Sacramento Kings and the City of Sacramento announced that the site had been donated to California Northstate University, and that a medical school and hospital will be built there. On March 19, 2022, the Sacramento Kings hosted the final ever event at the arena, reverting to the original ARCO Arena name for a free farewell event attended by thousands of fans and Kings personnel/alumni. Fans were allowed to enter the arena, reminisce about their past memories there, and say their goodbyes before the arena's impending demolition. Demolition plans were formally submitted to the City of Sacramento, and after an environmental hold on the demolition plans went through. The demolition process began on August 9, 2022 and was completed in October 2022. Events High school basketball ARCO Arena has hosted several state high school basketball championship games (1992, 1996, 1998–2009, 2011–2014, 2016). College sports The arena has also hosted NCAA men's basketball tournaments multiple times and was the host site for the 2007 NCAA Volleyball Championships. WWE ARCO Arena has hosted several WWE events including the 1993 Royal Rumble, Judgment Day 2001, and The Bash in 2009. MMA ARCO Arena has played host to four Ultimate Fighting Championship events: UFC 65, UFC 73, UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2 and UFC 177. The arena hosted World Extreme Cagefighting's first ever pay-per-view event, WEC 48, on April 24, 2010. It also hosted the WEC's two biggest events ever, WEC 34, Faber vs. Pulver 1, and WEC 41, Brown vs. Faber 2, with an average of 1,300,500 viewers on Versus each. It also hosted WEC. Other events Other notable events include the five-day 1995 Billy Graham Greater Sacramento Crusade, which 177,000 people attended. A crowd of 47,500 people reportedly showed up on one night of the event, when Michael W. Smith was the musical guest; only 18,000 people were permitted inside and many watched on outside television screens. ARCO Arena hosted many graduation celebrations for local high schools. The arena hosted a PBR Built Ford Tough Series bull riding event every year from 2005 to 2016. ARCO Park ARCO Park is an unfinished multi-purpose stadium directly north of the arena. The original plan was to have a AAA minor-league baseball stadium adjacent to the basketball stadium. The stadium would have been capable of expansion to accommodate both a Major League Baseball team (possibly the Oakland A's) and a National Football League team