James L. Knight Center

The James L. Knight Center is a 4,686-seat concert hall and theatre in Miami, Florida. It is named in memory of James Landon Knight, the newspaper publisher whose businesses included The Miami Herald. It is part of the Miami Convention Center.

The arena has 16,000 square feet of staging area, plus 3,894 permanent seats on two tiers. It was completed in 1982 and is attached to the 600-room Hyatt Miami. The center is made up of three partners, the City of Miami, the University of Miami and the Hyatt Regency hotel. The City of Miami manages the Miami Convention Center and the James L. Knight Auditorium. The University of Miami occupies two floors within the Hyatt Regency, the 3rd and 4th floors and that is the University of Miami Conference Center. The conference center consists of a small, 500-seat theater (Ashe Auditorium), a 117-seat lecture hall (Miami Lecture Hall) and 19 meeting rooms of difference sizes and capacities. Visit the conference center website at www.umknight.com and take the virtual tour.

Knight Center served as home to the Miami Hurricanes men's basketball program from its reinstatement in 1985 until the opening of the Miami Arena in 1988.

Artists who have performed at the James L. Knight center:

* Luciano Pavarotti (First artist to perform at the complex)
* Metallica
* David Bowie
* Thalía
* Ricky MartinPaulina Rubio
* Laura Pausini
* Alicia Keys
* Paulina Rubio
* Diego Torres

The building was also the home of second Clash of the Champions event held by NWA.Also the building is home to the Miami- Dade College graduations.

External links

* [http://www.jlkc.com James L. Knight Center]

succession box
title = Home of the
Miami Hurricanes basketball team
years = 1985 – 1988
before = Dinner Key Auditorium
after = Miami Arena