OVG, H.N. & Frances C. Berger Foundation Partner On Palm Desert Arena

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 – Palm Desert Arena
A rendering of the arena to be built in Palm Desert, Calif.
Oak View Group (Pollstar’s parent company) and the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation have joined forces to bring a new, state-of-the-art arena to serve the City of Palm Desert, Calif., and the broader Coachella Valley.
The 300,000 square-foot arena will have more than 10,000 seats, modern suites and hospitality clubs, and will be the home of the Seattle Kraken’s American Hockey League team. The development will also include a community gathering space and the training center for the AHL team. Live Nation will be involved as a strategic partner for the venue. 
“The Berger Foundation has always seen the potential of this property,” Douglass A. Vance, vice president of real estate for the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation said in a statement. “We prepared the land many years ago for a project exactly like this arena and ancillary businesses and have since been actively seeking developers to create a world-class campus for the Coachella Valley and its visitors. We are deeply invested in seeing this project through as the benefits to the community are vast, including permanent jobs and activities for our area’s children and families.”
The arena will be located at I-10 and Cook Street in unincorporated area in Riverside County directly outside of Palm Desert. The arena will serve the wider Coachella Valley, which is already a world-renowned music destination, thanks to Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival.
The arena was previously planned to be built on tribal land belonging to Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in Downtown Palm Springs, but OVG said in a statement those negotiations never led to a finalized deal. 
OVG said that the venues would be built with an emphasis on technology, sustainability and green initiatives and would also provide a space for artists to rehearse before the start of their tours. 
In June Jeff Bezos announced that Amazon had purchased the naming rights for the Seattle Kraken’s home in Seattle and that the building would be called Climate Pledge Arena “as a regular reminder of the urgent need for climate action.”