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Brookshire Grocery Arena

Former names	Bossier City Arena (2000) CenturyTel Center (2000–2010) CenturyLink Center (2010–2020) Brookshire Grocery Arena (2020–present)
Location	2000 Brookshire Arena Drive Bossier City, Louisiana 71112
Owner	City of Bossier City
Operator	ASM Global
Capacity	14,000 (concerts) 12,440 (hockey)
Surface	Multi-surface
Construction
Broke ground	March 30, 1999 (25 years ago) (1999-03-30)
Opened	November 2, 2000 (24 years ago) (2000-11-02)
Construction cost	$56.5 million ($100 million in 2023 dollars)
Architect	AE Design Group
Structural engineer	Walter P Moore
General contractor	Roy Anderson Corp.
Tenants
Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (CHL) (2000–2011) Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings (af2/AFL) (2004–2010)

The Brookshire Grocery Arena (formerly CenturyLink Center, 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 company Brookshire Grocery Group of Tyler, Texas in 2021.

History

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

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

UFC 37: High Impact was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, Louisiana on May 10, 2002.

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.

On October 24, 2014, CLC held an NBA preseason game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Dallas Mavericks.

On October 1, 2016, CLC held another NBA preseason game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Dallas Mavericks.

On September 29, 2023, Brookshire Grocery Arena was the site of the relaunch of the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus after a six-year hiatus

Concert history

See also

• List of music venues

References

1. "Arena Tops Builder's Resume Bossier City Picks Anderson For Huge Multipurpose Center". Sun Herald. April 1, 1999.
2. "Minor League Attendance Trend". Archived from the original on 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
3. 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
4. Ferrell, Scott. "Brookshire Grocery lands naming rights to former CenturyLink Center in Bossier City". The Times. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
5. "Amanda Crane, "'Mr. Bossier' turns 91"". bossierpress.com. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
6. Jeffrey D. Sadow (December 22, 2014). "Sadow: Bossier City Fiddles While Its Arena Burns Tax Dollars". The Hayride. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
7. "Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey to stage first live show in 6 years in Bossier City".
8. Gardner, Elysa. "Cher cancels remaining tour dates". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
9. Martoccio, Angie (2020-03-12). "Cher Postpones Here We Go Again Tour Due to Coronavirus". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
10. "Journey's 2020 Tour Canceled". Billboard. 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2020-05-22.

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External links

• Official website

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