Operator SMG Renovated 2014 Phone +1 520-791-4101 | Owner City of Tucson Opened 1971 Capacity 9,275 | |
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Theatre seating Tucson Music Hall: 2,289Leo Rich Theater: 511Tucson Arena: 7,440 Address 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701, USA Similar Fox Tucson Theatre, Rialto Theatre, Worthington Arena, Kino Veterans Memorial, Hotel Congress Profiles | ||
Tucson convention center renovations
The Tucson Convention Center (previously named the Tucson Community Center) is a large multi-purpose convention center located in downtown Tucson, Arizona. Built in 1971, the location includes a 7,440-seat indoor arena, two performing arts venues, and 205,000 square feet (19,000 m2) of meeting space. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
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Performance venues
Arizona Wildcats ice hockey
The University of Arizona Wildcats club hockey team currently plays at Tucson Arena and is the primary tenant at this time. Although associated with the college, the team receives no funding directly from the school. The hockey team is a Division 1 member of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. Leo Golembiewski had been the head coach for the last 27 years, leading the team to 21 straight national tournaments with eight semi-final appearances and one national championship. The current coach is Chad Berman, in his first year with the team.
Tucson Roadrunners
Beginning from the fall of 2016, the Arena has been home to the Tucson Roadrunners in the American Hockey League.
Other events
The Tucson Convention Center has been host to many other events including the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show, Jehovah's Witnesses Regional Conventions, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, concerts, monster truck shows as well as many live WWE television broadcasts featuring Raw, SmackDown & ECW. In 1999, the arena hosted an Empty Arena match between The Rock and Mankind for the WWF Championship, which aired during halftime of Super Bowl XXXIII.
Past minor league teams
Renovation
Throughout 2014, the Tucson Convention Center was renovated at a cost of $22 million, via funding by the Rio Nuevo downtown redevelopment and revitalization district and the City of Tucson, including new bathrooms, lighting, seats, a revamped sound system, a new kitchen and a video scoreboard. Mike Love's Beach Boys headlined a January 4, 2015 concert at the venue, debuting the remodeled arena.
Management of the convention center is now handled by SMG.