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New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA
The New Orleans Arena is located in the New Orleans Central Business District, adjacent to the Louisiana Superdome. It has been home to the New Orleans Hornets of the NBA since 2002, and is also home to some Tulane University basketball games, high school basketball games, music concerts, conventions and special events. The arena was completed in 1999 at a cost of $84 million and officially opened on October 19, 1999. It seats 19,000 for concerts (over 18,500 for Hornets games) and 16,500 for arena football and has 56 luxury suites.
It hosted ArenaBowl XXI in 2007, the 2008 NBA All-Star Game, ArenaBowl XXII in 2008, the 2012 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament, and has hosted the first and second rounds of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in 2007, and will do so again in 2010. The Arena has also hosted the 2004 Women's Final Four and will host the 2008 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament South Regionals.
Bona SuperSport Seal, along with Bona All Court and Bona Sport Poly were used on maple floor. |