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.

* The arena hosted WCW Uncensored 2000, WWE's Royal Rumble event on January 29, 2006, Survivor Series on November 18, 2007, and Survivor Series on November 21, 2010.

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.

Once at some games at which he was presiding, he ordered his guards to throw an entire section of the crowd into the arena during intermission to be eaten by animals because there were no criminals to be prosecuted and he was bored.

Several games have also featured modes that involve teams of characters ; players form " tag teams " to fight matches in which combat is one-on-one, but a character may leave the arena to be replaced by a team mate.

Moreover the Hellanodikai, who manage the games at Olympia, decided that they were so: for when Alexander wished to contend in the games and had descended for this purpose into the arena, the Hellenes who were to run against him tried to exclude him, saying that the contest was not for Barbarians to contend in but for Hellenes: since however Alexander proved that he was of Argos, he was judged to be a Hellene, and when he entered the contest of the foot-race his lot came out with that of the first.

Chesapeake Energy Arena in downtown is the large multipurpose arena which hosts concerts, NHL exhibition games, and many of the city's pro sports teams.

Following the successes of his trial-run games, Foster moved ahead with his idea for arena football.

For the 1984 postseason, the NHL changed the home and away schedule for the finals, from two games in one arena, three games in the other to two games in one arena, three games in the other, and two more games in the first arena.

The only arena in the Triangle area with an ice plant was Dorton Arena, a 45-year-old arena completely unsuitable for NHL hockey ; at 5, 100 seats, it was too small even for preseason games.

The club's home games are played at Staples Center, an arena shared with the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association ( WNBA ), and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League ( NHL ).

The Trail Blazers play their home games in the Rose Garden, a multipurpose arena which is located in Portland's Rose Quarter, northeast of downtown.

Many WNBA teams have NBA counterparts and play in the same arena.

In addition to those three teams, the Chicago Sky is the only other team that does not share an arena with an NBA counterpart.

" However, Shinn's ace in the hole was the Charlotte Coliseum, a state-of-the-art arena under construction that would seat almost 24, 000 spectators – the largest basketball-specific arena ever to serve as a full-time home for an NBA team.

Entering the 2002 – 03 season, the team knew it would be memorable for at least two reasons, as David Robinson announced that it would be his last in the NBA and the Spurs would begin play at their new arena, the SBC Center, named after telecommunications giant SBC, whose corporate headquarters were located in San Antonio ( SBC became AT & T after its acquisition of its former parent company ).

Other regular events at the arena include the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus when it comes to New York City ( although the Izod Center and Nassau Coliseum also host the circus each year ), selected home games for the St. John's men's Red Storm ( college basketball ), the annual pre and postseason NIT tournaments, the NBA Draft, the Millrose Games track and field meet, and almost any other kind of indoor activity that draws large audiences, such as the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and the 2004 Republican National Convention.

Exceptions include the basketball arena at Duke University, which is called Cameron Indoor Stadium, Red Bull Arena, which is home of the New York Red Bulls of MLS, and the now-demolished Chicago Stadium, former home of the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL and Chicago Bulls of the NBA.

Bennett made it clear that the Sonics and Storm would move to Oklahoma City at some point after the 2007 – 08 NBA season, unless an arena for the Sonics was approved by Seattle leaders before October 31, 2007.

After the Suns lost the NBA championship series that year, a parade that attracted more than 300, 000 Suns fans made its way through downtown and finished at the new arena.

Completed in 1975 at a cost of $ 18 million, The Summit represented a lavish new breed of sports arena, replete with amenities, that would help the NBA grow from a second-tier professional sport into the multi-billion dollar entertainment industry that it is today.

The Omni in Atlanta ( now the site of Philips Arena ), McNichols Sports Arena in Denver ( now a parking lot for Sports Authority Field ), and the Coliseum at Richfield in Cleveland ( now an open meadow in the process of being reclaimed by forest ) were all constructed during this period and remained in service until the continued growth of the NBA sparked a new arena construction boom in the late 1990s.

* The arena was once again the host of the 2012 NBA Finals ( along with the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City ) when the Heat played the Oklahoma City Thunder, winning the NBA Championship in five games.

Also in 1963, the arena was home to the Baltimore Bullets and was the host of the NBA All-Star Game in 1969.

According to the request for proposals that was released, the new arena would be built on the same site of 1st Mariner Arena and " would have a smaller seating capacity than would be required for an NHL or NBA team " but it doesn't specify a specific seating capacity.

Notably the proposed new arena would only seat 15, 000-16, 000 people — the study assumed that Baltimore would never be successful in attracting an NHL or NBA team in the future, either of which would require a minimum of 18, 000-20, 000 seats ; however, city officials were still open to this idea.

On July 8, 2009, Arena Digest. com reported that Baltimore City officials had postponed their plans for constructing a new arena, due in part to the struggling economy, and the officials ' decision split between building either an 18, 500 seat arena for a possible NBA or NHL franchise, or constructing a mid-size facility for concerts, family events, and minor league sports.

The arena seats 19, 077 for most NBA games, but can be expanded to seat up to 20, 200 for college basketball games ( and presumably NBA playoff games ).