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Lakewood Church Central Campus
Lakewood Church Central Campus
The Summit stands among the high-rise office buildings of
Greenway Plaza, circa 1994
Former The Summit (1975–1998)
names Compaq Center (1998–2003)
Location 3700 Southwest Freeway, Houston, Texas 77027
Coordinates 29°43′49″N 95°26′6″W / 29.73028°N 95.435°W /
29.73028; -95.435Coordinates: 29°43′49″N
95°26′6″W / 29.73028°N 95.435°W / 29.73028;
-95.435
Broke 1970s
ground
Opened 1975 (as The Summit)
Owner Lakewood Church
Operator Lakewood Church The interior of Lakewood Church Central Campus currently. It
was once The Summit, and later Compaq Center, before becom-
Surface Wood ing a house of worship.
Construction $27 million USD
cost ($110 million in 2011 dollars[1]) ship in Houston, Texas, United States. It is located about
Capacity Basketball: 16,016 (1984-1986), 16,279
five miles southwest of Downtown Houston, next to the
(1986-1987), 16,611 (1987-1994), 16,199 Greenway Plaza.
(1994-1995), 16,285 (1995-2003) From 1975-2003 the building served as a multi-pur-
Ice hockey:15,256 pose sports arena, for various professional teams in
Indoor Soccer : 14,848 Houston.
Current configuration for worship services:
16,000 From its opening until 1998, the building was known
as The Summit. Computer technology firm Compaq
Tenants bought naming rights to the building after that and, until
Houston Aeros (WHA) (1975–1979) being leased to Lakewood Church in 2003, it was known
Houston Summit (MISL) (1978–1980) as Compaq Center.[2]
Houston Rockets (NBA) (1975–2003)
Houston Aeros (IHL/AHL) (1994–2003)
Houston Hotshots (CISL) (1994–1997) Construction of The Summit
Houston Comets (WNBA) (1997–2003)
Houston Thunderbears/Texas Terror (AFL) (1996–2001) In 1971, the National Basketball Association’s San Diego
Lakewood Church (2005–present) Rockets were purchased by new ownership group Texas
Sports Investments that moved the franchise to Houston.
The Lakewood Church Central Campus (originally The The city, however, lacked an indoor arena suitable to
Summit and formerly Compaq Center is a house of wor-
Center) host a major sports franchise, so plans were immediately
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undertaken to construct the new venue that would be- The first major rock concert at The Summit was when
come The Summit. The Rockets played their home games The Who launched their North American tour on Novem-
in various local facilities such as Hofheinz Pavilion and ber 20, 1975.[4] The concert was recorded and was heavily
the Astrodome during the interim.[3] bootlegged. It is also featured on the "30 Years of Maxi-
Completed in 1975 at a cost of $18 million,[4] The mum R&B" DVD set.
Summit represented a lavish new breed of sports arena, Paul McCartney and Wings performed at the venue
replete with amenities, that would help the NBA grow during their famous Wings Over America Tour on May 4,
from a second-tier professional sport into the multi-bil- 1976.
lion dollar entertainment industry that it is today. The On October 31, 1976, Parliament-Funkadelic per-
Omni in Atlanta (now the site of Philips Arena), McNi- formed at the venue during their similarly famous P-
chols Sports Arena in Denver (now a parking lot for Funk Earth Tour. Their performance was later released
Sports Authority Field), and the Coliseum at Richfield in on DVD in 1998.
Cleveland (now an open meadow in the process of being Queen recorded and filmed a heavily bootlegged con-
reclaimed by forest) were all constructed during this pe- cert at this venue on December 11, 1977, during their
riod and remained in service until the continued growth News of the World Tour. The concert is considered one of
of the NBA sparked a new arena construction boom in the their greatest performances.
late 1990s. Led Zeppelin performed an acclaimed and extensive-
ly bootlegged concert in The Summit on May 21 during
Notable events their record-setting 1977 U.S. Tour.[8]
The Linda Ronstadt concert footage from the 1978
Main article: Past events in Houston film FM was recorded here.
