Akins Ford Arena

Akins Ford Arena is an indoor arena in Athens, Georgia. It is part of The Classic Center campus and was built as an upgrade to the Classic Center Grand Ballroom, which had been configured as a 2,000-seat arena.

Type: Stadium
Description: indoor arena in Georgia, US
Also known as: “Classic Center Arena”
Address: 155 Hickory Street, Athens, GA 30601

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Classic Center and Tree That Owns Itself.

Classic Center

Event venue

Photo: Lieutenantloon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Classic Center is a convention center in Athens, Georgia, United States. It was opened in 1995. Located within is Akins Ford Arena at The Classic Center, a large event hall that also serves as a 2,000-seat arena. Classic Center is situated 560 feet southwest of Akins Ford Arena.

Tree That Owns Itself

Photo: Boston Public Library, Public domain.

The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree that, according to legend, has legal ownership of itself and of all land within eight feet of its base. Also known as the Jackson Oak, the tree is at the corner of South Finley and Dearing Streets in Athens, Georgia, US. Tree That Owns Itself is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Akins Ford Arena.

Sanford Stadium

Stadium

Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium is the on-campus playing venue for football at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, United States. The 93,033-seat stadium is the ninth-largest American football stadium in the NCAA, and the 15th-largest such stadium in the world. Sanford Stadium is situated 4,200 feet south of Akins Ford Arena.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Athens and Five Points.

Athens

Photo: Rob, CC BY 2.0.

Athens is a vibrant college town of 127,000 people in the Classic Heartland region of Georgia. Athens is most popular in the late summer and fall when students, families of students or college football fans visit the University of Georgia.

Five Points

Neighborhood

Five Points is a retail corridor and neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, centered on the intersection of Milledge Avenue and Lumpkin Street. It occupies the South-Southwest edge of the University of Georgia campus. Five Points is situated 2 miles southwest of Akins Ford Arena.

Normaltown

Neighborhood

Normaltown is a neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, by the Athens Regional Medical Center and named for the State Normal School formerly located there. It was the first area of Athens to be wired for electricity after the completion of the Mitchell Bridge hydroelectric plant in 1896. Normaltown is situated 2 miles west of Akins Ford Arena.

Akins Ford Arena

Categories: building, ice hockey, recreation area, sports location, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.96125° or 33° 57′ 41″ north

Longitude

-83.37101° or 83° 22′ 16″ west

Levels

Operator

The Classic Center

Open location code

865RXJ6H+FH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1361822685

OpenStreetMap feature

building=stadium

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=stadium

OpenStreetMap feature

sport=ice_hockey

Wikidata ID

Q121282836

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