The Brookshire Grocery Arena[4] (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.
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| Former names | Bossier City Arena (2000) CenturyTel Center (2000–2010) CenturyLink Center (2010–2020) Brookshire Grocery Arena (2020–present) |
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| 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[1] |
| Opened | November 2, 2000[2] |
| Construction cost | $56.5 million ($100 million in 2023 dollars[3]) |
| 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) | |
History
editOpened 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.[5]
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.[6]
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[7]
Concert history
edit| Date | Artist | Tour | Supporting act(s) | Attendance | Revenue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 21, 2000 | Styx | Together in 2000 Tour | REO Speedwagon, Survivor | — | — | |
| November 25, 2000 | Creed | Human Clay Tour | Sevendust, Finger Eleven | — | ||
| December 2, 2000 | Elton John | Medusa Tour | — | |||
| March 8, 2002 | Kid Rock | Cocky Tour | ||||
| July 18, 2002 | Britney Spears | Dream Within a Dream Tour | O-Town | 12,232 | $749,181 | |
| November 16, 2002 | Cher | Living Proof: The Farewell Tour | Cyndi Lauper | 11,610 | $771,806 | |
| April 25, 2003 | ZZ Top | Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Tour | Ted Nugent | 6,300 / 7,500 | $248,850 | |
| March 4, 2004 | Kid Rock | Rock N' Roll Pain Train Tour | — | |||
| February 5, 2005 | Cher | Living Proof: The Farewell Tour | Village People | 9,323 / 12,397 | $508,529 | |
| March 8, 2006 | Nickelback | All the Right Reasons Tour | Trapt, Chevelle | — | ||
| March 3, 2007 | Justin Timberlake | FutureSex/LoveShow | — | |||
| November 15, 2007 | Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus | Best of Both Worlds Tour | Jonas Brothers | — | ||
| February 19, 2008 | Kid Rock | Rock N' Roll Revival Tour | Rev Run, Peter Wolfe | — | ||
| April 13, 2009 | Nickelback | Dark Horse Tour | Seether, Saving Abel | — | ||
| August 4, 2009 | Journey | Revelation Tour | ||||
| September 10, 2009 | Taylor Swift | Fearless Tour | Gloriana Kellie Pickler |
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| September 19, 2009 | Britney Spears | The Circus Starring Britney Spears | Kristinia DeBarge | 10,240 | $610,818 | |
| February 13, 2010 | Martina McBride Trace Adkins |
Shine All Night Tour | — | |||
| February 8, 2011 | Kid Rock | Born Free Tour | — | |||
| September 20, 2011 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now World Tour | Needtobreathe | 11,510 | $728,546 | |
| February 13, 2013 | Kid Rock | Rebel Soul Tour | — | |||
| March 8, 2014 | Luke Bryan | That's My Kind of Night Tour | Lee Brice Cole Swindell |
12,292 | $678,063 | |
| March 22, 2014 | Elton John | Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour | — | — | ||
| November 15, 2014 | Cher | Dressed to Kill Tour | Cancelled due to viral infection[8] | |||
| March 20, 2015 | Miranda Lambert | Platinum Tour | Justin Moore Danielle Bradbery |
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| May 20, 2015 | Taylor Swift | The 1989 World Tour | Vance Joy | 12,459 | $1,458,197 | This show served as the opening night of the tour's North American leg. |
| July 29, 2015 | Eagles | History of the Eagles – Live in Concert | — | — | ||
| March 12, 2016 | Luke Bryan | Kill the Lights Tour | Little Big Town Dustin Lynch |
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| April 22, 2016 | Carrie Underwood | Storyteller Tour: Stories in the Round | Easton Corbin The Swon Brothers |
10,883 | $737,228 | |
| March 12, 2017 | Miranda Lambert | Highway Vagabond Tour | Old Dominion | — | ||
| July 9, 2017 | Journey | North American Tour | Asia | |||
| July 15, 2017 | Paul McCartney | One on One | — | |||
| April 22, 2018 | Foo Fighters | Concrete and Gold Tour | The Struts | — | ||
| March 16, 2019 | P!nk | Beautiful Trauma World Tour | Julia Michaels KidCutUp |
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| September 7, 2019 | KISS | End of the Road World Tour | David Garibaldi | — | ||
| October 5, 2019 | Miranda Lambert | Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour | Maren Morris Pistol Annies Tenille Townes |
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| March 10, 2020 | Cher | Here We Go Again Tour | Nile Rodgers CHIC |
— | — | After this show, the remaining dates of the tour were postponed to later in the year due to COVID-19.[9] |
| August 29, 2020 | Journey | 2020 Tour | Pretenders | — | — | This show was canceled due to COVID-19.[10] |
| September 30, 2020 | Def Leppard | 20/20 Vision Tour | ZZ Top | — | — | — |
| October 1, 2020 | Luke Bryan | Proud to Be Right Here Tour | Morgan Wallen Runaway June |
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| February 19, 2023 | Journey | Freedom Tour | Toto | |||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Arena Tops Builder's Resume Bossier City Picks Anderson For Huge Multipurpose Center". Sun Herald. April 1, 1999.
- ^ "Minor League Attendance Trend". Archived from the original on 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ferrell, Scott. "Brookshire Grocery lands naming rights to former CenturyLink Center in Bossier City". The Times. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
- ^ "Amanda Crane, "'Mr. Bossier' turns 91"". bossierpress.com. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
- ^ Jeffrey D. Sadow (December 22, 2014). "Sadow: Bossier City Fiddles While Its Arena Burns Tax Dollars". The Hayride. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ "Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey to stage first live show in 6 years in Bossier City".
- ^ Gardner, Elysa. "Cher cancels remaining tour dates". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ Martoccio, Angie (2020-03-12). "Cher Postpones Here We Go Again Tour Due to Coronavirus". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ "Journey's 2020 Tour Canceled". Billboard. 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
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