National Sports Center

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multi-sport facility sports complex

The National Sports Center is a large multi-sport complex in Blaine, Minnesota, best known for hosting major amateur and youth sporting events, especially soccer tournaments.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
National Sports Center canonical	6
National Sports Center Foundation	1
National Sports Center sports complex	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9790949 — 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: National Sports Center
Context triple: [Blaine, Minnesota, United States, hasFacility, National Sports Center]

A. Skyline Sports Complex
Skyline Sports Complex is a sports venue in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, best known as the former home ground of the professional soccer team Harrisburg City Islanders.
B. National Arena
National Arena is a major multi-purpose stadium in Bucharest, Romania, primarily known as the home ground of the Romania national football team and a venue for large-scale sports and entertainment events.
C. Mid-America Sports Complex
Mid-America Sports Complex is a large multi-field athletic facility in Shawnee, Kansas, primarily known for hosting regional softball and baseball leagues and tournaments.
D. Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex
Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex is a downtown Cleveland sports and entertainment district that includes major venues such as Progressive Field and Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
E. National Indoor Stadium
The National Indoor Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports arena in Beijing, China, known for hosting high-profile international events including competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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: National Sports Center
Target entity description: The National Sports Center is a large multi-sport complex in Blaine, Minnesota, best known for hosting major amateur and youth sporting events, especially soccer tournaments.

A. Skyline Sports Complex
Skyline Sports Complex is a sports venue in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, best known as the former home ground of the professional soccer team Harrisburg City Islanders.
B. National Arena
National Arena is a major multi-purpose stadium in Bucharest, Romania, primarily known as the home ground of the Romania national football team and a venue for large-scale sports and entertainment events.
C. Mid-America Sports Complex
Mid-America Sports Complex is a large multi-field athletic facility in Shawnee, Kansas, primarily known for hosting regional softball and baseball leagues and tournaments.
D. Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex
Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex is a downtown Cleveland sports and entertainment district that includes major venues such as Progressive Field and Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
E. National Indoor Stadium
The National Indoor Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports arena in Beijing, China, known for hosting high-profile international events including competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	multi-sport facility ⓘ sports complex ⓘ
city	Blaine ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
hasFacility	Schwan Super Rink ⓘ cycling velodrome ⓘ golf course ⓘ indoor sports dome ⓘ meeting and event space ⓘ soccer fields ⓘ stadium ⓘ
hasIceSheets	8-sheet ice arena complex ⓘ
hasNumberOfFields	50+ soccer fields ⓘ
hasSurfaceArea	over 600 acres ⓘ
hasType	indoor sports complex ⓘ outdoor sports complex ⓘ
hostsEvent	USA CUP soccer tournament ⓘ adult soccer leagues ⓘ cycling events ⓘ figure skating competitions ⓘ hockey tournaments ⓘ lacrosse tournaments ⓘ rugby tournaments ⓘ ultimate frisbee tournaments ⓘ youth soccer tournaments ⓘ
knownFor	hosting large soccer tournaments ⓘ hosting major amateur sporting events ⓘ hosting youth sporting events ⓘ
locatedIn	Anoka County, Minnesota ⓘ Blaine, Minnesota ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ
opened	1990 ⓘ
operatedBy	National Sports Center Foundation ⓘ linked to: National Sports Center
ownedBy	State of Minnesota ⓘ linked to: Minnesota
partOf	Minnesota amateur sports facilities system ⓘ
primaryUse	amateur sports ⓘ youth sports ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
sportsOffered	cycling ⓘ figure skating ⓘ golf ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ lacrosse ⓘ rugby ⓘ soccer ⓘ ultimate frisbee ⓘ
state	Minnesota ⓘ
website	https://www.nscsports.org/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blaine, Minnesota, United States → hasFacility → National Sports Center ⓘ

Blaine, Minnesota, United States → knownFor → National Sports Center ⓘ

Blaine, Minnesota → hasSportsFacility → National Sports Center ⓘ

Blaine, Minnesota → knownFor → National Sports Center ⓘ

Blaine, Minnesota → hasAttraction → National Sports Center ⓘ

National Sports Center → operatedBy → National Sports Center Foundation ⓘ

linked to: National Sports Center

Minnesota Thunder → homeStadium → National Sports Center ⓘ

Minnesota Thunder → homeVenueComplex → National Sports Center sports complex ⓘ