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Cadence Bank Arena

Coordinates: 34°15′36″N 88°42′00″W / 34.260°N 88.700°W / 34.260; -88.700
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Cadence Bank Arena
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Former names
  • Tupelo Coliseum (1993–2001)
  • BancorpSouth Center (2001–2006)
  • BancorpSouth Arena (2006–2022)
Location375 East Main Street, Tupelo, Mississippi 38804
Coordinates34°15′36″N 88°42′00″W / 34.260°N 88.700°W / 34.260; -88.700
Capacity10,000
Field size32,000 sq ft (3,000 m2) without ice[1]
209.5 ft (63.9 m) total floor length with south risers extended*
234 ft (71 m) total floor space with south risers folded*
130 ft (40 m) total width*
70 ft (21 m) width seating*
* (no ice)
OpenedOctober 9, 1993
Tenants

Cadence Bank Arena, formerly Tupelo Coliseum, BancorpSouth Center and BancorpSouth Arena is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena, near downtown Tupelo, Mississippi, named for the locally based Cadence Bank, a large multi-state commercial banking company.

It was the home of the Tupelo FireAnts and Mississippi MudCats arena football and the Tupelo T-Rex ice hockey teams. It was also the home of the Mississippi Hound Dogs of the Ultimate Indoor Football League.

The $16 million, 32,000 sq ft (3,000 m2) facility was built in 1993, and is one of the more modern arenas serving a small market in the mid-south. Its lot was previously occupied by a shopping mall called Downtown Mall. When the mall closed in 1990 the arena was retrofitted from the old building.[2][3]

The arena also seats 8,000 for sports events, ranging from basketball to rodeos.

Notable events

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Sports

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The arena has also hosted the Harlem Globetrotters on several occasions. One Memphis Pharaohs (Arena Football League) home game was held there in 1996.

Concerts

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The arena can be scaled down to 4,500 for theater-style concerts. The arena is also used for trade shows and conventions (33,800 sq ft [3,140 m2]) of exhibit space plus 5,000 sq ft (460 m2) of meeting space).

On November 14, 2008, the arena hosted the Mississippi State Bulldogs club hockey team in a game against the Loyola University New Orleans club in the arena's first venture into ice hockey since the T-Rex left in 2003.

On November 21, 2010, the BancorpSouth Arena hosted a college basketball game featuring the Memphis Tigers and the LSU Tigers.

References

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  1. ^ BancorpSouth Arena Online Archived 2007-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2012-05-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Welcome to Fairpark District | Tupelo, Mississippi". Archived from the original on 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
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Preceded by Home of the Memphis Pharaohs
1996 (One game)
Succeeded by