Van Andel Arena
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Van Andel Arena is a major multi-purpose indoor venue in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, best known as the primary ice hockey arena and event center for the region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Van Andel Arena canonical | 8 |
| Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T263114 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Andel Arena Context triple: [Grand Rapids Griffins, homeArena, Van Andel Arena]
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A.
State Farm Arena
State Farm Arena is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in downtown Atlanta, best known as the home arena of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks and a host site for concerts and large events.
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B.
Cable Dahmer Arena
Cable Dahmer Arena is a multi-purpose indoor venue in Independence, Missouri, hosting professional sports events, concerts, and other large-scale entertainment activities.
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C.
Amalie Arena
Amalie Arena is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in downtown Tampa, Florida, best known as the home arena of the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning and a host site for concerts and large events.
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D.
Thompson–Boling Arena
Thompson–Boling Arena is a large multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue located on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville.
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E.
Staples Center
Staples Center is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles, best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers and a premier venue for concerts and major events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Andel Arena Target entity description: Van Andel Arena is a major multi-purpose indoor venue in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, best known as the primary ice hockey arena and event center for the region.
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A.
State Farm Arena
State Farm Arena is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in downtown Atlanta, best known as the home arena of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks and a host site for concerts and large events.
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B.
Cable Dahmer Arena
Cable Dahmer Arena is a multi-purpose indoor venue in Independence, Missouri, hosting professional sports events, concerts, and other large-scale entertainment activities.
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C.
Amalie Arena
Amalie Arena is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in downtown Tampa, Florida, best known as the home arena of the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning and a host site for concerts and large events.
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D.
Thompson–Boling Arena
Thompson–Boling Arena is a large multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue located on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville.
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E.
Staples Center
Staples Center is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles, best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers and a premier venue for concerts and major events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entertainment venue
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indoor arena ⓘ multi-purpose arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| access | served by downtown Grand Rapids street network ⓘ |
| category |
1996 establishments in Michigan
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Indoor ice hockey venues in Michigan ⓘ Music venues in Michigan ⓘ Sports venues in Grand Rapids, Michigan ⓘ |
| city |
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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surface form:
Grand Rapids
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| constructionType | indoor, climate-controlled arena ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasFeature |
club seats
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concession stands ⓘ locker rooms ⓘ luxury suites ⓘ video scoreboard ⓘ |
| hasParking | adjacent parking facilities ⓘ |
| hasScoreboard | center-hung scoreboard ⓘ |
| knownFor |
hosting college and high school sporting events
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hosting ice hockey games ⓘ hosting major concerts ⓘ hosting touring family entertainment shows ⓘ |
| location | downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan ⓘ |
| name | Van Andel Arena self-link ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jay Van Andel ⓘ |
| opened | 1996 ⓘ |
| openingDate | October 8, 1996 ⓘ |
| operator | ASM Global ⓘ |
| owner |
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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surface form:
City of Grand Rapids
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| primaryUse |
concerts
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conventions and special events ⓘ family shows ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ sporting events ⓘ |
| regionRole | primary large-scale event center for Grand Rapids area ⓘ |
| regionServed | West Michigan ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityConcerts | approximately 12,000 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityIceHockey | approximately 10,800 ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan (most of state)
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surface form:
Michigan
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| surface | multi-surface ⓘ |
| tenant | Grand Rapids Griffins ⓘ |
| tenantLeague | American Hockey League ⓘ |
| usedFor |
basketball
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graduation ceremonies ⓘ indoor football ⓘ mixed martial arts events ⓘ professional ice hockey ⓘ wrestling events ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Van Andel Arena Description of subject: Van Andel Arena is a major multi-purpose indoor venue in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, best known as the primary ice hockey arena and event center for the region.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids
subject surface form:
Grand Rapids Griffins