The Monument, formerly known as Rushmore Plaza Civic Center and Rushmore Plaza, is a

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, in

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. The Monument is the main event center for the Black Hills Region, serving Western

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

, South West North Dakota, North West Nebraska, and Eastern Wyoming. It is home to many large annual events, including the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo & Rodeo Rapid City, Lakota Nation Invitational, the Black Hills Homebuilders Expo, South Dakota High School Activities Association Tournaments, the

Rapid City Rush The Rapid City Rush are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL based in Rapid City, South Dakota, and play their home games at The Monument. The Rush are currently a minor affiliate of the Calgary Flames NHL franchise. History On June 2, 2 ...

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team of the

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, and the

Rapid City Marshals The Rapid City Marshals were a professional Indoor American football, indoor football team based in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Marshals played their home games at the The Monument (Rapid City, South Dakota), Summit Arena at The Monument. The ...

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, who in 2024, folded. The

Rapid City Thrillers The Rapid City Thrillers were a semi-professional basketball team in Rapid City, South Dakota, that competed in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) beginning in the 1987 season. They were reincarnated in 1998 as an International Basket ...

semi-professional

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team also formerly played games at the complex. The grand opening event was a concert by

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on June 21, 1977, which was filmed for a CBS television special ''

Elvis in Concert '' ''Elvis In Concert'' is a Death, posthumous 1977 television special starring Elvis Presley. It was Presley's third and final TV special, following ''Elvis'' (a.k.a. ''The Elvis (1968 TV program), '68 Comeback Special'') and ''Aloha from Hawai ...

'' that aired in October. The concert was during the singer's final tour before his death on August 16, 1977. The center contains two multi-purpose arenas: an ice arena, home to the Rapid City Rush hockey team, and the 10,000-seat Summit Arena completed in October 2021 that is home to the Rapid City Marshals. The venue also contains a fieldhouse, a fine arts theatre, two large convention/exhibit halls, and numerous other meeting rooms. After the venue was remodeled in 2021, the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center was renamed The Monument after a

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agreement with Monument Health Rapid City Hospital.

References

External links

Official website
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