Cajundome

Louisiana Ragin ' Cajuns (NCAA Basketball ) (since 1985) Lafayette SwampCats ( EISL ) (1997 ) Lafayette Roughnecks ( af2 ) (2001 ) Louisiana IceGators ( ECHL ) ( 1995-2005) Louisiana IceGators ( SPHL ) (since 2010)

The Cajundome is a 12,068 -seat multi-purpose arena in Lafayette, Louisiana, which was opened in 1985 and is now used mainly for college sports, as well as professional hockey.

History and use

The construction of the arena took place during the tenure of Mayor William Dudley Lastrapes Jr., costing about 64 million U.S. dollars. In 1985, the Cajundome was finally officially opened. Since that time, bear the Louisiana Ragin ' Cajuns, the basketball team of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette their home games in the play mode of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the arena. Moreover, each year the Louisiana high school basketball state championship match will take place.

From 1995 to 2005, the Cajundome was also home of the now defunct Hockey Franchise Louisiana IceGators from the East Coast Hockey League. During this time the arena was nicknamed The Frozen Swamp (Eng. The frozen swamp ). Since 2010, playing with a same team from the Southern Professional Hockey League again an ice hockey team in the Cajundome. In addition, the Championships NCAA Sun Belt Conference in 1998, 1999 and 2007 discharged. For one year the Lafayette SwampCats from the Eastern Indoor Soccer League ( 1997) and Lafayette Roughnecks from the arenafootball2 (2001) were based in the Cajundome.

2002, a new convention center was built in the immediate vicinity of the arena. The cultivation adds a 3,465 m² exhibition hall and conference space added by a total area of ​​3,687 m² 3,716 m² of the old to the Cajundome.

Moreover, in the Cajundome found various regional concerts and other events, such as World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE), instead.

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