The Thomas & Mack Center is a multi-purpose

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located on the campus of the

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. It is home of the

UNLV Runnin' Rebels The UNLV Runnin' Rebels are the men's basketball team that represent the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in the Mountain West Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); it plays at the Thomas & Mack Center on campus. As ...

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team of the

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History

The facility was first opened in the summer of 1983. The gala grand opening was held on December 16, 1983, featuring

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and

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. The facility hosts numerous events, such as concerts, music festivals, conventions and

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cards. For ring events, the capacity is 19,522; for basketball, the capacity is 18,000. The facility is named after two prominent Nevada bankers, E. Parry Thomas and

Jerome D. Mack Jerome D. Mack (a.k.a. Jerry Mack) (November 6, 1920 – September 26, 1998) was an American banker, real estate investor, political fundraiser and philanthropist in Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada. He was the founder and president of the Ban ...

, who donated the original funds for the feasibility and land studies. The arena underwent a major interior and exterior renovation in 1999. 2008 saw the installation of all new visual equipment, which included a 4-sided new center-hung LED widescreen scoreboard, which includes four LED advertising/scoring boards above it and a LED advertising ring below it to replace the one installed in 1995, a partial LED ring beam display covering 80% of the balcony's rim, a new 50' LED scorer's table display, a new shot clock system for the backboards, six wall-mounted locker room game clocks, two new custom scoreboards with fixed digital scoring and complete player stats and a new outdoor marquee LED video billboard. In 2001, a smaller arena,

Cox Pavilion Cox Pavilion is a , multi-purpose indoor arena on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus, connected to the Thomas & Mack Center. The Pavilion serves as the home court for UNLV Lady Rebels women's basketball and volleyball programs as well as t ...

, was added to the complex; the two arenas are directly connected. Cox Pavilion is used for smaller events; its main tenants are the UNLV women's basketball and volleyball programs. The center's primary tenant is the UNLV men's basketball team since 1983. The arena was nicknamed "the Shark Tank" after UNLV coach

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, whose nickname was Tark the Shark. He won a national championship in 1990 and took the team to three additional Final Fours (four Final Fours overall). The arena ranked 4th highest in college basketball attendance during the 2012-2013 season. The facility also hosted the

Las Vegas Thunder The Las Vegas Thunder were a professional ice hockey team competing in the International Hockey League. The team's home rink was at the Thomas & Mack Center. They began play in the 1993–1994 season, folding on April 18, 1999. The demise of the ...

of the now defunct International Hockey League. It was also host of the

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games annually in October through 2013. In 2014 and 2015 their games were played at MGM Grand, and from 2016 onward at

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Arena Football

It was the former home of the

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's Las Vegas Sting,

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, and Las Vegas Outlaws. In 2005 and 2006, the arena hosted the Arena Football League's ArenaBowl.

ArenaBowl XIX ArenaBowl XIX was the 2005 championship game of the Arena Football League (AFL), and was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada. The first neutral-site title game in AFL history drew 10,822 fans to see the Colorado Crush defeat ...

and

ArenaBowl XX ArenaBowl XX, held on Sunday, June 11, 2006, was played to determine the championship of the 2006 season of the Arena Football League (AFL). For the second consecutive year, the game was played at the neutral site of the Thomas & Mack Center in P ...

were the first two ArenaBowls to be held at a neutral site arena. In the past, the games had been played at the site of the highest seed in the playoffs. In

in 2005, the

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, owned by John Elway defeated the

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on a field goal on the final play of the game. The game was ranked as one of the AFL's 20 best games ever in league history. The following year, 2006, the Chicago Rush, owned by

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defeated the

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69-61 for the Rush's first championship in franchise history.

Basketball

NBA

The venue hosted the 2007 NBA All-Star Game, marking the first time that this game was held in a city without a

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(NBA) franchise. For the first time in NBA history, an on-campus college sports arena served as venue of an

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. However, the arena had previously hosted home games for two NBA teams, the

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and

. The Utah Jazz used the arena in the mid-1980s, and it was where

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broke

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's record for points in a career in 1984. The Lakers used the arena in 1992 for Game 4 of their first round playoff series against the

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, which Portland won 102–76. The NBA moved the game as a result of the Los Angeles riots.

College

The 1994-95

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, 1997–99

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and 2000-03

men's basketball tournaments were held there as well. The Mountain West Conference basketball tournament returned in 2007 and stayed until 2013.

International

The

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was held at Thomas & Mack Center from August 22 to September 2.

Rodeo

In late 2007,

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filmed part of the ''

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'' episode, "Bull", at the Thomas & Mack Center, which was hosting the

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World Finals.
Since 1985, the Thomas & Mack Center has hosted the

National Finals Rodeo The National Finals Rodeo (NFR) is the premier rodeo event by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). The NFR showcases the talents of the PRCA's top 15 money-winners in the season for each event. The NFR is held each year in the fi ...

annually each December. It also hosted the

World Finals from 1999 to 2015 before the event moved to the new

from the 2016 season onward; the PBR returned in 2018 to host their annual "Last Cowboy Standing" event. As a surprise during the 2018 PBR World Finals in November, CEO Sean Gleason announced that the PBR Last Cowboy Standing event would be hosted at

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starting in 2019. This move to the world's largest outdoor rodeo expanded on a growing partnership.

