Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (Spokane Arena) is a multi-purpose

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in the northwestern

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, located in

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. Opened in 1995, it is home to the

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of the

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Facility

Construction

With an aging

Spokane Coliseum Spokane Coliseum (nicknamed The Boone Street Barn) was an indoor arena in the northwestern United States, located in Spokane, Washington. Opened in late 1954, it had a seating capacity of 5,400. After more than a year of construction, the arena w ...

, along with a need for a larger facility more than twice the coliseum's capacity, the Spokane City Council and Board of Spokane County Commissioners formed the

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(SPFD) to acquire, construct, own and operate sports and entertainment facilities with contiguous parking facilities. In 1990, the SPFD board members unanimously agreed on the following recommendations made by an economic feasibility/market study. The recommendations were: *To build an arena opposed to a domed stadium *An arena that could seat 12,000 to 14,000 with expansion capabilities *To build the new arena on city-owned land located adjacent to the old coliseum with on-site parking for 2,000 automobiles Voters rejected the Spokane Arena four times in six years before agreeing to build it in 1991. In the fall of that year, two ballot measures were put out to voters, and passed: *One, to publicly finance the construction of the arena through a property tax bond issue worth US$38 million *Two, a measure to validate the SPFD. Validation was important, because it would allow the district to implement a 2% hotel tax to further fund construction. In the fall of 1991, another funding measure was put out to voters and was passed. It involved a 0.1% raise in the sales tax. The passage of all three measures completed the $44.8 million financining needed to build the arena. Ground was broken on March 5, 1993, and it opened 2½ years later, in September 1995.

Building facts

The Spokane Arena has a capacity for: *12,638 for end-stage

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s *12,494 for center-stage shows *12,210 for basketball *10,771 for arena football *10,366 for ice hockey *6,951 for half-house shows The arena has a state-of-the-art audio and video system. It consists of a Viacom Sports 12 mm LED display, which is capable of being used as two separate units. The video board has exceptional color reproduction and the best off-angle viewing available for any LED format. It can even be moved forward approximately and down to approximately off the arena floor. The arena also features a 350° color LED ribbon board, which is mounted on the fascia of the Spokane Arena bowl. It is capable of displaying text messages, animations, logos, scores and statistics. Powered by Crown Amplifiers, the audio system is driven by Community RS880 speakers in the arena bowl,

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satellite speakers for the upper seating areas, and

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speakers serve the concourse, dressing rooms, and backstage hallways. Large public areas are one of the greater features of the Spokane Arena. The arena floor is , and the high concourse is a spacious . Sixteen luxury suites contain a total of 146 seats. In addition, there are six meeting rooms, totaling of meeting space. On the Events Level, there are five truck docks with loading doors, one drive-in door, and one drive-in loading door, allowing large shows to load and unload eight trucks simultaneously. Trucks can load and unload unobstructed, directly into the marshalling area at the arena floor's west end. Backstage are three star dressing rooms, two promoter offices (located in the marshalling area), and seven team dressing rooms, as well as a dressing room for officials. The

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at street level is approximately above

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2012 expansion/future

Incorporated into its original design was an area designated for future expansion of the arena. Expansion of the upper bowl would raise the

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of the arena to over 15,000. In 2011, the Spokane Public Facilities District became concerned the NCAA may tighten its criteria and require a true minimum of 12,000, with no allowance for seats lost due to tournament infrastructure. In early 2012, the Spokane Public Facilities District had "Measure 1" put on the April ballot, which was proposing to extend 0.1% sales tax and a 2% room tax to pay for a 91,000-square-foot addition to the Convention Center and other projects, including adding 750 seats to the Arena. Measure 1 was voted yes, and the 750 seats will eventually be added to the arena. However, the seats that are to be added may have sight obstruction to the video wall, as it would be on the same side facing away. After this phase of new seating, full expansion of the arena including a center hung scoreboard and full seating expansion will cost roughly $3.547 million. It is unknown as to whether the PFD will max out the arena's capacity.

Events

Sports

Basketball

Spokane Arena, in addition to its duties as being the host of Chiefs and Shock games, also has served as a secondary home for the men's

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programs of

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and

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for nearly every year since opened. Washington State has played 33 matchups in the Spokane Arena in 19 of the 22 years with a record of 18–15 (1–7 vs. ranked opponents), while Gonzaga has hosted 18 games in 15 of the 22 years with a record of 12–6 (1–2 vs. ranked opposition). In-state rivals Washington State and Gonzaga have faced off against each other in the arena on five occasions (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2014) with the Zags owning a 3–2 record against the Cougars in those games. The Bulldogs' faced off against local rival

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at the arena in four consecutive years (2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005), each won by the Zags, but just like with the Cougars, the rivalry has gone dormant due to the rise of the Zags' program to major status since the late 1990s, while the Cougars and Eagles have not seen much national spotlight. Washington State has often hosted home games at the Spokane Arena as a part of its

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schedule, holding a 7–9 against conference foes in the arena, facing

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(1996 and 2004),

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(1997 and 2011),

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(1997, 2011, and 2017),

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(1998, 2001, and 2006),

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(1999),

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(2000 and 2004),

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(2004),

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(2005), and

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(2014). With Gonzaga's rise to prominence, the Zags were able to bring high major schools like Washington (1998),

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(2003),

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(2007, 2009, and 2011) and Oklahoma (2009) to the Spokane Arena, with the Gonzaga holding a 2–3 record in those matchups, but with conference realignment and the

