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Location
  
Las Vegas, NV 89103

Operator
  
Boyd Gaming

Broke ground
  
February 5, 2002

Capacity
  
9,500

Owner
  
Boyd Gaming

Surface
  
Multi-surface

Opened
  
May 25, 2003

Phone
  
+1 702-365-7469

Orleans Arena

Address
  
4500 W Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89103, USA

Similar
  
The Orleans, MGM Grand Las Vegas, Gold Coast Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas Convention Center, Thomas & Mack Center

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The Orleans Arena is a 9,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Paradise, Nevada, in the Las Vegas Valley. It is home to the Las Vegas Sin women's football team and is also an occasional home for the UNLV Rebels basketball team when the Thomas & Mack Center is in use. The arena was the home of the Las Vegas Wranglers ice hockey team from 2003 to 2014 and the Las Vegas Gladiators arena football team in 2007. It is located at the Orleans Hotel and Casino and is operated by Coast Casinos, a subsidiary of Boyd Gaming Corporation.

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Notable events

  • On July 12, 2003, Ricardo Mayorga retained The Ring welterweight championship with a majority decision over Vernon Forrest, and Zab Judah defeated Demarcus Corley on the undercard.
  • The first Las Vegas Wranglers game at the Orleans Arena was on October 10, 2003, in which a crowd of 2,817 saw the Wranglers defeat the Bakersfield Condors, 4–2, in an exhibition game.
  • The Stanley Cup visited Orleans Arena on November 25, 2005.
  • The arena was the site of the first NCAA tournament held in a venue connected to a casino with a sports book, the Las Vegas (College Basketball) Invitational on November 22–26, 2006. The West Coast Conference has held its basketball tournaments for men and women at the venue since 2009, the first Division I conference tournament to do so at that type of venue. In addition the Western Athletic Conference held its 2011 men's tournament at Orleans Arena and did again in 2012.
  • In 2007, the Las Vegas Gladiators of the Arena Football League moved to the arena from the Thomas & Mack Center. The move failed to increase community interest and the team moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 2008.
  • On March 7, 2007, Mikey Way of My Chemical Romance got married to his fiancée Alicia Simmons in the backstage area.
  • From February 26–28, 2009, the NIAA State Basketball Championship was held at the Orleans Arena. All classifications (1A-4A) attended and played at this venue.
  • On August 22, 2009, the af2's (arena football) ArenaCup was played between the Spokane Shock and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers. Spokane won the game, 74–27.
  • On November 26, 2011, the UNLV men's basketball team upset No. 1 ranked North Carolina at the arena.
  • On February 5, 2012, the arena played host to the LFL Lingerie Bowl IX. Los Angeles defeated Philadelphia 28–6.

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    Orleans Arena Wikipedia
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