Martial arts

The venue hosted multiple professional boxing fights, including: * September 12, 1992 -

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(for the WBC light welterweight title) * November 13, 1992 -

Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe was a professional boxing match that took place on November 13, 1992 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight was contested for the undisputed world heavyweight championship, which consisted of the WBA, WBC, and I ...

(for the WBA, WBC, IBF and lineal heavyweight titles) * May 8, 1993 - Lennox Lewis vs. Tony Tucker (for the WBC heavyweight title) * June 13, 1993 -

George Foreman vs. Tommy Morrison George Foreman vs. Tommy Morrison, billed as the ''Star-Spangled Battle'', was a professional boxing match contested between George Foreman and Tommy Morrison on June 7, 1993, for the vacant World Boxing Organization Heavyweight Championship. B ...

(for the WBO heavyweight title) * April 12, 1997 - Pernell Whitaker vs. Oscar De La Hoya (for the WBC and lineal welterweight titles) * September 13, 1997 - Oscar De La Hoya vs. Héctor Camacho (for the WBC and lineal welterweight titles) * November 8, 1997 -

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(for the WBA and IBF heavyweight titles) * September 18, 1998 - Oscar De La Hoya vs. Julio César Chávez II (for the WBC and lineal welterweight title) * November 13, 1999 -

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(for the WBA, WBC, IBF and lineal heavyweight titles) * March 1, 2003 - John Ruiz vs. Roy Jones Jr. (for the WBA heavyweight title) * January 21, 2006 - Érik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao II (for the WBC International super featherweight title) * April 8, 2006 -

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Zab Judah Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Zab Judah, billed as ''Sworn Enemies'', was a boxing match for the IBF welterweight title which took place on April 8, 2006 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada between IBF welterweight champion Zab Judah a ...

(for the IBF and IBO welterweight titles) * November 18, 2006 -

Manny Pacquiao vs. Érik Morales III Manny Pacquiao vs. Erik Morales III, billed as ''The Grand Finale'', was a super featherweight boxing match. The bout took place on November 18, 2006 at the Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and was distribute ...

(for the WBC International super featherweight title) * April 19, 2008 -

Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe, was a boxing match that took place on April 19, 2008, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada, between '' The Ring'' light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins and unified super middleweight champion J ...

(light heavyweight fight) * September 15, 2012 -

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vs Sergio Martínez (for the WBC middleweight title) * October 13, 2013 - Timothy Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Márquez (for the WBO welterweight title) * November 5, 2016 - Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas (for the WBO welterweight title) The venue also hosted

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

events such as

UFC 43 ''UFC 43: Meltdown'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 6, 2003, at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later relea ...

in 2003,

Pride 32 ''Pride 32: The Real Deal'' was a mixed martial arts event and was held by the Pride Fighting Championships. The event took place on October 21, 2006, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Background This was the first Pride event t ...

in 2006 and Pride 33 in 2007.

Other sports events

On March 30, 1984, the

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Olympic team competed in the international competition at Thomas & Mack Center. Numerous

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PPV events have been held at the Thomas and Mack Center including

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, No Way Out (2008), , and the finals of the all women's

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tournament, as well as episodes of

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and WWE Superstars of Wrestling.

Other events

The facility also hosts numerous other events, such as concerts, music festivals and conventions. The gala grand opening was held on December 16, 1983, featuring

and

. Rock band

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performed on March 16, 1984. Sir

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's first performance at the arena was on August 24, 1984. Other bands such as

AC/DC AC/DC (stylised as ACϟDC) are an Australian Rock music, rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm Young, Malcolm and Angus Young. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock, and Heavy metal ...

Van Halen Van Halen ( ) was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. Credited with "restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene", Van Halen was known for its energetic live shows and for the virtuosity of its lead gu ...

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 ...

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, and

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performed in 1986. On November 14, 1987, comedian

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performed at the arena. On January 25, 1992,

Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKa ...

performed at the arena during their

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. It was the largest attendance single performance concert with 17,590 fans in attendance. Later, the record was broken by U2 on November 18, 2001 when U2 sold 17,771 tickets.

Pearl Jam Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. The band's lineup consists of founding members Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready (lead guitar), and Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guita ...

performed at the arena on July 11, 1998. Rock band

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performed at the arena 10 times. The first time on November 13, 1997 as their Fall tour opener. They also played on October 30 and 31, 1998. During the Halloween Night performance, the band covered

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's "Loaded" album in its entirety during the second set. This performance is available on the band's official live release '' Live Phish Volume 16''. The band returned to the arena for two shows in September 2000 on the 29th and 30th and again for two more shows in February 2003 on the 15th and 16th. They also played three shows in 2004 on April 15, 16 and 17th. On September 11, 2003, Thomas & Mack Center celebrated its 20th anniversary, hosting

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in concert. In September 2004, the

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was held at the arena, broadcast live on

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. On January 28, 2007, High School Musical: The Concert performed with over 10,000 people attending. The arena has hosted lectures by

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and

Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...

as part of various UNLV-affiliated lecture series. On October 19, 2016, the arena hosted the final Presidential Debate for the 2016 presidential election. On June 15, 2022

Dave Matthews Band Dave Matthews Band (also known by the initials DMB) is an American rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991. The band's founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer and bac ...

performed for the culmination of the 2022 Cisco Live! conference. http://dmbalmanac.com/TourShowSet.aspx?id=453089915&tid=8167&where=2022 On July 22-24, 2022,

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made its debut at the arena. This marked the show's first trip to Las Vegas since the 2019 All-Star Challenge at

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References

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