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Qwest Arena Information

CenturyLink Arena Boise (also known as CenturyLink Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in Boise, Idaho. It holds 5,002 fans for ice hockey, 5,300 for basketball, 5,732 for end-stage concerts, 6,400 for boxing and up to 6,800 for center-stage concerts. It contains 4,508 permanent seats. It was built for $50 million.

It has been home to the Idaho Steelheads ECHL ice hockey team since 1997, the home of the Boise Stallions Indoor football team from 1999 to 2001, the home of the Idaho Stampede D-League basketball team during the 2001 season and again since the 2005-06 season, and the home of the Boise Burn arena football team from 2007 to 2009.

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Features

The arena features 39 corporate suites, 1,100 Club Premiere seats, standing room space for 200 people, The Zone restaurant overlooking the arena, as well as a Blimpie franchise among the 9 concession stands. The arena is physically connected to the Grove Hotel at the corner of Front Street & Capitol Boulevard in Boise. The main entrance to the arena is from the Grove Plaza. There are two scoreboards and a Daktronics ProStar videoboard.

The venue's logo when it was known as Qwest Arena.

Events

CenturyLink Arena hosted the 2006 CBA All-Star Game (while the Idaho Stampede were still part of the CBA) and the 2007 ECHL All-Star Game.

Other events hosted in the facility include concerts, trade shows, conventions, ice shows and various other sporting events, including professional wrestling, MMA, and the Treasure Valley Rollergirls roller derby squad. The Grove Hotel has 36,000 square feet (3,300 m2) of meeting and convention space in addition to the 22,247 square feet (2,066.8 m2) of arena floor space at the CenturyLink Arena.

CenturyLink Arena has hosted two NBA D-League Showcases in 2008 and 2010. Each Showcase had all NBA D-League teams play for 4 days, and showed their talent in front of National TV (NBA TV) and had scouts all around the country.

On August 18, 2011, as per CenturyLink's takeover of Qwest Communications, the venue was renamed CenturyLink Arena Boise.[8]

Coordinates: 43°36′52″N 116°12′15″W / 43.614508°N 116.204163°W

References

  1. ^ Boise Builds Hotel, Sports Arena
  2. ^ "Sharks Bow to Kings". Lodi News-Sentinel. September 25, 1997. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e5czAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MCEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2544,2901160&dq=en.
  3. ^ Staff. Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2012. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  4. ^ KeithHenrickson.com - Bank of America Centre
  5. ^ Cary Kopczynski & Company - Boise Grove
  6. ^ Robert D. Tikker - Experience
  7. ^ McAlvain Construction - Grove Hotel and Events Center

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Current arenas in the ECHL
Eastern Conference Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (Fort Wayne, IN) (2012-13) · Amway Center (Orlando, FL) (2012-13) · Arena at Gwinnett Center (Duluth, GA) · BI-LO Center (Greenville, SC) · Cambria County War Memorial Arena (Wheeling, WV (10 games in Johnstown, PA)) · First Arena (Elmira) · Ford Center (Evansville, IN) (2012-13) · Germain Arena (Fort Myers) · Huntington Center (Toledo) · North Charleston Coliseum (Charleston, SC) · Sovereign Center (Reading) · Sun National Bank Center (Trenton) · U.S. Bank Arena (Cincinnati) · WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV (26 games in Wheeling)) · Wings Stadium (Kalamazoo)
Western Conference Budweiser Events Center (Loveland, CO) · CenturyLink Arena Boise (Boise) · Citizens Business Bank Arena (Ontario, CA) · Cow Palace (Daly City, CA) (2012-13) · Maverik Center (Salt Lake City) · Orleans Arena (Las Vegas) · Rabobank Arena (Bakersfield) · Stockton Arena (Stockton)· Sullivan Arena (Anchorage)
Current arenas in the NBA Development League
Eastern Conference Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (Fort Wayne, IN) · Bismarck Civic Center (Bismark, ND) · Canton Memorial Civic Center (Canton, OH) · Erie Insurance Arena (Erie, PA) · MassMutual Center (Springfield, MA) · Portland Exposition Building (Portland, ME) · Sioux Falls Arena (Sioux Falls, SD) · Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines, IA)
Western Conference Cedar Park Center (Cedar Park, TX) · CenturyLink Arena Boise (Boise, ID) · Dr Pepper Arena (Frisco, TX) · Jam Events Center (Bakersfield, CA) · Reno Events Center (Reno, NV) · State Farm Arena (Hidalgo, TX) · Toyota Sports Center (El Segundo, CA) · Tulsa Convention Center (Tulsa, OK)
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