Huntington Bank Arena
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| Location | 375 East Main Street, Tupelo, Mississippi 38804 |
| Coordinates | 34°15′36″N 88°42′00″W / 34.260°N 88.700°W |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
Field size | 32,000 sq ft (3,000 m2) without ice[1]
209.5 ft (63.9 m) total floor length with south risers extended* 234 ft (71 m) total floor space with south risers folded* 130 ft (40 m) total width* 70 ft (21 m) width seating* * (no ice) |
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| Opened | October 9, 1993 |
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Huntington Bank Arena, formerly Tupelo Coliseum, BancorpSouth Center, BancorpSouth Arena, and Cadence Bank Arena is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena, near downtown Tupelo, Mississippi, named for Huntington Bancshares, a large multi-state commercial banking company.
It was the home of the Tupelo FireAntz and Mississippi MudCats arena football teams, the Tupelo T-Rex ice hockey team and the Tupelo Hound Dogs of the Eastern Indoor Soccer League. It was also the home of the Mississippi Hound Dogs of the Ultimate Indoor Football League.
The $16 million, 32,000 sq ft (3,000 m2) facility was built in 1993, and is one of the more modern arenas serving a small market in the mid-south. Its lot was previously occupied by a shopping mall called Downtown Mall. When the mall closed in 1990 the arena was retrofitted from the old building.[2][3]
The arena also seats 8,000 for sports events, ranging from basketball to rodeos.
Notable events
[edit]Sports
[edit]- WCW Uncensored (1995)
- WCW Uncensored (1996),
- WCW Spring Stampede (1997),
- Gulf South Conference Basketball Tournament (2001-2005)
The arena has also hosted the Harlem Globetrotters on several occasions. One Memphis Pharaohs (Arena Football League) home game was held there in 1996.
Concerts
[edit]- Elton John
- Backstreet Boys
- Journey
- Toby Keith
- Brad Paisley
- Florida Georgia Line
- Kenny Chesney
- Aerosmith
- Tim McGraw
- Faith Hill
- Miranda Lambert
- Chris Young
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Rae Sremmurd
- Dwight Yoakam
- Reba McEntire
- Carrie Underwood
The arena can be scaled down to 4,500 for theater-style concerts. The arena is also used for trade shows and conventions (33,800 sq ft [3,140 m2]) of exhibit space plus 5,000 sq ft (460 m2) of meeting space).
On November 14, 2008, the arena hosted the Mississippi State Bulldogs club hockey team in a game against the Loyola University New Orleans club in the arena's first venture into ice hockey since the T-Rex left in 2001.
On November 21, 2010, the BancorpSouth Arena hosted a college basketball game featuring the Memphis Tigers and the LSU Tigers.
On December 14, 2024, Cadence Bank Arena hosted a matchup between McNeese State and Mississippi State, two teams that later made appearances in the NCAA tournament.
References
[edit]- ↑ BancorpSouth Arena Online Archived 2007-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Archived copy". Retrieved 2012-05-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Welcome to Fairpark District | Tupelo, Mississippi". Archived from the original on 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
External links
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- Ice hockey venues in the United States
- Indoor soccer venues in the United States
- Basketball venues in Mississippi
- Convention centers in Mississippi
- Buildings and structures in Tupelo, Mississippi
- Tourist attractions in Lee County, Mississippi
- Indoor arenas in Mississippi
- Sports in Tupelo, Mississippi
- Sports venues completed in 1993
- 1993 establishments in Mississippi