Lander's Center

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Lander's Center
Former names	DeSoto Civic Center (2000-2011)
Location	4560 Venture Drive Southaven, MS. 38671
Broke ground	April 24, 1998^[1]
Opened	September 16, 2000
Owner	DeSoto County^[1]
Operator	DeSoto County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Construction cost	$35 million^[1] ($47.4 million in 2014 dollars^{[ 1]})
Architect	Johnson Bailey Henderson McNeel Architects^[1]
General contractor	Carothers Construction Inc.^[1]
Capacity	10,045 (concerts) 8,400 (ice hockey) 8,362 (basketball)
Tenants
Mississippi Riverkings (SPHL) (2000-present) Memphis Xplorers (af2) (2001-2006) Memphis Houn'Dawgs (ABA) (2000-2001)

The Lander's Center, formerly the DeSoto Civic Center, is an 8,400-seat multi-purpose arena in Southaven, Mississippi. It was built in 2000. It is home to the Mississippi RiverKings, a team in the Southern Professional Hockey League.

Several now-defunct teams have called the Lander's Center home. These teams include the Memphis Xplorers of the AF2 and the Memphis Houn'Dawgs of the American Basketball Association.

It also is used as a concert venue, boxing arena, and for ice shows and circuses. Since 2009, the Mid-South Fair has been held at the Lander's Center. Formerly, the fair was held in Memphis at the Memphis Fairgrounds.

The Figure Skating Club of Memphis uses the ice rink during the hockey season to provide Learn to Skate clinics, USFSA Basic Skills Classes, and freestyles for area figure skaters. Memphis Youth Hockey also offers Learn to Skate classes and youth ice hockey through the Civic Center.

In June 2008, the Lander's Center hosted TNA Slammiversary.

Name Change

In December 2011, Memphis-based Lander's Auto Group purchased the naming rights. The name was changed to the Lander's Center. The arena will still serve the same purpose that the DCC served. ^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Johnson, Laurie (April 23, 1998). "DeSoto Civic Center Groundbreaking Set for Friday". The Daily News (Memphis). Retrieved October 15, 2011.
↑ Van Tuyl, Chris (December 28, 2011). "Memphis-Based Landers Auto Group Buys Naming Rights to DeSoto Civic Center". The Commercial Appeal (Memphis). Retrieved December 28, 2011.

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Preceded by Mid-South Coliseum	Home of the Mississippi RiverKings 2000 – present	Succeeded by current
Preceded by Nashville Municipal Auditorium	Host of Slammiversary 2008	Succeeded by The Palace of Auburn Hills

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Teams	Bloomington Thunder Columbus Cottonmouths Fayetteville FireAntz Huntsville Havoc Knoxville Ice Bears Louisiana IceGators Mississippi RiverKings Mississippi Surge Pensacola Ice Flyers Peoria Rivermen

Arenas	Cajundome (Louisiana) Carver Arena (Peoria) Columbus Civic Center (Columbus) Cumberland County Crown Coliseum (Fayetteville) Lander's Center (Mississippi RiverKings) James White Civic Coliseum (Knoxville) Mississippi Coast Coliseum (Mississippi Surge) Pensacola Civic Center (Pensacola) U.S. Cellular Coliseum (Bloomington) Von Braun Center (Huntsville)

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President's Cup William B. Coffey Trophy Other Professional Hockey leagues

Coordinates: 34°55′38″N 89°59′49″W / 34.927124°N 89.9969°W / 34.927124; -89.9969

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