Silver Spurs Arena

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Silver Spurs Arena
Location	Kissimmee, Florida
Coordinates	28°17′53.97″N, 81°22′9.19″W
Opened	October 9, 2003
Owner
Operator	SMG
Tenants	Florida Seals (SPHL) (2005-2007) Kissimmee Kreatures (NIFL) (2006) Osceola Ghostriders (WIFL) (2007)
Capacity	8,300 (Hockey) 11,400 (in-the-round)

The current Silver Spurs Arena is an 8,300-seat (11,400 seats in-the-round) multi-purpose arena in Kissimmee, Florida. It was built in 2003. It replaced the original Silver Spurs Arena. Both are also home to the Silver Spurs Rodeo, a semi-annual rodeo event, as well as concerts and trade shows (33,946 square feet of space). The arena, part of the Osceola Heritage Park complex, features 12 luxury suites, four locker rooms and additional amenities.

The arena was home to the Florida Seals of the Southern Professional Hockey League from October 2005 until January 4, 2007, when the franchise was evicted for failure to fulfill contractual obligations. The franchise was expelled from the league the next day. Interestingly, it was the second time the Seals had been evicted from an arena, having been booted from Orlando's TD Waterhouse Centre in 2004. During the 2005 season, it was home to the Kissimmee Kreatures of the National Indoor Football League. During 2006, the team was to be known as the Osceola Outlaws but then changed their name to Osceola Football as another team in the NIFL located in Billings, Montana held that nickname. For the 2007 season the team changed its nick name to Osceola Ghostriders and played in the World Indoor Football League.