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Owner
  
Block 22 LLC

Surface
  
Multi-surface

Operator
  
Block 22 LLC

Phone
  
+1 208-331-8497

Former names
  
Bank of America Centre, Qwest Arena

Location
  
233 South Capitol Boulevard Boise, Idaho 83702

Capacity
  
Ice hockey: 5,002 Basketball: 5,732 Concerts: 6,800 Boxing: 6,400

Address
  
233 S Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID 83702, USA

Teams
  
Idaho Steelheads, Idaho Jr. Steelheads

Similar
  
Boise Centre, Taco Bell Arena, Julia Davis Park, Albertsons Stadium, Idaho State Capitol

Profiles


CenturyLink Arena (originally Bank of America Centre and formerly Qwest Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in Boise, Idaho, United States. It holds 5,002 fans for ice hockey, 5,300 for basketball, 5,732 for end-stage concerts, 6,400 for boxing and up to 6,800 for center-stage concerts. It contains 4,508 permanent seats. It was built for $50 million.

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It has been the home arena of the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL since 1997, the Boise Stallions of the Indoor Professional Football League in 2000 and 2001, the Idaho Stampede of the NBA Development League from 2005 to 2016, and the Boise Burn of the af2 from 2007 to 2009.


Features

The arena features 39 corporate suites, 1,100 Club Premiere seats, standing room space for 200 people, The Zone restaurant overlooking the arena, as well as a Blimpie franchise among the 9 concession stands. The arena is physically connected to the Grove Hotel at the corner of Front Street & Capitol Boulevard in Boise. The main entrance to the arena is from the Grove Plaza. There are two scoreboards and a Daktronics ProStar videoboard.

Events

CenturyLink Arena hosted the 2006 CBA All-Star Game (while the Idaho Stampede were still part of the CBA) and the 2007 ECHL All-Star Game.

Other events hosted in the facility include concerts, trade shows, conventions, ice shows and various other sporting events, including professional wrestling, MMA, and the Treasure Valley Rollergirls roller derby squad. The Grove Hotel has 36,000 square feet (3,300 m2) of meeting and convention space in addition to the 22,247 square feet (2,066.8 m2) of arena floor space at the CenturyLink Arena.

CenturyLink Arena has hosted two NBA D-League Showcases in 2008 and 2010. Each Showcase had all NBA D-League teams play for 4 days, and showed their talent in front of National TV (NBA TV) and had scouts all around the country.

On August 18, 2011, as per CenturyLink's takeover of Qwest Communications, the venue was renamed CenturyLink Arena Boise.

Concerts

Many artists and bands have performed at the Century Link Arena. Some of example of bands who have played there are The Cure, Judas Priest, Godsmack, Shinedown, Skillet, Luke Bryan, Ringo Starr and his All Star Band and Rise Against.

References

CenturyLink Arena Wikipedia