CenturyLink Center

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CenturyLink Center
Former names Bossier City Arena (2000)
CenturyTel Center (2000-2010)
Location 2000 CenturyTel Center Drive
Bossier City, Louisiana 71112
Broke ground March 30, 1999[1]
Opened November 2, 2000[2]
Owner City of Bossier City
Operator SMG
Surface Multi-surface
Construction cost $56.5 million
($76.6 million in 2014 dollars[ 1])
Architect AE Design Group
General contractor Roy Anderson Corp.
Capacity 14,000 (concerts)
12,440 (hockey)
Tenants
Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings (AFL) (2001–2010)
Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (CHL) (2000–2011)

The CenturyLink Center[3] (formerly CenturyTel Center and Bossier City Arena) is a 14,000-seat multi-purpose arena, in Bossier City, Louisiana. The naming rights were purchased by the telephone company CenturyLink of Monroe, Louisiana.

Opened in 2000 during the administration of then Bossier City Mayor George Dement, the center is among several projects financed from revenues derived from three casinos in the city.[4]

The center was home to the Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings AFL team and the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs ice hockey team.

It hosted the Southland Conference men's basketball tournament in 2001. In 2011, the CenturyLink Center with the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters hosted 1st and 2nd round games for the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament including the first two games of eventual champion Texas A&M.

On September 28, 2002, the NHL came to the arena, for a pre-season game, between the Nashville Predators and Atlanta Thrashers.

On January 14, 2007, the CHL All-Star game was played at the arena, for the first time ever, hosted by the Mudbugs.

References

  1. ↑ "Arena Tops Builder's Resume Bossier City Picks Anderson For Huge Multipurpose Center". Sun Herald. April 1, 1999. 
  2. ↑ http://www.mib.org/~lennier/hockey/graph.cgi
  3. ↑ "Bossier City Arena Getting a New Name" (Press release). CenturyLink. 22 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  4. ↑ "Amanda Crane, "'Mr. Bossier' turns 91"". bossierpress.com. Retrieved February 6, 2013. 

Coordinates: 32°27′54.60″N 93°40′24.88″W / 32.4651667°N 93.6735778°W / 32.4651667; -93.6735778

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Preceded by
first arena		 Home of the Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings
2001–2010 		Succeeded by
New Orleans Arena as New Orleans VooDoo
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