The arena has hosted top performers, including Britney Spears and Aerosmith, as well as rodeos, ice shows, and children's entertainment.

The 2005 Red River Classic PRCA Rodeo to be hosted at the CenturyTel Center was cancelled due to the arena being used as a shelter for Hurricane Katrina evacuees.

The Saddledome replaced the Corral as the city's top sporting arena, and both facilities hosted hockey and figure skating events at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

The same year, the arena hosted its only international match, where Norway beat Saudi Arabia 6 – 0.

The arena opened in 1970 and has previously hosted Hampton University basketball along with NBA and NHL preseason exhibition games.

The arena also hosted the final phase of the 1974 World Basketball championship

The arena also hosted SummerSlam 1999, as well as the July 19, 2011 episode of Friday Night SmackDown that aired on July 22, 2011.

The 1995 NBA All-Star Game was played in the arena as well as the 2000 WNBA All-Star Game, and the arena hosted the 2009 NBA All-Star Game.

The arena hosted WWE Money in the Bank on July 15, 2012 and is scheduled to host WWE Royal Rumble on January 27, 2013.

In bull riding, the PBR hosted a Built Ford Tough Series ( at the time, called the Bud Light Cup ) event at the arena each year between 1999 and 2002 ; in 2004 the event was moved to the Glendale Arena ( later Jobing. com Arena ).

On the next night, the arena hosted the last show of Michael Flatley's Feet of Flames tour.

The arena hosted the 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards on November 13, 2008.

On December 19, 2010 the arena hosted TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs.

* December 26, 2008 – January 5, 2009-The arena hosted many of the games ( including the gold medal game ) of the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

During the week of July 2 – 8, 2007, the arena hosted the International Convention and Contests of the Barbershop Harmony Society, a men's singing organization.

The arena also hosted the 2008 Democratic National Convention, although the party's presidential nominee, then-Senator Barack Obama, made his acceptance speech at the nearby INVESCO Field at Mile High.

During the Cold War, the East German national shooting arena was located at Suhl, and hosted many top-level competitions, including the 1986 ISSF World Championships.

The arena has also hosted many World Wide Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE events over the years.

On February 1, 2006, the arena hosted the first concert by The Rolling Stones, in Baltimore, since 1969, which was at the arena.

On February 11, 2008, the arena also hosted a rally for presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Work on the LG Arena was finished mid October 2009 and the arena hosted its first concert with Tom Jones.

Prior to its first concert, the arena hosted the 2009 Horse of the Year show.

The arena has been host to several professional wrestling events including several episodes of WCW Monday Nitro and numerous WWE shows.

The Great American Bash pay-per-view was held at the arena eight times during the life of the promotion, and by the time WCW was bought by WWE, The Great American Bash had been in Baltimore for four of the five previous years.

Things got so heated between the two programs that D-X was sent to Atlanta, Georgia to film a segment near Turner's headquarters for a " war " storyline that was done when both shows were in nearby areas on the same night ( Raw in Hampton, Virginia and Nitro in nearby Norfolk ), sending D-X to the Norfolk Scope arena which Nitro was broadcasting from and interacting with WCW fans.

The arena has hosted WCW World War 3 pay-per-view on two occasions in 1997 and in 1998 as well as WWF's SummerSlam in 1993.

* On December 13, 1999, the arena hosted WCW Monday Nitro.

The arena has held boxing, mixed martial arts and wrestling events such as WCW Bash at the Beach 1999, WWF Armageddon 1999 and WWE Armageddon 2002.

WCW continued to promote their events in the arena during the subsequent years, with their last appearance being a live taping of Thunder on February 16, 2000.

When Turner bought out JCP in 1988, the Omni became the " home arena " for the NWA / WCW.

The arena hosted WCW Souled Out in 2000, WWE Cyber Sunday in 2006, and TNA Lockdown in 2011.

Another segment used computer graphics to make it appear as if Triple H had flown over the arena where WCW Nitro was taking place and wrote " WCW Sucks " and " DX Says Suck It " in the sky.

The Booker / Bagwell title match, however, was very poorly received both by television viewers and the live crowd in the arena, with the two other WCW matches receiving a similar reaction.

The UIC Pavilion was the home arena for Jim Crockett Promotions and WCW Wrestling in the late 80's and early 90's.

In addition the arena has hosted WWF Monday Night Raw, WWE Friday Night Smackdown and a few WCW Monday Nitro events throughout the late ' 90s and ' 00s, with Hulk Hogan making appearances at the venue.

It was originally started as an nWo PPV, but did not generate the revenue that WCW had hoped it would due in part to the fact that the event suffered from a low buy rate and a lack of revenue from such a small facility ( the first Souled Out was held at the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and although it sold out the arena only seated barely more than 5, 000 people ).

The arena hosted WCW Halloween Havoc in 1991 and the thirteenth WWF In Your House pay-per-view In Your House 13: Final Four in 1997.

The arena hosted part of the 1992 Great American Bash wrestling card and WCW SuperBrawl 1994 in its entirety.

The arena has hosted many professional wrestling events by WCW and WWE.

Although Goldberg was later released when Elizabeth could not keep her story straight, he would not make it back to the arena in time to compete against Nash ( it was noted in " The Death of WCW " by R. D.

The arena hosted the Mobile Mysticks of the East Coast Hockey League, WCW Beach Blast 1992, and WCW Uncensored 1998, as well as hosting the Mobile Seagulls of the National Indoor Football League and Mobile Wizards of the af2.

The Booker / Bagwell title match, however, was very poorly received both by television viewers and the live crowd in the arena, with the two other WCW matches receiving a similar reaction.