BancorpSouth Arena

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location = 375 East Main Street, Tupelo, MS 38804
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opened = October 9, 1993
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tenants = Mississippi MudCats
seating_capacity = 10,000
dimensions = 32,000 sq ft without ice [ [http://www.bcsarena.com/pages/tech_specs.shtml BancorpSouth Arena Online ] ]
209.5 ft total floor length with south risers extended*
234 ft total floor space with south risers folded*
130 ft total width*
70 ft width seating*
* (no ice)

BancorpSouth Arena, formerly Tupelo Coliseum, and BancorpSouth Center until December 2006, [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4PRN/is_2006_Dec_2/ai_n16880874 Find Articles 404 File not found ] ] is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena near downtown Tupelo, Mississippi, named for the locally-based [http://www.bancorpsouthonline.com/index.html BancorpSouth] , a large multi-state commercial banking company. It was the home of the Tupelo FireAnts indoor football and the Tupelo T-Rex ice hockey teams. As of 2007, the venue is home to the Mississippi MudCats American Indoor Football League team.

The $16 million, 32,000 square foot (3,000 m²) facility was built in 1993, and is one of the more modern arenas serving a small market in the Mid-south. The arena also seats 8,000 for sports events, ranging from basketball to rodeos to wrestling — serving as a venue for WCW Uncensored in 1995 and 1996 as well as for WCW Spring Stampede 1997. From 2001 through 2005 the arena hosted the Gulf South Conference Basketball Tournament. The arena has also hosted the Harlem Globetrotters on several occasions. One Memphis Pharaohs (Arena Football League) home game was held there in 1996.

The arena can be scaled down to 4,500 for theater-style concerts. The arena is also used for trade shows and conventions (33,800 square feet (3,140 m²) of exhibit space plus 5,000 square feet (500 m²) of meeting space.). The arena was actually retrofitted from a former shopping mall.

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* [http://www.bcsarena.com/ BancorpSouth Arena]