Donald L. Tucker Center
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| Donald L. Tucker Center | |
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| Location | 505 W Pensacola St Tallahassee, Florida 32301 |
| Opened | November 29, 1981 (basketball) |
| Owner | Tallahassee-Leon Co. Civic Center Authority |
| Operator | Arena Network |
| Construction cost | $33.8 Million |
| Former names | Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center (1981-2004) |
| Tenants | Florida State Seminoles (NCAA) (Men's and women's basketball)(1981 - present) Tallahassee Titans (2007) Tallahassee Tiger Sharks(1994-2001) |
| Capacity | 12,100 |
Donald L. Tucker Center is a 12,100 seat multi-purpose arena in Tallahassee, Florida, located within the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center. The arena opened in 1981 and was built at a cost of $33.8 million, financed by the city. It is home to the Florida State University Seminoles men's and women's basketball teams. Before they moved, it was also host to the Tallahassee Tiger Sharks ice hockey team of the ECHL. Other professional teams that called the center home included the Tallahassee Thunder of arenafootball2 and the Tallahassee Scorpions soccer team of the EISL. In 2007 it was home to the Tallahassee Titans of the American Indoor Football League. The team then left the AIFL for the World Indoor Football League but then folded after the owner failed to acquire enough capital to finance the team. The WIFL then folded as other members jumped to other leagues.
The arena was re-named, in accordance with a 2004 act of state legislation, in honor of Donald L. Tucker, Esq.,a former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and Special Ambassador for the United States to the Dominican Republic and a graduate of the University of Florida Levin College of Law.
As a concert venue, the Tucker Center can seat between 2,372 and 12,041. As a convention center, the Tucker Center can accommodate 18,900 square feet (1760 m²) in the main arena plus 35,000 square feet (3300 m²) at the adjoining exhibit hall, in addition to 16,000 square feet (1500 m²) of space at the meeting rooms. Concerts, sporting events, trade shows, Broadway shows, conventions, ice shows, circuses, and other events are held here annually.
Prior to the opening of the Tucker Center, Florida State's basketball teams played on-campus at Tully Gymnasium.
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