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Baton Rouge River Center Arena

Former names	Riverside Centroplex Arena (1977-2004)
Address	275 River Road South Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5809
Location	Baton Rouge River Center
Owner	Baton Rouge Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
Operator	SMG
Capacity	13,687
Opened	January 14, 1977 (1977-01-14)
Tenants
Baton Rouge Kingfish (ECHL) (1996–2003) Baton Rouge Bombers (EISL) (1997–1998) Louisiana Bayou Beast (IPFL) (1999) Baton Rouge Blaze (af2) (2001)

The Baton Rouge River Center Arena (originally the Riverside Centroplex Arena and commonly known as the River Center Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the United States. The arena opened in 1977. In addition, the arena can be combined with the exhibition hall to create more than 100,000 square feet (10,000 m²) of contiguous convention or exhibit space.

The arena has been home to multiple sports teams based in Baton Rouge. From 1996-2003, it was home to the Baton Rouge Kingfish hockey team of the (ECHL). Also during that time, the arena was home to the Baton Rouge Bombers indoor soccer team of the (EISL) from (1997-1998). The venue was home to two professional arena football teams, the Louisiana Bayou Beast of the (IPFL) in (1999) and the Baton Rouge Blaze of the (af2) in (2001). The arena also hosts many concerts, theatre events and has hosted many professional wrestling matches.

Events

Past events held in the arena include:

• WCW Clash of the Champions (January 27, 1994)
• WCW Slamboree (May 19, 1996)
• WCW house show (non-televised) (May 30, 1999)
• WCW Thunder (October 14, 1999)
• WWE Raw (October 1, 2001)
• ECW house show (non-televised) (October 8, 2006)
• WWE SmackDown house show (January 22, 2007)
• WWE Raw house show (June 30, 2007)
• WWE SmackDown and ECW (July 8, 2008)
• X-Fest Hosted by 104.5/104.9 The X radio station. (April 14, 2007 & April 25, 2008)
• WWE Raw (March 4, 2011)
• American Idol (October 5 - October 6, 2012)
• Harlem Globetrotters (January 18, 2014)
• Miss USA 2014 (June 8, 2014)

See also

• Baton Rouge River Center
• List of music venues

External links

• Venue website