BancorpSouth Center
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Renamed The BancorpSouth Arena in December of 2006,[1] it is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Tupelo, Mississippi, named for the locally-based 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, and in 2007 will be home to the Mississippi Mudcats American Indoor Football League team
The $16 million, 32,000-square foot 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.
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 of exhibit space plus 5,000 square feet of meeting space.). The arena was actually retrofitted from a former shopping mall.
It was previously known as The Tupelo Coliseum.
| Current arenas in the American Indoor Football Association |
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| Northern Division | Southern Division | |
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| Big Sandy Superstore Arena | Cambria County War Memorial Arena | Canton Memorial Civic Center | David S. Palmer Arena | Louis J. Tullio Arena | Rostraver Ice Garden | Sovereign Center | 1st Mariner Arena | BancorpSouth Center | Cabarrus Arena & Events Center | Donald L. Tucker Center | Florence Civic Center | Garrett Coliseum | Lakeland Center | |
