Back Lakewood Church Central Campus AST Lakewood Church Central Campus German Lakewood Church Central Campus Spanish Lakewood Church Central Campus French Lakewood Church Central Campus Italian ザ・サミット Japanese 레이크우드 처치 센트럴 캠퍼스 Korean Лейквуд-чёрч-сентрал-кампус Russian
 Exterior of the church c. 2005 | |
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| Former names | The Summit (1975–1998) Compaq Center (1998–2003) Lakewood International Center (2003–05 renovations) |
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| Address | 3700 Southwest Freeway |
| Location | Houston, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29°43′49″N 95°26′6″W / 29.73028°N 95.43500°W |
| Owner | Lakewood Church |
| Capacity | 16,800 Basketball
Ice hockey
Indoor Soccer
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| Scoreboard | Fair Play |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | December 1973 |
| Opened | November 1, 1975 |
| Closed | December 1, 2003 (as a sports arena) |
| Reopened | July 16, 2005 |
| Construction cost | US$27 million ($185 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
| Architect |
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| Structural engineer | Walter P Moore[2] |
| Tenants | |
| Houston Aeros (WHA) (1975–78) Houston Rockets (NBA) (1975–2003) Houston Summit (MISL) (1978–80) Houston Aeros (IHL/AHL) (1994–2003) Houston Hotshots (CISL) (1994–97) Houston Thunderbears/Texas Terror (AFL) (1996–2001) Houston Comets (WNBA) (1997–2003) Lakewood Church (2005–present) | |
Building details | |
| General information | |
| Renovated | 2004–2005 |
| Renovation cost | $95 million ($153 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect(s) |
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| Structural engineer | Walter P Moore |
| Services engineer | CHPA & Associates |
| Other designers |
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| Main contractor | Tellepsen Builders |
The Lakewood Church Central Campus is the main facility of Lakewood Church, a megachurch in Houston, Texas, five miles southwest of Downtown Houston and next to Greenway Plaza.
From 1975 to 2003, the building served as a multi-purpose sports arena for professional teams, notably the NBA's Houston Rockets. It was known as The Summit until 1998, when technology firm Compaq bought naming rights and dubbed it Compaq Center. That name was dropped when Toyota Center opened as a new and more advanced professional sports venue in the same city,[3] and the building was leased to Lakewood Church. Seven years later, in 2010, the church bought the building outright.
- ^ a b 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ Walter P Moore – Arenas (archived)
- ^ "Houston Summit to be called Compaq Center". News.cnet.com. October 30, 1997. Retrieved June 6, 2011.