Smoothie King Center
- Arena Bowl XXI in 2007
- Arena Bowl XXII in 2008
- Arena Bowl XXV in 2012
- NBA All-Star Game 2008
- NBA All- Star Game in 2014
- Wrestling events WWE, WWF and WCW
- Concerts
The New Orleans Arena is a multi-purpose arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is located in the central business district of the city, next to the Mercedes -Benz Superdome.
History
The arena is since 2002 the home of the New Orleans Hornets in the NBA. The Tulane Green Wave basketball team Tulane University uses the arena for their games as well. It is also used basketball games and other events for high school. The now defunct New Orleans Brass ECHL club played in the New Orleans Arena their last three seasons before the end of 2002. Since February 2004 carries New Orleans VooDoo, a team of the Arena Football League, play their home games in the arena.
The arena was built in 1999 for 84 million U.S. dollars from the Manhattan Construction Group and officially opened on 19 October 1999. New Orleans Brass was the main tenant for the first three years. The Arena offers a maximum of 18,000 places for various events such as, inter alia, Basketball and arena football, and also offers 56 luxury suites. On the grounds of the adjacent Superdome are 4,600 parking spaces. The arena is also used for concerts.
She was the venue for the Arena Bowl XXI in 2007. The NBA All- Star Game in 2008 and the Arena Bowl XXII in July 2008 will also take place here. For the third time in the arena of ArenaBowl XXV will be held in August 2012. 2014 makes the NBA All -Star Game Station again in the arena of New Orleans.
In addition, here were wrestling events of the associations WWE, WWF and WCW instead.
Hurricane Katrina
After Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, the medical care that had previously been housed in the Superdome, moved into the arena. Medical personnel had to fight in an area of the Superdome with poor lighting, leaky ceilings and damp carpet. The arena 's design was tested in 1996 by CPP, a consulting company for wind technology, so it survived the storm far better than the Superdome and so offered better conditions to accommodate the sensitive medical field. Unlike the Superdome, the arena opened just a month after the storm.
Gallery
Satellite image of the Arena
The New Orleans Arena and the renovated Louisiana Superdome in 2008