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Landers Center
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Location within Mississippi
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Former names
| DeSoto Civic Center
(2000?2011)
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Address
| 4560 Venture Drive
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Location
| Southaven, Mississippi
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Owner
| DeSoto County
[1]
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Operator
| DeSoto County Convention & Visitors Bureau
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Capacity
| In-the-Round: 10,045
End-Stage 180: 7,888
Boxing/wrestling: 10,000
Basketball: 9,000
Football, hockey, ice show, rodeo/circus: 8,500
[2]
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Field size
| Maximum Floor Dimensions: 250’ L x 140’ W
Maximum Floor Area: 35,000 sq. ft.
Ice Floor Dimensions: 200’ L x 85’ W
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Broke ground
| April 24, 1998
[1]
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Opened
| September 16, 2000
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Construction cost
| $35 million
[1]
($61.9 million in 2023 dollars
[3]
)
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Architect
| Johnson Bailey Henderson McNeel Architects
[1]
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General contractor
| Carothers Construction Inc.
[1]
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Memphis Houn'Dawgs
(
ABA
) (2000–2001)
Memphis Xplorers
(
af2
) (2001–2006)
Mississippi RiverKings
(
CHL
/
SPHL
) (2007–2018)
Memphis Hustle
(
NBAGL
) (2017–present)
Memphis Americans
(
NISL
) (2021–)
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http://landerscenter.com/
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The
Landers Center
is an 8,400-seat multi-purpose
arena
in
Southaven, Mississippi
. It is home to the
Memphis Hustle
of the
NBA G League
, a minor league basketball team affiliated with the
Memphis Grizzlies
.
[4]
History
[
edit
]
The center was built in 2000. On January 4, 2012, Memphis-based Landers Auto Group purchased the naming rights. The name was changed to the Landers Center.
[5]
Several now-defunct teams have called the arena home. These teams include the
Memphis Xplorers
of the
AF2
, the
Memphis Houn'Dawgs
of the
American Basketball Association
, and the
Mississippi RiverKings
(previously called the Memphis RiverKings) of the
Central Hockey League
and
Southern Professional Hockey League
. Current sports tenants include the
Memphis Hustle
of the
NBA G League
and the new
Memphis Americans
of the new
National Indoor Soccer League
.
[6]
The center houses a 17,000 square foot
convention center
and 400 seat
performing arts center
. It is used as a concert venue,
boxing
arena, and for ice shows and circuses. Since 2009, the
Mid-South Fair
has been held at the Landers Center. Formerly, the fair was held in midtown Memphis at the Fairgrounds.
American
recording artist
Kelly Clarkson
performed in the arena on February 9, 2019, during her
Meaning of Life Tour
to a sold-out crowd of over 7,000 patrons and grossed over $400,000.
[7]
This was her first show in the state of
Mississippi
in over seven years since her
Stronger Tour
in 2012.
Bluegrass star Billy Strings and his band performed in the arena on 4/13/2023.
References
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a
b
c
d
e
Johnson, Laurie (April 23, 1998).
"DeSoto Civic Center Groundbreaking Set for Friday"
.
The Daily News (Memphis)
. Retrieved
October 15,
2011
.
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"Landers Center"
.
venuecoalition.com
. Venue Coalition
. Retrieved
November 29,
2019
.
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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
.
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"Grizzlies to Own, Operate D-League Team in Southaven"
.
Memphis Daily News
. January 24, 2017
. Retrieved
May 24,
2018
.
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Van Tuyl, Chris (December 28, 2011).
"Memphis-Based Landers Auto Group Buys Naming Rights to DeSoto Civic Center"
.
The Commercial Appeal
. Memphis
. Retrieved
December 28,
2011
.
- ^
Memphis Americans history
, Team website, April 21, 2021
- ^
"BOX OFFICE: Kelly Clarkson ? Meaning of Life Tour"
.
Touring Data
. 2019-02-22
. Retrieved
2021-05-16
.
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