Genesis performed at The Summit on October 22,
Sports 1978. The show was recorded for the King Biscuit Flower
It housed the Rockets, Aeros, Comets and several arena Hour.[9]
football sports teams[5] until they vacated the arena in fa- On December 8, 1978, Bruce Springsteen & The E
vor of the new Toyota Center in downtown Houston. Ad- Street Band performed a concert in the Summit, which
ditionally, the arena was a prime Houston venue for pop- was released in DVD format in 2010, as part of the The
ular music concerts and special events such as Ringling Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story box set.[10]
Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the Harlem Globetrot- Aerosmith also performed during their 1977 tour
ters, Sesame Street Live and Disney on Ice.[6] where they were noticeably intoxicated, as well as an ac-
It hosted the NBA Finals on four different occasions: claimed and heavily bootleged show on the Permanent
1981, 1986, 1994 and 1995. In 1994 and 1995, the then- Vacation Tour in 1988, and later recorded the live por-
Summit was the site of the deciding games in the champi- tions of their "Blind Man" music video at the arena dur-
onship series and of the ensuing celebrations. The Sum- ing their Get a Grip Tour in 1994.[9]
mit was also host to championship teams from 1997-2000 A 1981 performance from the rock band Journey, was
when the Houston Comets won the WNBA title for four released as the CD and DVD package Live in Houston 1981:
consecutive years. The Escape Tour in 2005.
It held the World Wrestling Federation’s Royal Rum- The video for Mötley Crüe’s "Home Sweet Home" was
ble on January 15, 1989.[7] This was the first time the Roy- also shot at The Summit.
al Rumble was televised on Pay-per-view. The Rumble Prince played extensively this 16,000 seats capacity
was won by Big John Studd. It also served as the location venue in the ’80s. When he played there on Dec, 9, 1981,
for No Way Out of Texas Pay-Per-View in 1998. (for the Controversy Tour),[10] it was the biggest venue
It was also host to the Justin Bull Riding Champi- he had performed in thus far. He returned the year after
onship, a PBR Bud Light Cup bull riding event, from on December 29, 1982, for 1999 Tour (other dates in-
1998-2001. clude : January 10–11, 13-14 & 16-17, 1985, on Purple Rain
On the evening of the September 11, 2001 attack, it Tour,[11] November 27, 1988, for Lovesexy Tour & Decem-
was the first live performance of any kind since the at- ber 31, 1997, on Jam Of The Year Tour - it has then been
tack on the World Trade Center in New York that day. renamed Compaq Center).
This event was televised on Thursday, September 13, In 1989, Stevie Nicks performed at the Summit as part
2001. of The Other Side of the Mirror Tour. The music video for
"Whole Lotta Trouble" was filmed and the rest of the con-
Concerts cert was recorded for a radio broadcast.
Paul McCartney performed at the venue during his
Prior to the construction of Toyota Center, the Summit
Back in the U.S. Tour on October 13, 2002. This was his
was the principal Houston venue for large pop and rock
first performance at The Summit in 26 years, since Wings’
music concerts.
1976 Tour of America.[12]
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ZZ Top’s final stop on their Beer Drinkers and Hell
Raisers Tour, on November 22, 2003, was the last event
See also
held, before it was renovated into a church.[4]
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Preceded by Home of the Succeeded by
Hofheinz Pavilion Houston Rockets Toyota Center
1975 – 2003
Preceded by Home of the Succeeded by
Sam Houston Coliseum Houston Aeros last arena
1975 – 1979
Preceded by Home of the Succeeded by
first arena Houston Summit Baltimore Civic Center
1978 – 1980
Preceded by Masters Cup Succeeded by
Kungliga tennishallen Venue Madison Square Garden
Stockholm 1976 New York
Preceded by Home of the Succeeded by
first arena Houston Aeros Toyota Center
1994 – 2003
Preceded by Home of the Succeeded by
first arena Houston Hotshots AstroArena
1993 – 1997-1999
Preceded by Home of the Succeeded by
first arena Houston Thunderbears last arena
1996 – 2001
Preceded by Home of the Succeeded by
first arena Houston Comets Toyota Center
1997 – 2003
Preceded by Home of Succeeded by
7317 E. Houston Road Lakewood Church current
Central Campus
2005 – present
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