Events
The arena's first event was a Fleetwood Mac concert on October 6, 2003, and the first Rockets game at the Toyota Center was against the Denver Nuggets on October 30.
In its first year, the total attendance for events at the arena exceeded 1.5 million. The arena was also the winner of the Allen Award for Civic Enhancement by Central Houston, the "Rookie of the Year" award by the Harlem Globetrotters, and a finalist for Pollstar Magazine’s "Best New Concert Venue" award. The current attendance for a concert held at the arena was set on November 20, 2008, when Metallica played to a sold out crowd during the Death Magnetic tour. The record for a basketball game is 18,583, set on March 26, 2010, when the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Rockets 109–101.
American singer/songwriter, P!nk performed at the arena for the first time on the 24th of September, 2009 on her Funhouse Tour. She is set to perform at the arena again on the 21st of February on her The Truth About Love Tour.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship held UFC 69 on April 7, 2007 and will also hold UFC 136 on October 8, 2011.
The arena hosted the 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards on November 13, 2008.
Many concerts have found place, in the Toyota Center like Madonna on her MDNA Tour, Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera, P!nk, Andrea Bocelli, Roger Waters - The Wall Live (concert tour), Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses, Coldplay, Alanis Morissette, Matchbox Twenty, Fiona Apple, Nickelback, Depeche Mode, Bon Jovi, Enrique Iglesias, Lady Gaga on her The Monster Ball Tour, Katy Perry, Drake, Shakira, Britney Spears, Kanye West and Jay-Z with their successful Watch The Throne Tour, Taylor Swift and The Rolling Stones.
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Famous quotes containing the word events:
“Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
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—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)