Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
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The Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center is a convention center located in Long Beach, California. It was built on the site of the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium beginning in 1962. The primary venues of the complex include:
Long Beach Arena
The Long Beach Arena is an 11,200-seat multi-purpose arena and the first building to be completed. It is home to the Long Beach Ice Dogs ice hockey team. The Arena has hosted various entertainment and professional and college sporting events, most notably the volleyball events of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games. It is also noted as a top venue for hip-hop music concerts, although entertainers such as Frank Sinatra have also headlined here. For basketball, it seats 13,609. As a concert venue, it seats 4,550 for half-house events, 9,200 for 2/3-house shows and 13,500 for end-stage shows. For trade shows, the arena features 46,000 square feet (4300 m²) of space, with an additional 19,000 square feet (1800 m²) of space in the lobby and 29,000 square feet (2700 m²) in the concourse. Hanging from the arena's 75 foot (23 m) high ceiling is a center-hung scoreboard with four 11 by 15 foot (3 by 5 m) Saco SmartVision video screens. In the lobby is a large scale model of the guided missile cruiser USS Long Beach.Along the exterior wall of the drum-shaped Arena is “Planet Ocean”, one of environmental artist Wyland's Whaling Walls, which was dedicated on July 9, 1992. At 116,000 square feet (11,000 m²), it is the world's largest mural (according to the Guinness Book of Records). The mural depicts migratory Gray whales and other aquatic life that can be found in the waters off Long Beach.
Long Beach Arena was the site of the first National Hockey League game involving an expansion teams, as the Los Angeles Kings and the Philadelphia Flyers, both expansion teams, played on October 14, 1967. The Kings won, 4-2.
It hosted the Big West Conference men's basketball tournament from 1989 to 1993.
Exhibition Halls
Three exhibition halls, totaling 224,000 square feet (21,000 m²) of space and seating up to 14,899 for events.Theaters
The 3,051 seat Terrace Theater and the adjoining 825 seat Center TheaterMeeting Rooms
Two ballrooms, the 20,456 square foot (1900 m²) Grand Ballroom (seating up to 2,100) and the 13,200 square foot (1300 m²) Promenade Ballroom (seating up to 1,400) plus 34 meeting rooms totalling 82,823 square feet (7695 m²).External link
| Current arenas in the ECHL | ||
| American Conference | National Conference | |
|---|---|---|
| Arena at Gwinnett Center | Augusta Civic Center | Bi-Lo Center | Cambria County War Memorial Arena | Carolina Coliseum | St. Lawrence Homes Home Ice | Ford Arena1 | Germain Arena | North Charleston Coliseum | Nutter Center | Pensacola Civic Center | Sovereign Bank Arena | Sovereign Center | Toledo Sports Arena | U.S. Bank Arena2 | WesBanco Arena | E Center | iPayOne Center | Long Beach Sports Arena | Orleans Arena | Qwest Arena | Rabobank Arena | Save Mart Center | Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre| Stockton Arena | Sullivan Arena | US Airways Center | |
| 1 * The Ford Bank Arena will be the home of the Texas Wildcatters starting in 2006. | ||
| 2 The U.S. Bank Arena will be the home of the Cincinnati Cyclones starting in 2006. | ||
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