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's additions of

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(2011) and

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(2013), the Zags have been more selective and limited in their scheduling with four less matchups in their non-conference schedule, so they have only played in the Spokane Arena once since 2012. It also hosted the WIAA Class B state high school basketball tournament annually until 2006. The tournament came back to the arena in 2007, but as the Class 2B tournament. The WIAA had split the B classification into 1B and 2B. The

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hosts the 1B tournament. The Class 1B tournament returned in 2011 when the WIAA changed the state tournament format. Notably, this was the reason why the

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had never been in Spokane before 2006; the Class B and WCC tournaments clash every year, and Gonzaga's on-campus arena at that time, the

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, was too small to host the WCC tournament (it seated only 4,000 people). In 2004, Gonzaga opened a new on-campus arena, the

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, which enabled it to enter the WCC tournament rotation. The conference has since moved its tournament to the neutral

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NCAA Division I tournaments

Spokane Arena has been the site of several NCAA Division I basketball tournament games (men and women), with

as the designated host school. For the

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, the arena hosted in the opening rounds in

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, and

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, the latter of which hosted by the

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for the first time. Prior to the arena's opening, the NCAA tournament was held in the region on the WSU campus in Pullman at

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(

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1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

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). The arena was a

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regional site in

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, and

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. The 2011 regional was notable as Gonzaga became the lowest-seeded team ever to make a regional final in the women's tournament.

Bull riding

In 1999, the

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made a stop in Spokane Arena for a

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event; it was one of six wins for Cody Hart in 1999, the same year he became a PBR World Champion.

Figure skating

In January 2007, the Spokane Arena was put in the national spotlight once again. It was one of two facilities to host the 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the other being the Group Health Exhibit Hall at the Spokane Center several blocks away. The arena, as well as the city received many rave reviews and also shattered the previous attendance record for the event, previously held by

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, by over 30,000 attendees. On May 5, 2008, it was announced that Spokane would once again host the

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leading up to the

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. Spokane Arena was the sole venue for the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Held January 15–24, it broke its own attendance record with 158,170 tickets sold during the ten-day event. Also, the Spokane Arena hosted the very first

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, where athletes from

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, and

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, competed against each other in teams. Team North America won the event.

Football

The

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of the

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and the

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played at the arena from 2006 until 2015. The Shock hosted

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in 2010. The Shock then attempted to join the

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in 2015 but the AFL withheld the franchise rights from the ownership. The owners then created the

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and played in the IFL in 2016 and 2017 before ceasing operations. New ownership relaunched the Shock in 2020, but had its lease terminated by the city in February 2022.

Ice hockey

The

of the WHL play their home games at the arena. The arena hosted a

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preseason game between the

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and

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on September 26, 2021. This is not the first time an NHL game has been played at the arena. In fact, the first event in the arena's history was a preseason game between the

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and

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Concerts at Star Theatre

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, family shows and other events. The seating capacity of the configuration positions the "venue" between the seating capacities of the nearby

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and the full-theater seating configuration of the Spokane Arena.

Other events

Numerous other activities have taken place at the Spokane Arena including circuses, large conferences,

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shows, concerts and much more. And every year the arena is home to Spokane's band and strings spectacular featuring the areas band and strings groups grades 5-6 from all schools. Over the years the venue has hosted a variety of professional wrestling shows.

Notable events hosted

*1995 –

vs.

(

exhibition game – September 17) **Gonzaga and

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played the Arena's first collegiate basketball game; WSU won 72–67 in overtime – November 24. *1996 – Wrangler Pro Rodeo Classic **United States Olympic Wrestling Trials. **U.S.A. Motorsports Spectacular ** Stars on Ice **

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– November 22 *1997 – The

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All-Star Game ** NCAA Volleyball Final Four *1998 – Stars on Ice **

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**WWF Raw is War *2002 –

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competition *2003 – NCAA Basketball Tournament **WWE SmackDown! *2004 –

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Rock N' Roll Pain Train Tour *2007 – NCAA Basketball Tournament *2009 –

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*2010 –

** NCAA Basketball Tournament **

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concert **

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*2011 –

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Classic ** NCAA Women's Basketball Regionals **

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concert – June *2013 – NCAA Women's Basketball Regionals **

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concert – November 30 *2014 – NCAA basketball tournament *

Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967. Fleetwood Mac were founded by guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer, before bassist John McVie joined the line-up for their epony ...

concert **

Mötley Crüe Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981. The group was founded by bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee, lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil. Mötley Crüe has sold over 100 million albums ...

concert, part of their

Farewell Tour A concert tour (or simply tour) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations. Often concert tours are named to differentiate different tours by the same artist and to associate a specific to ...

*2015 – NCAA Women's Basketball Regionals *2016 – NCAA basketball tournament **Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions *2018 –

Godsmack Godsmack is an American rock band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Sully Erna, bassist Robbie Merrill, lead guitarist Tony Rombola and drummer Shannon Larkin. Since its forma ...

and

Shinedown Shinedown is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed by singer Brent Smith in 2001 after the dissolution of Dreve, his previous band. Smith, still under contract with record label Atlantic Records, recruited the band's original l ...

concert **

Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrume ...

concert *2021 –

vs.

(

exhibition game – September 26) *2022 –

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

Got Back Tour concert – April 28 **

Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys (often abbreviated as BSB) are an American vocal group consisting of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, and cousins Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson. Lou Pearlman formed the group in 1993 in Orlando, Florida. The gr ...

DNA World Tour – August 21

References

External links

Spokane Arena website
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