISD and basketball PA announcer for Nimitz High School.
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