Desert Financial Arena
Desert Financial Arena is a arena in Tempe, United States that opened in 1974. Its recorded capacity is 14,198.
Key facts
Desert Financial Arena is a arena in Tempe, United States that opened in 1974. Its recorded capacity is 14,198. It is owned by Arizona State University. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 2 names in total, including Wells Fargo Arena. Current tenants are Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball, Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball, Arizona State Sun Devils women's volleyball, Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball, Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball, Arizona State Sun Devils, 2008–09 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team, 2008–09 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team, 2009–10 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team, 2009–10 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team, 2010–11 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team, 2011–12 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team, 2012–13 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team, 2013–14 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team, 2013–14 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team, 2014–15 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team, 2014–15 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team, 2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team, 2007–08 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team, 2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team, 2016–17 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team, 2016–17 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team, Arizona State Sun Devils women's volleyball.
- Location
- Tempe, United States
- Type
- Arena
- Capacity
- 14,198
- Opened
- 1974
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Arizona State University
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 1
Desert Financial Arena is at latitude 33.4245, longitude -111.931, in Tempe, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 33.4245 |
| Longitude | -111.931 |
| City | Tempe |
| Region | Tempe |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
Desert Financial Arena has carried 2 recorded names. ASU Activity Center (1974–97) (no sponsor) ran Present. Wells Fargo Arena (no sponsor) ran 1997 to 2019. The average tenure of a name here is 22 years.
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Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Arizona State University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
Recorded changes
33 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 10754 | 14198 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1374054288 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Desert_Financial_Arena | Desert Financial Arena | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Wells Fargo Arena | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | ASU Activity Center (1974–97) | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21740 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21739 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21738 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21737 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13338 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13337 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13336 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13335 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13334 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13333 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13332 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13331 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13330 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13329 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13328 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13327 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13326 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13325 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13324 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13323 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13322 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13321 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13320 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13319 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: