Tyson Events Center
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{{Infobox stadium
| name = Tyson Event Center-Gateway Arena
| image =
| caption =
| location = 401 Gordon Dr., Sioux City, Iowa
| locmapin = Iowa
| built = 2003
| architect = Ellerbe Becket[1]
| tenants = Sioux City Musketeers (United States Hockey League) (2003–present)
Sioux City Bandits (APFL) (2003–present)
CNOS Classic
| seating_capacity = 10,000 (center stage concerts)
12,285 (end stage concerts)
8,110 (basketball)
9,181 (hockey)
The Gateway Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena inside The Tyson Event Center, located in Sioux City, Iowa, USA. The arena opened in 2003, expanding out from the old Sioux City Municipal Auditorium, which was later closed as an auditorium and converted into the Long Lines Family Recreation Center.
It is home to a professional indoor football team, the Sioux City Bandits who are a member of the American Professional Football League. It is also home to an ice hockey team, the Sioux City Musketeers. This arena also hosts many college tournaments associated with the NAIA, including the NAIA Wrestling National Tournament, NAIA Woman's Volleyball National Tournament, and the Division II NAIA Woman's National Basketball Tournament, which was won back-to-back in 2004 and 2005 by Sioux City's Morningside College Mustangs.
Hosted events
- The site has hosted World Wrestling Entertainment on numerous occasions which include a live un-televised event on September 25, 2004, followed by a televised SmackDown on May 17, 2005, and then by three televised Raw programs on July 10, 2006, February 5, 2007, and January 12, 2009 along with an ECW taping the same night. There was another non-televised show on August 16, 2009. It has also hosted TNA Wrestling Live on June 4, 2010.
- It has also hosted numerous concerts, by Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Alan Jackson, Taylor Swift, Trace Adkins, Kenny Chesney, Cher, Rascal Flatts, Nickelback, L.A. Guns, Neil Diamond, Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie, Buckcherry, The Offspring, Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Whitesnake, Papa Roach and Creed, among others.
- This venue has also hosted comedian Larry The Cable Guy on three different occasions.
- President George W. Bush visited here to speak during his re-election campaign in 2004.
References
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http://www.ellerbebecket.com/expertise/project/224/Tyson_Events_Center.html.
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