Orleans Arena is a 9,500-seat multi-purpose

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, in the

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. It is located at the

Orleans Hotel and Casino The Orleans is a hotel and casino located in Paradise, Nevada, near the Las Vegas Strip. It is owned and operated by Boyd Gaming. It includes the large multipurpose Orleans Arena that can be converted into an ice rink and can seat 9,000 attendee ...

and is operated by

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, a subsidiary of

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. The arena is the home to the

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since 2019. It is also an occasional home for the

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basketball team when the

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is in use. The arena was the home of the Las Vegas Wranglers

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team from 2003 to 2014, the

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team in 2007, as well as the

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women's football team. In 2020, the

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announced it was purchasing and relocating an

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(AHL) franchise. The

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play at Orleans Arena while the club's new 6,000-seat arena is constructed in Henderson, Nevada.

Notable events

* On July 12, 2003,

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retained The Ring

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championship with a majority decision over

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, and

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defeated Demarcus Corley on the undercard. * The first Las Vegas Wranglers game at the Orleans Arena was on October 10, 2003, where a crowd of 2,817 saw the Wranglers defeat the

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, 4–2, in an exhibition game. * The

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visited Orleans Arena on November 25, 2005. * In November 2006, the arena began hosting the

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, a pre-season

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tournament. It was the first event of its kind to be held at a venue connected to a casino with a

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, the Las Vegas (College Basketball) Invitational on November 22–26, 2006. The

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has held its basketball tournaments for

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and

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at the venue since 2009, the first Division I conference tournament to do so at that type of venue. The

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has held its men's and

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tournaments at Orleans Arena since 2011. *In 2007, the

of the

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moved to the arena from the

. The move failed to increase community interest and the team moved to

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, in 2008. *From February 26–28, 2009, the NIAA State Basketball Championship was held at the Orleans Arena. All classifications (1A–4A) attended and played at the venue. *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

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IX. Los Angeles defeated Philadelphia 28–6. *Between July and October 2015,

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taped the pilot episodes of its planned TV series ''GFW Amped'' at the Orleans Arena. *Between March 31 – April 8, 2018, the Orleans Arena hosted the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship. The Swedish team led by

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beat the defending champions Canada led by

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. *On July 26, 2018, the Orleans Arena hosted the penultimate regular season games for the

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. At 5:00 P.M., the Seattle Ballers defeated the Chicago Ballers 134–110, while the Los Angeles Ballers (led by LiAngelo and

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) and the

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(led by Curtis Hollis and Jordon Myers) recorded a high-scoring match soon afterward, with Los Angeles winning 169–153. *During the 2020–2021 figure skating season, the 2020 Guaranteed Rate Skate America and the 2021 U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held at the Orleans Arena in a "bubble" at the casino.

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