Editing Houston Rockets (section)

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| caption1 = The Summit (later Compaq Center) hosted the Rockets from 1975 to 2003, and was also the site where the Rockets won both of their NBA titles in 1994 and 1995. Today the site is the [[Lakewood Church Central Campus|worship center]] for [[Lakewood Church]].
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During the four years the Rockets were in San Diego, they played their games in the [[San Diego Sports Arena]],<ref name="chronhistory" /> which had a [[seating capacity]] of 14,400.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20080909/news_1m9arena.html |author=Varga, George |title=Arm of entertainment giant taking over at Sports Arena |date=September 9, 2008 |work=San Diego Union-Tribune |access-date=February 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305085910/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20080909/news_1m9arena.html |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In their first season after moving to Houston, the Rockets did not have their own arena, and they played their first two years at various venues in the city, including the [[Astrodome]], [[Reliant Park#Reliant Arena|AstroHall]], [[Sam Houston Coliseum]] and [[Hofheinz Pavilion]], the latter eventually being adopted as their home arena until 1975. They also had to play "home" games in other cities such as [[San Antonio]], [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]], and even San Diego in efforts to extend the fan-base. During their first season, the Rockets averaged less than 5,000 fans per game (roughly half full), and in one game in Waco, there were only 759 fans in attendance.<ref name="chronhistory" />

Their first permanent arena in Houston was the 10,000 seat Hofheinz Pavilion on the campus of the [[University of Houston]], which they moved into starting in their second season. They played in the arena for four years, before occupying [[Lakewood Church Central Campus|The Summit]] in 1975. The arena, which could hold 16,611 spectators,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.htexas.com/feature.cfm?Story=451 |title=Lakewood Church Set to Open Doors |last=Horton |first=Marianne |date=July 2005 |work=H Texas Magazine |access-date=February 27, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071009161511/http://www.htexas.com/feature.cfm?Story=451 |archive-date = October 9, 2007}}</ref> was their home for the next 28 years. It was renamed the Compaq Center from 1998 to 2003.<ref name="chronhistory" /> Following the 1994 title, the Rockets had a sellout streak of 176 consecutive home games, including the playoffs, which lasted until 1999. However, the struggling 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons saw Houston having the worst attendance average in the league, with less than 12,000 spectators each season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/sports/rockets/article/Drafting-Yao-Ming-means-big-business-for-Rockets-2073320.php|title=Drafting Yao Ming means big business for Rockets|first=Jonathan|last=Feigen|work=Houston Chronicle|date=June 30, 2002 |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref>

For the [[2003–04 NBA season|2003–04 season]], the Rockets moved into their new arena, [[Toyota Center]], with a [[seating capacity]] of 18,500.<ref name="newarena" /> During the [[2007–08 NBA season|2007–08 season]] where the team achieved a 22-game winning streak, the Rockets got their best numbers to date, averaging 17,379 spectators.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/attendance?year=2008 |title=NBA Attendance Report&nbsp;– 2008 |work=ESPN |access-date=March 1, 2009}}</ref> These were exceeded once James Harden joined the team in 2012. The Rockets averaged 18,123 spectators during the 2013–14 season, selling out 39 out of the 41 home games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2014/10/rockets-to-unveil-new-luxury-suites-at-toyota-center-for-rockets-season/|title=Rockets to unveil new luxury suites at Toyota Center for Rockets' season|first=Jenny Dial|last=Creech|date=October 1, 2014 |work=Houston Chronicle|access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/attendance/_/year/2014|title=NBA Attendance Report&nbsp;– 2014 |work=ESPN |access-date=March 1, 2009}}</ref> The 2014–15 season had even better numbers, with 40 sellouts and an average of 18,230 tickets sold.<ref name=guideatt>[[#refGuide15|2015–16 Media Guide]]{{Broken anchor|date=March 23, 2024|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|reason= The anchor (refGuide15) [[Special:Diff/762636649|has been deleted]].}}, p. 147</ref>