The phrase "arena opening" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the event or ceremony marking the beginning of activities in a sports arena or venue.
Example: "The arena opening was a grand event, featuring performances and speeches from local dignitaries."
Alternatives: "venue inauguration" or "stadium launch".
James to the Nets Why it will happen With a new arena opening in Brooklyn in 2012, the Nets can offer James all of the benefits of New York without any of the Knicks' baggage.
The bank, which sponsors the Premier League and a PGA Tour event in the FedEx Cup playoffs, is still linked with the Nets, who are seeking a 2010 arena opening if construction starts soon.
He told a conference of Internet executives in Laguna Niguel, Calif., that he was going to put high-speed Internet jacks at each of the 20,000 seats of the team's new arena opening next year.
12 45 p.m. | Updated With a sports arena opening at the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues in Brooklyn, it was easy to wonder what might have been had a plan to build a stadium for the Dodgers across the street from where Barclays Center now stands not been scuttled 55 years ago.
Rihanna began the show on a white, retractable cube at the back of the arena, opening with the sullen ballads "Stay" and "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" while draped in a hooded white cloak.
In our tween Lola Zola series, which also includes the first novel -- Lola Zola and the Lemonade Crush -- Lola Zola develops a crush on her 6th grade rival for class president, Charles Wembly III, aka Buck or Slime Bucket, who also competes with Lola in the business arena, opening a "limo-nade" stand out of the back of his daddy's stretch limo, across the street from Lola's wobbly lemonade table.
Fans readily conflated the arena's opening with the Nets' arrival.
Jensen said the expectation of the arena's opening and the resulting emotions made playing difficult at times.
Here, to celebrate the arena's opening on Friday, are some of our favorites from the more than 200 submissions.
Ms. de la Uz, executive director of the Fifth Avenue Committee, whose group will join protests at the arena's opening, said the division became more along economic lines.
At the city's request, Mr. LaRossa said, P.S.E.G. upgraded streetlights in Newark's business zone to coincide with the arena's opening.
