Stabler Arena
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Stabler Arena is a 5,600-seat multi-purpose arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, located in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States. The arena was opened in 1979.
Athletics
Stabler Arena is home to the Lehigh University Mountain Hawks basketball teams, who play in college basketball's Patriot League. The conference has held portions of its men's tournament there three times. The Lehigh Valley Outlawz, an indoor football team in the Great Lakes Indoor Football League, also play their home games at Stabler.
Stabler also has hosted ABC's Wide World of Sports.
Music
Stabler is a regular stop for many major musical acts. Bands and artists that have performed at Stabler include Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Pink Floyd and others.
Because of the arena's reputation for exceptional acoustics and lively audiences, some musical acts have kicked off their U.S. concert tours at Stabler. These include the Moody Blues, The Cranberries and Bette Midler.
The arena also hosts various entertainment events for children.
Nirvana bootleg from Stabler
The grunge rock band Nirvana performed at Stabler on November 9, 1993, less than five months before lead singer Kurt Cobain committed suicide. This show has since become one of the band's most widely circulated bootleg recordings because of the show's close proximity to Cobain's death[link].
Music videos from Stabler
Stabler has been the site for two music videos. The videos for Whitney Houston's "So Emotional" and Bon Jovi's "Bed of Roses" both include footage from the artists' respective Stabler concerts.
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